- published: 13 May 2015
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A facade or façade ( /fəˈsɑːd/) is generally one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front. The word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face".
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. Many façades are historic, and local zoning regulations or other laws greatly restrict or even forbid their alteration.
The word comes from the French word façade, which in turn comes from the Italian facciata, from faccia meaning face, ultimately from post-classical Latin facia. The earliest recoded usage by the Oxford English Dictionary is 1656.
It was quite common in the Georgian period for existing houses in English towns to be given a fashionable new façade. For example in the city of Bath The Bunch of Grapes in Westgate Street appears to be a Georgian building but the appearance is only skin deep and some of the interior rooms still have Jacobean plasterwork ceilings.
Actors: Kurt Angle (actor), Roddy Piper (actor), Jim Duggan (actor), Shane Douglas (producer), Matt Hardy (actor), Larry Whistler (actor), Patrick Michael Strange (producer), Shane Douglas (actor), Scott Levy (actor), Paul Pawlowski (producer), Matthew Rush (actor), Jeremy Ambler (actor), Marco Werba (composer), Edward Pfeifer (actor), Edward Pfeifer (actor),
Genres: Action, Horror, Thriller,Actors: Amanda Defrance (actress), Corey Brown (actor), Christopher Mark Dohrn (actor), Peter Mirek (actor),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi,Actors: Kirby Morrow (actor), John W. Hyde (producer), Garry Chalk (actor), Stan Lee (actor), Scott McNeil (actor), Cam Clarke (actor), Cam Clarke (actor), Jim Ward (actor), Jim Ward (actor), Kathleen Barr (actress), Kathleen Barr (actress), Nicole Oliver (actress), Anna Paquin (actress), Scott McNeil (actor), Stan Lee (producer),
Plot: A break-in and murder at a New York City museum sparks an investigation by Interpol Agent Nathan Nelson. When he finds an ancient artifact at the crime scene, Nelson takes it home to conduct more research. A freakish combination of a lightning storm, a pet chameleon and the rune stone gives his daughter, Maggie, mystical powers to shape-shift her appearance at will which includes the ability to mimic other people and animals. Now Maggie must utilize her new-found super powers to solve the mysterious kidnapping of her father and to learn the secrets of an ancient, long-forgotten race of people.
Keywords: action-hero, action-heroine, actress, agent, alchemy, alien, appearance, artifact, assumed-identity, attack