small genus of timber trees of eastern Asia, Australasia and tropical Africa that form large buttresses.
The new building is a massive body that ends the rhythm of original facade, marked by four roughly equidistant buttresses.
held up by braces or buttresses.
So that first evening, we met as strangers. Our wives were present, necessary buttresses for this delicate moment.
Concrete buttress DAMS when subjected to severe shaking have developed horizontal cracks at the elevation high in the DAMS where the downstream buttresses intersect the vertical "chimney" section.
Almost brutalist in presentation, the buttresses emulate medieval crenellations along the top of the structure, effectively emulating castles of yore.
Gaudi considered the Gothic style imperfect, because buttresses are needed to hold up the soaring magnificence.
The walls of the church are bolstered with buttresses
Romanesque structures remained massive until the introduction of buttresses, which allowed the walls to be lightened.
The introduction of a system of flying buttresses made possible the reduction of wall surfaces by relieving them of part of their structural function.
Through the use of flying buttresses and towering spires, they created houses of worship that appear to touch the sky.
