[Cob] Re: cob with buttresses

[Kyle Towers]

> Flying buttresses made possible bigger, lighter, more decorative
> buildings--big cathedrals as opposed to what was it, Romanesque (?)
> churches.  They were kind of all over the place while still doing the job,
> as opposed to massive stepwise affairs to keep the vaults in place.

Above all else, flying buttresses enabled the walls to be fenestrated w/
large, closely spaced, stained-glass windows.  That was the architects' main
reason; the glorious light and the feeling that the ceilings were suspended.

Kyle