facadism
Sign in to saveAlso known as façadism, facadectomy, façadectomy, facadomy, façadomy
thumb|upright=1.3|In the early 1920s, the Anglo-Czechoslovak Bank tore down its head office, the in [[Prague, and had it rebuilt behind the preserved façade on a design by architect Josef Gočár, visible in the background]]
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Csav.jpg
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Facadism
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~13 min read
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Distribution and control measures
- International policies
- By country
- Australia
- Sydney
- Melbourne
- Brisbane
- Canada
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.3|In the early 1920s, the Anglo-Czechoslovak Bank tore down its head office, the in [[Prague, and had it rebuilt behind the preserved façade on a design by architect Josef Gočár, visible in the background]]
Facadism, façadism (also pejorative facadectomy, façadomy) 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.