AbeBooks.com: Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture. ( Twentieth Edition ) (677) and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible. The Factory on the,,. Architect: Sir Banister Fletcher. Built/opened in 1936/7 Fletcher trained at and, and joined his father's practice in 1884, also studying at the, the, and the, Paris. He became a partner in 1889, and on his father's death in 1899 took over the practice, which continued to be called Banister Fletcher & Sons. Fletcher worked closely with his younger brother Herbert Phillips Fletcher (1872–1916) as well as his father. Sir Banister FletcherHerbert was also a partner in the family firm and they wrote some books together. He was 'regarded as a minor figure in the modernist movement' in his early career, and generally preferred to write rather than design. Times of india epaper pdf. Great Hall at Banister's work as an architect included: • the on the, in, • (Maze Hill site), • the Great Hall at •, Leckford, In 1908 he qualified as a at the, and undertook arbitrations and advice on property matters. He was knighted in 1919 and elected president of the (RIBA) in 1929 (until 1931). Fletcher was surveyor to the, and became Master in 1936, a position also held by his father. He married twice, first, in 1914, to Alice Bretherton (d.1932) and again in 1933. He had no children. A History of Architecture [ ]. George Hillyard Swinstead; Sir Banister Fletcher (1866-1953), PRIBA, ca. 1919 He and his father wrote the first edition of A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method. This became a standard reference work, with updated editions published throughout the 20th century. There was a major revision with the 6th edition in 1921, when much of the text was rewritten by Fletcher and his first wife. This was over twenty years after his father’s death, and for this edition his father’s name was dropped, and the very numerous drawings replaced by new ones by George G. Woodward and others. According to this edition concentrated 'on supplying an epitomised history of world architecture' such that 'Fletcher turned a useful handbook into a veritable student's bible.' Fletcher produced the sixteenth edition shortly before his death in 1953. A centenary 20th edition edited by was produced in 1996. • 'A thundering classic appears again with useful additions. As Sir Banister Fletcher said, 'The study of architecture opens up the enjoyment of buildings with an appreciation of their purpose, meaning, and charm.' These words aptly summarise what this book has become for generations of students and architects. No serious fan of architecture should be without it.' (American Institute of Architects). • '.the whole point of Banister Fletcher is that it does cram everything into a single volume. It will remain one of the most thumbed tomes in Building Design's office library.above all, gloriously and frustratingly, invaluable.' (, October 1996) The Tree of Architecture [ ]. Banister Fletcher's A Tree of Architecture, 1896 Banister Fletcher's 'The Tree of Architecture' is a schematic diagram detailing what Fletcher identified as the 'branches' of architectural style beginning with five periods (Peruvian, Egyptian, Greek, Assyrian, and Chinese and Japanese) and culminating in the Modern American style. Initially published as a frontispiece in the first edition of Fletcher's A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method for the Student, Craftsman, and Amateur in 1896, the schematic was reproduced in each subsequent edition of the publication. Fletcher suggests a cross-cultural and historical evolution of architectural styles through a series of successive branches, some of which terminate prior to the Modern period including Mexican and Indian, while other lineages can be traced through multiple generations into the final apex of Modern style. Recent scholarship has been critical of Fletcher's hierarchical emphasis on the primacy of Western European architectural traditions. Sir Banister Fletcher, FSA, 1917 • In his will, he left a bequest to the inaugurating an annual prize, the Sir Banister Fletcher Prize and Medal, in memory of his father, brother and himself. • In his will, he left a bequest to the to hold an annual lecture in his name.
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