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facadism

Pronunciation: /fəˈsɑːd.ɪzəm/

The English word “facadism” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. the practice of retaining only the facade of an old building when redeveloping a site.
  2. a method where the facade is designed and/or constructed independently of the remainder of the rest of the building.

Etymology

* facade + -ism

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