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stilted
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stilted
Architect (of an arch) having vertical piers between the impost and the springing


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But longer viewing betrays a stiltedness, as if the women cannot get out of their subtle caricatures to communicate or touch one another in any genuine way.
The decision to use steel, with its attendant constructional complexities, rather than enveloping concrete, perhaps accounts for the apparent stiltedness - although the vaults below are exquisitely organic.
 
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