 In 1711, he worked on several of his father's commissions (e.g.Palais Dietrichstein, Trautson Palace, Böhmi Hofkanzlei, Schwarzenberg Palace) and also helped complete the publication ""Draft of a historical architecture""; whose four volumes inspired many later designs.Through this work, Joseph Emanuel came into contact both with the architecture of his and earlier times and with Berne, his father's noble order.