 Laybourne Smith 's friendship with Walter Bagot had spanned many years prior to the partnership , but their respective working methods was " so different that they seemed unlikely partners " . While Baggot was " notorious " for the attention he gave to minor details in designs , Laybourne Smith was described as being just as happy to develop a sketch and to pass it on to the draftsmen to " work up " ( although it should be noted that this does not represent a lack of attention , as his designs were " sketched in tiny , neat detail " ) . In spite of these differences , their respective strengths tended to balance one another : Bagot was a traditionalist in design , while Laybourne Smith brought an engineer 's knowledge and " ingenuity " to the partnership . 
