#facadism

Sackville Street, W1

Simons Warehouse, Strouts Place, E2  ripe for facadism

The preserved facade of a row of demolished Victorian mansions, looking like a film set. Soho, September 2017.

Metropolitan Square (1986) is a 12 story, 734,969 square foot mixed-use structure in Washington DC that incorporates 3 historical buildings and facades. It covers three quarters of a city block close by The White House, U.S. Treasury Department, and the National Mall. 

#repost • @engineeringandarchitecture A 116 year old building with a modern building built inside and above it, Kobe, Japan #Facadism is the architectural and construction practice where the facade of a building is designed or constructed separately from the rest of a building, or when only the facade of a building is preserved with new buildings erected behind or around it. Have you seen buildings like this in your city? . . #Historicpreservation #Architecturalhistory #Buildingengineering #Urban #planning #engineering #structure #architecture #modern #oldarchitecture #modernarchitecture #architect #downtown #city #construction #building #civilengineering https://www.instagram.com/p/CSyvMLqLY3H/?utm_medium=tumblr

derin: ily / i love you baby, surf mesa ( ft. emilee ). just a nice chill song that can be on replay around the house for an entire day. that annoying neighbour, remember?