Illustrated Architecture Dictionary
Flying buttress
BUTT res
Masonry support consisting usually of a pier or buttress standing apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch to take the thrust of the vaultingCommonly found in Gothic and Gothic Revival styles
Types of buttresses: Pier ... Flying ... Scroll ... Curved ... Triangular
See also: Church Vocabulary
Examples from Buffalo:
- Illustration above: St. Paul's Cathedral Possibly the only flying buttress in Buffalo
- St. Joseph's RC New Cathedral (DEMOLISHED 1978)
Other examples: