[Cob] Re: cob with buttresses

[Amanda Peck]

I kind of wish I'd sent a message to the list that I sent to somebody 
privately.  Oh, well, my words aren't THAT deathless.

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.

Gaudi might have had a ball with them.

I do hope, though, if he had put flower pots on the top there was enough 
drainage to prevent the cob from falling apart.  And we're not talking about 
geraniums here, but something like some of the giant cycads.

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