Reading list

The following titles relate to practice management, and are available to buy from RIBA Bookshops.

Watts Pocket Handbook 2010

Watts Pocket Handbook is the essential guide to property and construction, as used by professional since 1983. It enjoys a unique position in the property market.

Written by practising experts for professionals and students, this 26th edition is filled to the brim with comprehensive and up-to-date technical and legal guidance on all aspects of property and construction.

Good Practice Guide: Marketing your Practice

Drawing on the expertise of a range of industry insiders, this practical and accessible guide shows how effective marketing can give your practice the edge.

With examples, tips, and guidelines that can easily be applied to a practice of any size, Marketing your Practice brings together specialists in marketing, business development, and communications to present clear advice for architects on a range of essential marketing topics. From defining a strategy that meets your practice needs, to PR, advertising, new business development and successful award entries, the book reveals that marketing is as much about positioning and steering the business as it is about communicating the range and quality of services on offer. Altogether, it shows how intelligent and cost-effective marketing can play a vital role in the success of any architectural practice.
 

Good Practice Guide: Negotiating the Planning Maze

Aimed not only at architects and developers, this fully updated new edition of this popular RIBA Good Practice Guide offers concise and accessible practical guidance to the many other construction professionals, private individuals and interest groups who struggle to find their way around the complex and expanding planning maze in England and Wales. It explains how to deal effectively with – and avoid the pitfalls of – the recently revised plan-making regime and the planning application process, and how to keep abreast with further expected changes in planning law and practice 

Good Practice Guide: Fee Management

Fee Management is a straightforward professional guide for architects about calculating and negotiating fees to maximise profits. The advice puts equal emphasis on good administrative procedures and on the softer skills of negotiation and selling the architect's unique ability to add value to construction projects. Packed with worked examples and comprehensive in its coverage, it explores how to evaluate costs, explains the anatomy of a fee offer, and advises on getting paid. Outlining the essential management tools for keeping track of the whole process, this easy-to-read guide also explains the ins-and-outs of cash flow, accounting and the jargon behind VAT.
 

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