Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 80
walls are seldom designed by the architect, as theonly place for which he would be likely to plan such walls is for thesupport of terraces, etc. Area walls, it is true, generally serve as retaining walls, but as theyare usually braced by arches or cross walls from the building wall,they do not… … me^r economical section of retaining walls, but so many variable condi-tions enter into the designing of such walls, sucn as the character andcohesion of the soil, the amount the bank has been disturbed, themanner in which the material is filled in against the wall, etc., thatlittle confidence is…
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