books.google.co.uk - In 1916, at an unpropitious time, Thomas Wallis founded a new practice, Wallis, Gilbert & Partners, primarily to collaborate with an American company in the design of factories to be constructed of reinforced concrete. Up to this time, the designing of factories was not popular among architects and many...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Form_and_fancy.html?id=LUXvnNRcSMIC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareForm and fancy