Modern Practical Masonry

Edmund George Warland was Chief Lecturer on Masonry and Geometry for Masons at the London County Council School of Building in Brixton (founded in 1904 and now part of London South Bank University). From 1928 onward, he was an active member of the Institution of Structural Engineers, particularly during the 1930s, and was for a time chair of the Institution's Lancashire and Cheshire Branch.

• New Introduction by Christopher Weeks; Foreword by F.E. Drury; Preface; Introduction; Abbreviations. Section I: Constructional and practical masonry; Description of tools; Description of machines in use; Details and construction; Hoisting and setting of stonework; Principles of stone cutting; Building stones. Section II: The geometry of masonry; Plane geometry and setting out; Solid and descriptive geometry and setting out. Section III: Costing and Estimating; Masonry costing and estimating; Glossary; Index.

In the specialised and relatively small-scale field of stonemasonry, EG Warland's Modern Practical Masonry has always been regarded as the pre-eminent textbook. For someone just entering the stone trade, or for an interested observer, Hill and David [Practical Stone Masonry] is probably the best starting point. However, it makes no attempt to compete with Warland for breadth of geometrical content, and the latter's status as the bible of the trade remains unchallenged. It is good to have it available once more in hardback form. Cornerstone, SPAB The role of Modern Practical Masonry is note to celebrate the cornice, but rather to train architects, builders, mason, stonecutters and contractors in how to incorporate traditional forms , such as the cornice, and to incorporate traditional logic with modern construction methods. Traditional Building (US)