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word of the week: PILOTI

2010 January 24
by Caroline Nye Stevens

Piloti at the Federal Center

PILOTI: the french word for stilts, it refers to any series of columns supporting a building above an open ground level.  They typically make a building look as though it is weightless or floating.

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