Flying buttresses were used on the upper floors.
There is a series of flying buttresses around the exterior wall of the chancel, which also has lancet windows with tracery work.
Twin flying buttress pedestrian ramps extending 200 ft from the north and east sides of the structure connect the building to the parking lot.
Their tagline, referencing the architectural element of the flying buttress, was the support of a new medium.
The architectural innovations of the pointed arch and the flying buttress, allowed taller, lighter churches with large areas of glazed window.
The motivational intent might be to create work for his brother-in-law who is a flying buttress subcontractor.
The aisle between the transepts is itself a buttress to the older wall behind and supported by a flying buttress.
The south aisle wall leans significantly, and is supported by a substantial flying buttress.
