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False front commercial buildings in Greenhorn, Oregon, 1913. Western false front architecture or false front commercial architecture is a type of commercial architecture used in the Old West of the United States. Often used on two-story buildings, the style includes a vertical facade often hiding a gable roof.
Extensive use of glass became required for large factory buildings to allow light for manufacture, sometimes making it seem like they had all glass facades. [ 4 ] An early example of an all-steel curtain wall used in the classical style is the Kaufhaus Tietz [ de ] department store on Leipziger Straße, Berlin , built in 1901 (since demolished).
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 [fasad] ), which means " frontage " or " face ".
In its classical form, the frontispiece of a building is commonly used to describe the ‘gable surmounting the façade of an ancient temple in classical architecture’ which is now often known as a pediment [16] and used as ornaments to the entrance of a building. During this era, frontispieces were used to describe ornaments on the principle ...
A street in SoHo in New York City famous for its cast-iron facades. Spa Colonnade in Mariánské Lázně, 1889.Nearly every element is cast iron. Cast-iron architecture is the use of cast iron in buildings and objects, ranging from bridges and markets to warehouses, balconies and fences.
Only one of Richardson's palazzo style commercial buildings remains intact, the Hayden Building in Boston. The American architect Louis Sullivan pioneered steel-frame construction, meaning that both the floors and outer walls of a building were supported by an internal steel frame, rather than the structure of the walls. This technological ...
A storefront or shopfront is the facade or entryway of a retail store located on the ground floor or street level of a commercial building, typically including one or more display windows. A storefront functions to attract visual attention to a business and its merchandise. [1]
With the AT&T Building (now named 550 Madison Avenue) (1978–1982), Johnson turned dramatically toward postmodernism. The building's most prominent feature is a purely decorative top modeled after a piece of Chippendale furniture, and it has other more subtle references to historical architecture. His intention was to make the building stand ...