Stephen Emmitt

Barry’s Introduction to Construction of Buildings is an authoritative, well-established, comprehensive, practical, and highly illustrated guide to construction practice. Barry’s Introduction to Construction of Buildings provides the essential material an undergraduate student will need to understand how the majority of low-rise buildings are constructed. The text explains construction technology through key functional and performance requirements for the main elements common...

Barry’s Advanced Construction of Buildings An up-to-date edition of the comprehensive guide to building practice Since 1958, Barry’s Construction of Buildings has served as a standard guide to building practices and construction skills. The second volume of this two-volume format, Barry’s Advanced Construction of Buildings, builds on the introductory material of the first volume to offer readers a thorough grounding...

Updated resource guiding readers through the analysis and choices required to ensure a building will perform as expected. Robin Barry’s Construction of Buildings was first published in 1958 as a five-volume set and rapidly became a standard work on the subject. Following Barry’s death in 2002, a two-volume format was adopted with new authors. Developed from an earlier book by...

This unique and established guide to the management of design and designers has been comprehensively reimagined and updated. Written for students of architecture and early career architects, the book explores the benefits of design management from the context of managing design projects and the management of the architectural businesses. It aligns with the need for architects to improve design management...