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[Cob] cob with buttresses

Jonathan Walther krooger at debian.org
Sat Feb 21 16:12:08 CST 2004


On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 11:26:10AM -0800, tms at northcoast.com wrote:
>Kind of Gaudi-esque to image winged buttresses radiating from cob
>dewllings...

Gaudi would have done nothing so gauche... :-)  Although if Gaudi was
inspired by flying buttresses while doing cob work, I believe he would
have made the tops of the buttresses into flower pots.  And modified
them sufficiently that they weren't quite the traditional flying
buttress.

Jonathan

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