Facade detail Brick House
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).
Facade detail hospital
Santa Fe de Bogotá Foundation / El Equipo de Mazzanti
Facade detail Santa Fe of Bogotá Foundation
Gribone Building / Ventura Virzi arquitectos
Facade detail Gribone Building
Mahallat Residential Building No3 / CAAT Studio
Facade detail Mahallat Residencial Building
Star Engineers, Administrative Building and Factory / Studio VDGA
Facade detail Haussmann Stories
Brick House / Ventura Virzi arquitectos
Facade detail Arthron Building
Optical Glass House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Facade detail Kahrizak
Club House Altos de San Antonio / Dutari Viale Arquitectos
Facade detail The Iceberg Building
Angle Lake Transit Station and Plaza / Brooks + Scarpa
Facade detail Stars Engineers administrative building and factory
Secondary School Extension / SMS Arquitectos
Facade detail brick house 2
Optical Glass House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Facade detail Optical glass House c
Marble House / Openbox Architects
Facade detail Marble House
Vertical House / Miró Rivera Architects
Facade detail Vertical house
Collage House / S+PS Architects
Facade detail Collage House
Casa Geometrica / JOHO Architecture
Facade detail Geometric House
Facade detail BLM House
Altos de San Antonio Clubhouse / Dutari Viale Arquitectos
Facade detail Club House Altos of San Antonio
Angle Lake Transit Station and Plaza / Brooks + Scarpa
Facade detail Angle Lake Transit Station and Plaza
Secondary School Extension / SMS Arquitectos
Facade detail school building extension
Tobin Center for the Performing Arts / LMN + Marmon Mok
Facade detail Tobin Performing Arts Center
Stapleton Library / Andrew Berman Architect
Facade detail Stapleton Library
Winery in Mont-Ras / Jorge Vidal + Víctor Rahola
Facade detail Winery in Mont-Ras
G.Zanella Primary School Renovation and Extension / Giulia de Appolonia- officina di architettura
Facade detail G.Zanella Primary school
Northwestern University Ryan – Walter Athletics Center / Perkins+Wil
Facade detail Northwestern University Athletic Centre
Facade detail Adjustable Textile
Nest We Grow / College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley + Kengo Kuma & Associates
Facade detail Nest We Grow
Nest We Grow / College of Environmental Design UC Berkeley + Kengo Kuma & Associates
Facade detail Nest We Grow
Facade detail Somriures
ecoSuites, A Reed-Clad Hotel / Alex A. Tsolakis Architecture
Facade detail ecoSuites, A Reed-Clad Hotel
Hive Hotel Facade Remodel / Preposition Architecture
Facade detail Hive Hotel
Coallia – Residencia y Restaurante Social / Peripheriques Architectes
Facade detail Coallia Residence and Restaurant
Constituyentes Fachada Iluminada / Taller David Dana Arquitectura
Facade detail illuminated facade
Facade detail Handball Stadium
Weill Cornell Medical College Belfer Research Building / Todd Schliemann | Ennead Architects
Facade detail Cornell Weill Medical Centre
Sky Central / AL_A + PLP Architecture + HASSELL
Facade detail Sky Central Building
1,500 Semi-Transparent Plastic Baskets Form a Lightweight Facade
Facade detail 1500 semi transparent baskets
Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center / Cristián Fernández Arquitectos + Lateral arquitectura & diseño
Facade detail Cultural Centre
Facade detail Kraanspoor
Vakko Headquarters and Power Media Center / REX
Facade detail Vakko Headquarters
Ningbo Facade / LAB Architecture Studio
Facade detail Ningbo
Montrond-les-Bains Casino / DATA architectes
Facade detail Montrond-les-Bains Casino
Busan Opera House Proposal: 3rd Prize Winner / Henning Larsen Architects + Tomoon Architects
Facade detail Busan Opera House Proposal
Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage & spring street Salt Shed / Dattner Architects
Facade detail Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 Garage
Sea Pavillion / Stefano Boeri Architetti
Facade detail Sea Pavillion
The Design Museum of London / OMA + Allies and Morrison + John Pawson
Facade detail The Design Museum of London
Cubic Buildings by NADAAA and Himma Studio Redefine the Office Space
Facade detail Cubic Buildings
Rifugio Monte Penna / Lucio Serpagli
Library and Learning Centre University of Economics Vienna / Zaha Hadid Architects
Facade detail University of Economics Vienna Library
Weill Cornell Medical College Belfer Research Building / Todd Schliemann | Ennead Architects
Facade detail Cornell Weill Medical Centre
Pathé Foundation / Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Facade detail Pathé Foundation