Modern office buildings have been constructed with ornate windows and facades.
Glass has been overwhelmingly used for windows and facades in modern constructions, for many practical reasons, including thermal, energy, light and aesthetics.
Policies in Europe that will soon require buildings to produce as much electricity as they consume could also drive builders to integrate solar panels into windows and facades, says Séguillon.
A happy surprise came during the remodel when McQuaide sandblasted white stucco off the living room fireplace, along with the lower, exterior portion of the bay window, and discovered facades of light-colored rock, which fit in perfectly with the emerging Craftsman home.
The Historic Register program, which also requires preservation of certain interior and exterior features of listed buildings - including particular doors, windows, arches and facades - is administered locally by the New York State Office of Historic Preservation.
Its smashed windows and blackened facade symbolise the fall of Hosni Mubarak's regime on 11 February.
The building has a dozen large display windows and a facade that can be used for signs.
Its blank windows and hard facade give it the character of an upscale fortress, although without machine guns.
In 1893, The New York Times described it as "Ecclesiastical English Gothic," taking the cue from its great banks of windows and taut facade.
On the lower floors are pointed arch windows and a facade of highly figured marble, most of which is his own design, he says.
