Based on the experience of the practical design, some measures of design and construction of foundation and shear wall in high-rise building are put forward in this paper.

A straw-earth mixture with a low straw content was manufactured with the help of cows and water buffalo and then heaped on top of the foundation wall to a height of 65cm per layer.

The widened section, usually concrete, at the base or bottom of a foundation wall, pier or column.