The flying buttress revolutionized architecture, channeling the outward force of a vaulted ceiling into perfect balance. Remove it, and the structure collapses. Yet its sudden appearance in medieval design remains a mystery. No gradual evolution, no visible prototypes... it emerged complete, as if an entire army of master builders had been trained in secret and unleashed at once. | The Randall Carlson
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The flying buttress revolutionized architecture, channeling the outward force of a vaulted ceiling into perfect balance. Remove it, and the structure collapses. Yet its sudden appearance in medieval design remains a mystery. No gradual evolution, no visible prototypes... it emerged complete, as if an entire army of master builders had been trained in secret and unleashed at once. | The Randall Carlson
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