pilotis: stilts or pillars carrying the weight of a building in such a way as to raise it off the ground.
pinnacle: small ornamental turret usually ending in a pyramid or cone crowning a buttress or roof.
plasticity: sculptural modelling.
Pilotis
- posts which support a building enabling the ground floor open to be used for parking etc.
In larger buildings, the historical vocabulary of columns and capitals was replaced by pilotis and exuberant reinforced concrete forms such as the "butterfly" or inverted wing roof. All modern apartments had their own bathrooms and kitchens.
Pilotis(French): 20th-century term for pillars or stilts that support a building above an open ground floor.PinnacleA small spike- or turret-like termination of a buttress, parapet etc., especially in Gothic architecture.
Pillar - A detached support, not necessary cylindrical, or of classical proportions: a structure or like form erected as a monument..
Pilotis - Constructional stilts that support a building, leaving parking space or pedestrian access beneath; ...
The Twentieth Century Society (headed, ironically, by Gavin Stamp, Private Eye's "Nooks & Corners" columnist 'Piloti') has campaigned against the demolition of buildings such as the Tricorn Centre and Trinity Centre Multi-Storey Car Park.
 See also: Floor, House, Ground, Architecture, Brick
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