Sentence examples for facade frames from inspiring English sources

Projecting forward from the building envelope, the facade frames the stacked upper floors on which 24 courtrooms are lodged.

An expansive window setback in the center of this facade frames a gigantic video screen in the lobby, evoking a TV screen.

3 30 p.m. 1. Hallowed Halls To get your bearings, take the elevator to the top of the austere Hallgrimskirkja, an imposing pale gray church whose distinctive stepped-slope facade frames a tower (admission, 700 kronur, or about $6 at 118 kronur to the dollar) from which a bird's-eye view of the city's colorful rooftops and compact downtown awaits.

The two buildings are siblings, if not twins; with four monumental arched windows in their principal facades, framed by wide symmetrical towers.

Sited dramatically on the edge of the river, the buildings continue the pattern of college courtyards, with bold Portland stone facades framing big picture windows, creating animated grids of college life so you can see what your neighbours are up to – particularly popular among exhibitionists.

Another one-bedroom, on East 76th Street, cost $2,100 a month and had a lovely renovation, but the building facade — concrete framing a large street-level retail window — stopped them cold.

The end bays of the west (main) facade are framed in pedimented pavilions, which have recessed brick panels above the impost line, and below it are bricks coursed to resemble rustication.

A related promotional effort can be seen at Education Department headquarters here, where little red schoolhouses, complete with bell towers, fences and "No Child Left Behind" across their facades, now frame the building's entrances.

Behind the facades, steel framing, side walls and roofs have replaced the old open frameworks; under the pavement, an infrastructure of wiring (for lampposts), piping (for fire hydrants and sprinklers) and steam vapor (for atmospheric backlighting effects) anticipates the needs of future production designers.

Most of the stone is reconstituted, the traditional facades hide steel frames and blockwork walls, and much of the "metalwork" is painted fibreglass.

An expert woodworker, Mr. Cape has transformed an entire wall of the gallery into a faux-antique, Early American-style facade, the intricate frame and panel construction painted a warm off-white.