RIBA Bookshops

Paul Fletcher

Paul is a thought leader, architect and director of ‘through...’ a built environment consultancy that combines behavioural economics with building physics and architecture. Whilst studying at Sheffield University he co-developed new collaborative studio teaching methods empowered by 3D CAD, in 2000 he founded 'Teamwork', a pan industry 'learning by doing organisation' that explored innovation in multi-disciplinary working for better built environment as fuelled by BIM. More recently he established the industry think tank ‘Whetstone’ with the intent of sharpening the cutting edge of a 21st century industry, through cooperative processes, big data, social media and ‘everyware’ technologies. It focuses on enabling built environment outcomes that serve and empower a diverse and thriving society. He has been a RIBA national councillor and is an acknowledged expert on briefing, concept and feasibility studies as well as integrated working and client-focused design solutions.

Hilary Satchwell

Hilary Satchwell is Director of Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design, a well established multi-disciplinary practice of highly experienced planners, urban designers and architects. She is an architect and urban designer with 19 years’ experience of, among other things, delivering large scale master plans, developing urban regeneration proposals and town centre enhancement schemes, and building conservation. A lot of her work focuses on ensuring projects are set up well, concentrating on strategic definition and briefing to ensure good design and good place-making. Hilary's master planning work has demonstrated her creative leadership and her ability to draw together the often conflicting objectives of a multi-architect and multi-disciplinary team to create a clear, strategic vision. She is currently on the RIBA’s Construction Leadership Group, has advisory roles on a number of Design Review Panels in the south east, Southwark and Lewisham, and has undertaken research for CABE on the role of design infrastructure in delivery growth. 

Caroline J. Buckingham, HLM Architects

A must-have book which explains the importance of robust briefing and the circular linkage between the end of one project and start of another. With a shift to a digital design process and availability of data analytics this gives us a step-by-step guide to setting up the conditions to support good quality design.

Adrian Leaman, Building Use Studies

A brief which unravels assumptions, needs, expectations and likely outcomes in a building is the most important tool available to a designer.  Sadly, most briefs do exactly the opposite, which is why so many buildings do not work as well as expected. Evaluate the outcomes and feed the findings back into the collective wisdom, and you are well on the way to responsible architecture.

Alan Shingler, Sheppard Robson Architects

Well-written and easy to follow, this covers critical work stages from the building in use to strategic and project briefing. These are probably the most important work stages and certainly have the greatest potential to positively influence the project.

From the Foreword by Jane Duncan, RIBA President Elect

This book, the first in a series of three guides to using the RIBA Plan of Work 2013, explains the means by which, using stages 7, 0 and 1, the process of learning and continuous improvement can develop using analytical tools and collection of data to provide for shared knowledge. Simple graphics using boxed information show, for a range of project sizes, examples from practice, hints and tips and explanations to set the scene and ask the right questions. This is the essential guide to changing our industry for the better. I urge you to read and digest its unassailable logic.