... onthe problem of foundations for high buildings in London, a city underlainby a great depth of clay, and an illustrationis given of a design forthe foundationsof a proposed large thirty-eight-storey building at Paddington in west London. HISTORICAINLTRODUCTION BEFOREthe development of the passenger lift...

... FOUNDATIONS CONGESTION DESIGN CONSTRUCTION SOILS CLAYS LONDON CLAY BASEMENTS PRESSURE HOUSING ELASTOPLASTIC STANCHIONS FAILURES ELASTIC MOMENTS RESISTANCE FIRES STOREYS COSTS INSTABILITY FRAMEWORK INTERACTION SUPERSTRUCTURES LONDON PADDINGTON MEXICO CITY GULF BUILDING TEXAS...

...F F C CURTIS © Thomas Telford and ICE 1954 BRITISH RAILWAYS RAILWAYS ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STANDARDISATION CONSTRUCTION STATIONS BUILDINGS EUSTON PADDINGTON ST PANCRAS FLORENCE UK ITALY 172 CURTIS ONRAILWAY ARCHITECTURE Railway Architecture by Frederick...