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The facade is the calling card of an architecture project, an often iconic and recognizable element that becomes part of the collective imaginary.
We frequently see them featured in photographs and art—such as Andreas Gursky's work, or as part of movie sets. It is almost impossible to forget the pink symmetrical façade of 'The Budapest Hotel' by director Wes Anderson, or even, in music videos or album covers, like the legendary 'Physical Grafitti' by Led Zeppelin.
One of the complexities of satisfactorily representing a facade detail is the point of view. What is the best view/frame for a facade detail? Is it in section, axonometric, or plan view?
We've selected 50 facade details with the aim of showing different ways of approaching this type of representation, highlighting aspects such as materiality, joints, interior comfort and color (among other properties that are part of the facades).
Villa el Libertador Príncipe de Asturias Municipal Hospital / Santiago Viale + Ian Dutari + Alejandro Paz
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Santa Fe de Bogotá Foundation / El Equipo de Mazzanti
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Gribone Building / Ventura Virzi arquitectos
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Mahallat Residential Building No3 / CAAT Studio
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Star Engineers, Administrative Building and Factory / Studio VDGA
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Brick House / Ventura Virzi arquitectos
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Optical Glass House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
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Club House Altos de San Antonio / Dutari Viale Arquitectos
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Angle Lake Transit Station and Plaza / Brooks + Scarpa
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Secondary School Extension / SMS Arquitectos
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Optical Glass House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
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Marble House / Openbox Architects
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Vertical House / Miró Rivera Architects
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Collage House / S+PS Architects
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Casa Geometrica / JOHO Architecture
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BLM House / ATRIA Arquitetos
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Altos de San Antonio Clubhouse / Dutari Viale Arquitectos
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Angle Lake Transit Station and Plaza / Brooks + Scarpa
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Secondary School Extension / SMS Arquitectos
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Tobin Center for the Performing Arts / LMN + Marmon Mok
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Stapleton Library / Andrew Berman Architect
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Winery in Mont-Ras / Jorge Vidal + Víctor Rahola
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G.Zanella Primary School Renovation and Extension / Giulia de Appolonia- officina di architettura
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Northwestern University Ryan - Walter Athletics Center / Perkins+Wil
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On Detail: Textile Facade
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Nest We Grow / College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley + Kengo Kuma & Associates
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Nest We Grow / College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley + Kengo Kuma & Associates
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Somriures / Masquespacio
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ecoSuites, A Reed-Clad Hotel / Alex A. Tsolakis Architecture
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Hive Hotel Facade Remodel / Preposition Architecture
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Coallia - Residencia y Restaurante Social / Peripheriques Architectes
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Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada / Taller David Dana Arquitectura
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Rio 2016 Olympic Handball Arena / Lopes Santos e Ferreira Gomes Arquitetos + OA | Oficina de Arquitetos
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Weill Cornell Medical College Belfer Research Building / Todd Schliemann | Ennead Architects
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Sky Central / AL_A + PLP Architecture + HASSELL
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1,500 Semi-Transparent Plastic Baskets Form a Lightweight Facade
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Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center / Cristián Fernández Arquitectos + Lateral arquitectura & diseño
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Kraanspoor / OTH Architecten
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Vakko Headquarters and Power Media Center / REX
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Ningbo Facade / LAB Architecture Studio
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Montrond-les-Bains Casino / DATA architectes
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Busan Opera House Proposal: 3rd Prize Winner / Henning Larsen Architects + Tomoon Architects
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Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage & spring street Salt Shed / Dattner Architects
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Sea Pavillion / Stefano Boeri Architetti
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The Design Museum of London / OMA + Allies and Morrison + John Pawson
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Cubic Buildings by NADAAA and Himma Studio Redefine the Office Space
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Rifugio Monte Penna / Lucio Serpagli
Library and Learning Centre University of Economics Vienna / Zaha Hadid Architects
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Weill Cornell Medical College Belfer Research Building / Todd Schliemann | Ennead Architects
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Pathé Foundation / Renzo Piano Building Workshop
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Editor's Note: This article was originally published on December 21, 2018, and updated on September 08, 2020.