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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 most obvious difference is that the pronunciation and spelling of such a word is technically incorrect, as this word is a loanword from the French language, as are many English words, and approximately 40% of English words are of French decent, after William the Conqueror's victory of England and subsequent integration of French into the ...
Its use in English is not universal and applies to loan words from French and Portuguese such as façade, limaçon and cachaça (often typed facade, limacon and cachaca because of lack of ç keys on English-language keyboards).
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 ...
In the latest episode of "The Envelope" video podcast, director Coralie Fargeat explains how she prepared star Demi Moore to film "The Substance" and "The Brutalist" filmmaker Brady Corbet ...
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