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Facadism, façadism, or façadomy [1] is the architectural and construction practice where the facade of a building is designed or constructed separately from the rest of a building, or when only the facade of a building is preserved with new buildings erected behind or around it.
Although "Potemkin village" has come to mean, especially in a political context, any hollow or false construct, a facade, physical or figurative, meant to hide an undesirable or potentially damaging situation, [8] it is possible that the phrase cannot be applied accurately to its own original historical inspiration.
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 Japan, honne and tatemae are Japanese terms relating to a person's feelings and outward behaviors. [1] Honne refers to a person's true feelings and desires (本音, hon'ne, "true sound"), and tatemae refers contrastingly to the behavior and opinions one displays in public (建前, tatemae, "built in front", "façade").
Often used on two-story buildings, the style includes a vertical facade with a square top, often hiding a gable roof. The goal for buildings in this style is to project an image of stability and success, while in fact a business owner may not have invested much in a building that might be temporary. Four defining characteristics have been ...
The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of ...
The spread of fasad is a major theme in the Quran, and the notion is often contrasted with islah (setting things aright). [5]Terms derived from the verbal root f-s-d appear in a number of Quranic verses.
Roman Ionic corner capital from the Temple of Portunus, Rome, with two sides with volutes, and one for the corner of the facade projecting at a 45° angle, unknown architect, early 4th century BC Roman Ionic columns of a colonnade of the oval plaza in Jerash , Jordan , unknown architect, 2nd-3rd centuries AD [ 21 ]