Regarding the expression of the house, it offers a silent facade to the street, which is no more than the simple echo of the wall that confines the small patio of the sleeping rooms.

从住宅的外部来看，整座建筑朝向街道的立面低调干净，简单重复的墙体围合出卧室的小露台。

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A 50-meter-long brick wall was introduced to the street interface in order to join the 3 old individual buildings into one single continuing facade.

街道接口处为一堵50米长的砖墙，以便将3个旧建筑连接成单一的持续外观。

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Later, the orphaned facade of Martin Thompson's 1824 Branch Bank of the U.S. was moved from Wall Street and attached to the back of the museum, where it had a forlorn service-yard look until it was enclosed by the Engelhard Court.

WSJ: The Metropolitan Museum of Art | American Wing | The New World Reborn | By Ada Louise Huxtable