* The old gendarmerie on Place Manuel was originally constructed to house the subprefecture in 1825 in a neoclassical style, and its façade occupies one entire side of the square.

Also, a special stone to commemorate Fulham 2000 and The Cottagers return to ' The Cottage ' was engraved on the façade.

The building was designed by the famed architect Wallace Harrison, who would later design the similar-looking façade of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center.

Most Americans assumed he was rich because of the well-known " glorified façade of wealth and grandeur " at Mount Vernon.

The government was accused of being little more than a façade for Egyptian control, with negligible independent funding or influence.

Bismarck's intention was to create a constitutional façade which would mask the continuation of authoritarian policies.

These pilotis, in providing the structural support for the house, allowed him to elucidate his next two points: a free façade, meaning non-supporting walls that could be designed as the architect wished, and an open floor plan, meaning that the floor space was free to be configured into rooms without concern for supporting walls.

The three years Michelangelo spent in creating drawings and models for the façade, as well as attempting to open a new marble quarry at Pietrasanta specifically for the project, were among the most frustrating in his career, as work was abruptly canceled by his financially strapped patrons before any real progress had been made.

In the final series, however it was clear that their cheerfulness was a façade and, in a particularly dark scene, Mildred hung herself " during a game of Happy Families ".

Although the okapi was unknown to the Western world until the 20th century, it was possibly depicted 2, 500 years ago on the façade of the Apadana, at Persepolis, as a gift from the Ethiopian procession to the Achaemenid kingdom.

A competition for the majestic façade of the San Giovanni in Laterano was won by architect Alessandro Galilei.

The façade he designed is perhaps more palatial than ecclesiastic, and was finished by 1735.

Part of the New Palace's area of was reclaimed from the Thames, which is the setting of its principal façade, the river front.

A new west façade facing onto St Margaret's Street was built in the Palladian style between 1755 and 1770, providing more space for document storage and committee rooms.

The façade was rebuilt by Andrea Palma in 1725 – 1753, with a double order of Corinthian columns, and statues by Ignazio Marabitti.

The same colour scheme was used by Viktor Vasnetsov for the façade of the Tretyakov Gallery, in which some of the most famous St. George icons are exhibited and which displays St. George as the coat of arms of Moscow over its entrance.

By playing the British Empire against Japan Prime Minister Phibunsongkhram was able to retain a façade of neutrality.

The basilica of Santa Maria Novella, with a Renaissance façade that was completed about 100 years after the Decameron was written.

It has been suggested that this is because he was interested in glass for its planar properties and that the set-back position of the glass in the timber frame allowed the façade to be seen as a series of parallel planes.

The present façade was built in 1732 – 1734 by the architect Ferdinando Fuga on the orders of Pope Clement XII Corsini, whose coat-of-arms, trumpeted by two Fames, still surmounts the roofline balustrade, as in Piranesi's view.

* Borromini's church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane ( or San Carlino-originally Chiesa della Santissima Trinità e di San Carlo Borromeo ), the first and last work of this architect ( the façade was completed after his death ) commissioned by the Barberini.

* The church of San Silvestro al Quirinale, which was described for the first time circa 1000, rebuilt in the 16th century and restructured ( façade ) in the 19th.

It is built in the typical urban Baroque style with an ashlar-work façade, trellised balconies and the coat of arms of the Allende Salazar family.

The chief churches of Montauban are the cathedral, remarkable only for the possession of the " Vow of Louis XIII ", one of the masterpieces of Ingres, and the church of St Jacques ( 14th and 15th centuries ), dedicated to Saint James of Compostela, the façade of which is surmounted by a handsome octagonal tower, the base of which is in Romanesque style, while the upper levels, built later, are in Gothic style.

* Landtag ; the seat of the government of Saxony-Anhalt with its Baroque façade built in 1724.

Down the narrow, short street that extends from the main gate of the fortress is the Chiesa di Sant ' Agostino with its simple Romanesque façade, also built in the 13th century.

Addictional, major examples of Neoclassical architecture in the city includes Palazzo Belgiojoso, former grand Napoleonic residence, and Palazzo Tarsis, built by Luigi Clerichetti for Count Paolo Tarsis in 1834, famous for its ornate façade.

Additionally, there has been a trend in recent years to add modern wings and façades to historic buildings, the most prominent example of which is the Bucharest Architects ' Association Building, which is a modern glass-and-steel construction built inside a historic stone façade.

* The church of Santo Stefano, built from 1286, but with a Renaissance stone façade added in 1586.

Some other interesting buildings are the town hall ( Stadhuis ), a 16th-century building that was badly damaged by a fire in 1929 but has its Renaissance façade designed by Lieven de Key still standing ; the Gemeenlandshuis van Rijnland ( 1596, restored in 1878 ); De Waag ( weigh house in Dutch ), built by Pieter Post ; the former court-house ( Gerecht ); a corn-grinding windmill, now home to a museum ( Molen de Valk ) ( 1743 ); the old gymnasium ( Latijnse School ) ( 1599 ) and the city carpenter's yard and wharf ( Stadstimmerwerf ) ( 1612 ), both built by Lieven de Key ( c. 1560 – 1627 ).

The present building, planned and built 1963 – 1966 by Marcel Breuer and Hamilton P. Smith in a distinctively modern style, is easily distinguished from the neighboring townhouses by its staircase façade made from granite stones and its external upside-down windows.

The builder was Thomas Cubitt, the London architect and builder whose company built the main façade of Buckingham Palace for the royal couple in 1847.

Prince Albert designed the house himself in conjunction with builder Thomas Cubitt, the London architect and builder whose company also built the main façade of Buckingham Palace.

* The Cathedral of San Rufino ( St. Rufinus ), with a Romanesque façade with three rose windows and a 16th ‑ century interior ; part of it is built on a Roman cistern.

Before the extension was built, the façade was hidden behind a small terrace of shops.

The main façade, built from red brick and Portland stone, stretches along Cromwell Gardens and was designed by Aston Webb after winning a competition in 1891 to extend the museum.

The church was built in the 12th century over a pre-existing Palaeo-Christian edifice, and renovated a century later with the addition of the characteristic façade made of loggias with small arches surmounted by all different-styled columns.

The new palace was built out of fortresses, one façade to the Piazzeta, the other overlooking the St. Mark's Basin.

Most of the other buildings are Victorian or later and include: St. Alban Quad ( or " Stubbins "), designed by Basil Champneys, built on the site of the medieval St. Alban Hall ( elements of the older façade are incorporated into the part that faces onto Merton Street ); the Grove building, built in 1864 by William Butterfield but " chastened " in the 1930s ; the buildings beyond the Fellows ' Garden called " Rose Lane "; several buildings north of Merton Street, including a real tennis court, and the Old Warden's Lodgings ( designed by Champneys in 1903 ); and a new quadrangle in Holywell Street, some distance away from the college.

The two-storey building has rusticated arches on the ground floor and a row of Ionic columns above, dividing the façade into seven bays — the ground floor contains the first purpose built senior common rooms in Oxford, above is the library.

Chiswick Villa is built of brick and its façade fronted with Portland stone with a small amount of stucco.

The College has planning permission to develop a further three phases of building, planned to be built over the next twenty or more years as funding permits, which will extend the college's red-brick façade along Grange Road to the corner of West Road.