Façade of the Strasbourg Cathedral

The façade at Bletchley Park is a mix of architectural styles. Strasbourg Cathedral or the Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg (Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Strasbourg Liebfrauenmünster zu Straßburg is a Roman Catholic Bletchley Park, also known as Station X, is an estate located in the town of Bletchley, in Buckinghamshire, and (since 1967 part of Milton Keynes

Interior of a suspended precast concrete facade with incomplete firestop made of stuffed rockwool. Concrete is a construction material composed of Cement (commonly Portland cement) as well as other cementitious materials such as Fly ash and Slag A firestop is a Passive fire protection System of various components used to seal openings and joints in fire-resistance rated wall Mineral wool, also known as mineral fibers or man-made mineral fibers are Fibers made from natural or synthetic Minerals or Metal

A façade (IPA: /fəˈsɑːd/) alternatively spelled facade is generally one side of the exterior of a building, especially the front, but also sometimes the sides and rear. In Architecture, Construction, Engineering and real estate development the word building may refer to one of the following Any man-made The word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face". A word is a unit of Language that carries meaning and consists of one or more Morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together and has a Phonetic French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Frontage is the full length of a plot of land or a building measured alongside the road on to which the plot or building fronts The term face refers to the central sense organ complex for those animals that have one normally on the ventral surface of the head and can depending on the definition

Façade of the town hall in Chojna, Poland

In architecture, the façade of a building is often the most important from a design standpoint, as it sets the tone for the rest of the building. A city hall or town hall is the chief administrative building of a City or Town 's administration and usually houses the city or Chojna (Königsberg in der Neumark Latin: Regiomontanus Neomarchicus) is a small town in western Poland in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation Design is used both as a Noun and a Verb. The term is often tied to the various Applied arts and Engineering (See design disciplines Many facades are historic, and local zoning regulations or other laws greatly restrict or even forbid their alteration. History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Zoning is a term used in Urban planning for a system of land-use Regulation in various parts of the world including North America the United Kingdom Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society

Highrise facades

In modern highrise buildings, the exterior walls are often suspended from the concrete floor slabs. A high-rise is a tall Building or structure Normally the function of the building is added for example high-rise Apartment building or Concrete is a construction material composed of Cement (commonly Portland cement) as well as other cementitious materials such as Fly ash and Slag Examples include curtain walls and precast concrete walls. Curtain wall is a term used to describe a building Façade which does not carry any dead load from the building other than its own dead load The facade can at times be required to have a fire-resistance rating, for instance, if two buildings are very close together, to lower the likelihood of fire spreading from one building to another. A fire-resistance rating typically means the duration for which a Passive fire protection System can withstand a standard fire resistance test. Fire is the heat and light energy released during a Chemical reaction, in particular a combustion reaction. In Architecture, Construction, Engineering and real estate development the word building may refer to one of the following Any man-made

Whether rated or not, fire protection is always a design consideration both in terms of concern for the subject building as well as for the surroundings, as falling glass can endanger pedestrians, firefighters and firehoses below. Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of Fires ref>NFPA Fire Protection Handbook pg An example of this is the First Interstate Bank Fire in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The fire here leapfrogged up the tower by shattering the glass and then consuming the aluminium skeleton holding the glass. WikipediaNaming Aluminium's melting temperature is 660 °C, whereas building fires can reach 1,100 °C. The melting point of aluminium is typically reached within minutes of the start of a fire. Fire is the heat and light energy released during a Chemical reaction, in particular a combustion reaction. Firestops for such building joints can be qualified to UL 2079 -- Tests for Fire Resistance of Building Joint Systems. A firestop is a Passive fire protection System of various components used to seal openings and joints in fire-resistance rated wall A building joint is a junction where Building elements meet without applying a static load from one element to another Sprinklering of each floor has a profoundly positive effect on the fire safety of buildings with curtain walls. A fire sprinkler system is an Active fire protection measure consisting of a water supply providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution piping system In the case of the aforementioned fire, it was specifically the activation of the newly installed sprinkler system, which halted the advance of the fire and allowed effective suppression.

Some building codes also limit the percentage of window area in exterior walls. A building code, or building control, is a set of rules that specify the minimum acceptable level of safety for constructed objects such as Buildings and Nonbuilding When the exterior wall is not rated, the perimeter slab edge becomes a junction where rated slabs are abutting an unrated wall. For rated walls, one may also choose rated windows and fire doors, to maintain that wall's rating. GlassWindowjpg|thumb|right|190px|A stained glass panel depicting Biblical scenes at a historic church in Scotland]] A window is an opening A fire door is a type of Door, or barrier used as a Passive fire protection item within Buildings to prevent the spread of Fire or

Film sets

On a film set, many of the buildings are only façades, which are far cheaper than actual buildings, and not subject to building codes. Set construction is a process by which a set designer works in collaboration with the director of the production to create the set for a theatrical film or television A building code, or building control, is a set of rules that specify the minimum acceptable level of safety for constructed objects such as Buildings and Nonbuilding These are simply held up with supports from behind, and sometimes have boxes for actors to step in and out of from the front if necessary for a scene. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works In TV and movies, a scene is a part of the action in a single location

References

See also

• Curtain wall
• Facadism
• Potemkin village
• Passive fire protection
• Active fire protection
• Fire sprinkler
• Fire door
• Fire-resistance rating
• Firestop
• Building joints