Sentence examples for transparent facade from inspiring English sources
The "Glass Skyscraper" (1921) applied this idea to a glass skyscraper whose transparent facade reveals the building's underlying steel structure.
"Through the transparent facade, the outside observer can always see what's happening inside: the work of memory," Mr. Diener says in a statement on the center's Web site.
It has pulled off one of the great con jobs in human history, concealing endless complexities behind its bland, transparent facade.
"[It] seeks to become an extension of the main city square with its transparent facade and urban loggia".
Transparent facades will replace opaque walls at the ground-floor level of Juilliard.
The program has proved to be an effective tool for evaluation of optical characteristics generally described transparent facades.
This design may be a solution for reducing thermal overheating, which is common in completely transparent facades in Mediterranean climates.
The tubular dwellings resemble massive, enclosed hamster wheels, with transparent facades fully opened up to the surrounding canals and natural sights.
These facades comprise of: a completely transparent external facade; an internal skin; and an air layer between the two.
In its openness, the framework hints at what will be a remarkably transparent glass facade, by Rafael Viñoly Architects and DMJM.
Images can be projected onto the building's semi-transparent exterior facade when a performance is in progress.
