Pedestal: In Classical architecture, a support or base for a column, statue, vase, or obelisk.

台座：在古典建筑中，柱子、雕像、瓶饰、方尖碑等的基座。

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So a few years and a billion pounds or so later, the great architect delivers his monumental vision - a cloud-tickling skyscraper, a giant gleaming obelisk that emerges from London Bridge train station like a rocket about to take off.

BBC: Imagine the meeting that led to The Shard