Martin Filler

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.

American Critic

Leslie Jamison

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.

American Novelist

Elizabeth McCracken

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.

American Author

Jonathan Krisel

I love the beige, tan, stucco world where the sun bleaches things out to the point that it can look somewhat ugly.

American Director

Stucco is often associated with architectural styles, particularly Mediterranean or Spanish.

Architectural Coating

Stucco is known for its durability and weather resistance, a key quality highlighted in real estate or construction contexts.

Durability

Stucco provides a textured surface; its roughness can be part of its aesthetic appeal.

External Texture

Stuccoing is a popular home improvement technique for refreshing an exterior's look.

Home Improvement

Stucco can be sculpted or patterned artistically to add decorative appeal.

Artistic Technique

Applying stucco requires specialized skill; professional stucco contractors are often sought for this work.

Skilled Trade

 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

David Macaulay: All...

 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