Stucco
noun
A type of plaster used for coating walls and ceilings, especially outside of buildings.
The exterior of the house was covered in white stucco.
Often appears as...
- stucco finish
- stucco coating
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To cover or decorate with stucco.
They decided to stucco the exterior walls of the house.
Often appears as...
- stucco a wall
- stucco a ceiling
noun
A type of plaster used for coating walls and ceilings, especially outside of buildings.
The exterior of the house was covered in white stucco.
Often appears as...
- stucco finish
- stucco coating
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To cover or decorate with stucco.
They decided to stucco the exterior walls of the house.
Often appears as...
- stucco a wall
- stucco a ceiling
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Architectural Coating
Stucco is often associated with architectural styles, particularly Mediterranean or Spanish.
The new office building has a Mediterranean look with its stucco facade.
Pro Tip 2/3Durability
Stucco is known for its durability and weather resistance, a key quality highlighted in real estate or construction contexts.
This stucco finish can last for decades with little maintenance.
Pro Tip 3/3External Texture
Stucco provides a textured surface; its roughness can be part of its aesthetic appeal.
The artist's gallery features textured stucco walls for a rustic feel.
Pro Tip 1/3Architectural Coating
Stucco is often associated with architectural styles, particularly Mediterranean or Spanish.
The new office building has a Mediterranean look with its stucco facade.
Pro Tip 2/3Durability
Stucco is known for its durability and weather resistance, a key quality highlighted in real estate or construction contexts.
This stucco finish can last for decades with little maintenance.
Pro Tip 3/3External Texture
Stucco provides a textured surface; its roughness can be part of its aesthetic appeal.
The artist's gallery features textured stucco walls for a rustic feel.
Pro Tip 1/3Architectural Coating
Stucco is often associated with architectural styles, particularly Mediterranean or Spanish.
The new office building has a Mediterranean look with its stucco facade.
Pro Tip 2/3Durability
Stucco is known for its durability and weather resistance, a key quality highlighted in real estate or construction contexts.
This stucco finish can last for decades with little maintenance.
Pro Tip 3/3External Texture
Stucco provides a textured surface; its roughness can be part of its aesthetic appeal.
The artist's gallery features textured stucco walls for a rustic feel.
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Video examples
David Macaulay: All...
it became essential to make smaller windows because the bad guys were coming or whatever. Adaptations all get buried under the stucco. I could peel out a page of this palazzo to show you what's going on inside of it. But more importantly, I could also show you what it looks like at the corner of one of those magnificent buildings
Video examples
Palenque and the Ancient...
Gado who was head of the museum and that Schliemann there on the left this is this guy here we don't know who these people are but here these are hieroglyphic panels from the under the palace part of a stucco bar early and some other artifacts and things that
Video examples
David Macaulay: All...
it became essential to make smaller windows because the bad guys were coming or whatever. Adaptations all get buried under the stucco. I could peel out a page of this palazzo to show you what's going on inside of it. But more importantly, I could also show you what it looks like at the corner of one of those magnificent buildings
Video examples
Palenque and the Ancient...
Gado who was head of the museum and that Schliemann there on the left this is this guy here we don't know who these people are but here these are hieroglyphic panels from the under the palace part of a stucco bar early and some other artifacts and things that
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Martin Filler
American Critic
Before World War II, Modernist architects sometimes had to resort to custom fabrication or outright fakery to achieve the machine imagery advocated by the Bauhaus after its initial, Expressionist, phase. Stucco masqueraded as reinforced concrete; rivets were used for decoration.
Quote examples
Leslie Jamison
American Novelist
You pass the old L.A. County jail, which is surprisingly beautiful. It's got a handsome stone facade and stately columns. The new L.A. County jail - called The Twin Towers - isn't beautiful at all; it's a stucco panopticon the color of sick flesh.
Quote examples
Elizabeth McCracken
American Author
The walls of the Franciscan Church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary were ruined stucco chipping away from the brick underneath, with ghostly frescoes, concrete-filled niches, and one complete, vivid crucifix painted over the altar.
Quote examples
Jonathan Krisel
American Director
I love the beige, tan, stucco world where the sun bleaches things out to the point that it can look somewhat ugly.
Quote examples
Martin Filler
American Critic
Before World War II, Modernist architects sometimes had to resort to custom fabrication or outright fakery to achieve the machine imagery advocated by the Bauhaus after its initial, Expressionist, phase. Stucco masqueraded as reinforced concrete; rivets were used for decoration.
Quote examples
Leslie Jamison
American Novelist
You pass the old L.A. County jail, which is surprisingly beautiful. It's got a handsome stone facade and stately columns. The new L.A. County jail - called The Twin Towers - isn't beautiful at all; it's a stucco panopticon the color of sick flesh.
Quote examples
Elizabeth McCracken
American Author
The walls of the Franciscan Church of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin Mary were ruined stucco chipping away from the brick underneath, with ghostly frescoes, concrete-filled niches, and one complete, vivid crucifix painted over the altar.
Quote examples
Jonathan Krisel
American Director
I love the beige, tan, stucco world where the sun bleaches things out to the point that it can look somewhat ugly.
Example 1 of 4
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