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A façade or facade (/ f ə ˈ s ɑː d / ⓘ; [1]) is generally the front part or exterior of a building. It is a loanword from the French façade (pronounced), which means "frontage" or "face". In architecture, the façade of a building is often the most important aspect from a design standpoint, as it sets the tone for the rest of the building.
In French, it means "beginning." The English meaning of the word exists only when in the plural form: [faire] ses débuts [sur scène] (to make one's débuts on the stage). The English meaning and usage also extends to sports to denote a player who is making their first appearance for a team or at an event. décolletage a low-cut neckline ...
A Facade is the exterior of a building. Facade (or the French word façade) may also refer to: Facade constitutions; Façade (entertainment), poems by Edith Sitwell set to music by William Walton; Façade, a ballet by Frederick Ashton based on the Sitwell/Walton work, above; Façade, a 2000 movie starring Eric Roberts
The facade of Le Puy-en-Velay in Haute-Loire has a complex arrangement of openings and blind arcades that was to become a feature of French Gothic facades. It is made even richer by the polychrome brick used in diverse patterns, including checkerboard, also a feature of ceramic decoration of Spanish churches of this period.
The facade is cliff-like, without any large projecting portico or pediment. There are several storeys with regular rows of windows which are generally differentiated between levels, and sometimes have pediments that are alternately triangular and segmental. The facade is symmetrical and usually has some emphasis around its centrally placed ...
The main facade is divided by pilasters into fifteen bays, equalling the number of windows. Looking down the central aisle of the Saint Roch Parish Church of Lemery, Batangas, Philippines, the spaces between each set of columns and roof trusses are bays. An interior bay, between the supports of the vaults, in Lyon Cathedral, France
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The Louvre Colonnade. The Louvre Colonnade is the easternmost façade of the Louvre Palace in Paris.It has been celebrated as the foremost masterpiece of French architectural classicism since its construction, mostly between 1667 and 1674.