Sir Banister Fletcher's Global History of Architecture (21ST ed.)

Sir Banister Fletcher's Global History of Architecture (21ST ed.)

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Review Quotes: "Book of the Century" - The American Institute of Architects"...the bible of architectural history... Banister Fletcher remains a potted history with remarkably pithy writing." - Building Magazine "The tome has been bought for...

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Review Quotes:

"Book of the Century" - The American Institute of Architects

"...the bible of architectural history... Banister Fletcher remains a potted history with remarkably pithy writing." - Building Magazine

"The tome has been bought for 100 years by every architectural student who could possibly scrape together the shillings." - Architectural Review

"A thundering classic ... No serious fan of architecture should be without it" - The American Institute of Architects

" ...succinct characterization of individual architects and a liveliness of both criticism and description." - Times Educational Supplement

"It will continue its usefulness beyond the years of study and become an additional aid to everyday practice." - Times Higher Education Supplement

"It will remain one of the most thumbed tomes in Building Design's office library" - Building Design

"It is such a remarkable book, containing so much detail and so skilfully illustrated, that it is a must for all architectural and surveying offices" - ASI Journal

"An easy-to-use reference book with all the world's major architecture described, explained and, in many cases, fully illustrated." - B & M Architecture & Design

"Half the pleasure, as half the volume, of Banister Fletcher is its pictures. The thousands of photographs are, as always in Banister Fletcher, unimprovably fine." - The Times Educational Supplement



Table of Contents:

Volume One: Prehistory to the Dawn of the Renaissance

Introduction

Part One: The Birth of Architecture: Prehistory to 500BCE
Chapter 1: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near and Middle East
Chapter 2: Ancient Egypt
Chapter 3: Ancient Europe
Chapter 4: The Indian Subcontinent
Chapter 5: China

Part Two: The Classical Period: 500BCE-500CE
Chapter 6: Persia
Chapter 7: Ancient Greece
Chapter 8: The Seleucids, Parthians and Sassanians
Chapter 9: The Roman Empire
Chapter 10: China
Chapter 11: The Indian Subcontinent
Chapter 12: The Early Americas

Part Three: The Age of Religion: 500CE-1400CE
Chapter 13: Early Medieval Europe: Byzantine and Romanesque Architecture
Chapter 14: The Near and Middle East and Central Asia: The Architecture of the Islamic World
Chapter 15: Late Medieval Europe: Gothic Architecture
Chapter 16: China
Chapter 17: Japan and Korea
Chapter 18: The Indian Subcontinent
Chapter 19: The Khymer Empire and Southeast Asia
Chapter 20: The Americas
Chapter 21: Africa

Volume Two: The Modern World

Part Four: The Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the Age of Empire: 1400-1830
Chapter 22: Europe and the Return of Classicism
Chapter 23: The Ottoman Empire
Chapter 24: Persia and the Safavid Dynasty
Chapter 25: The Mughal Empire and the Indian Subcontinent
Chapter 26: China
Chapter 27: Japan and Korea
Chapter 28: Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania
Chapter 29: North America
Chapter 30: Central and South America
Chapter 31: Africa

Part Five: Architecture, Industrialization and Empire: 1830-1914
Chapter 32: Europe
Chapter 33: North America
Chapter 34: Central and South America
Chapter 35: China
Chapter 36: Japan and Korea
Chapter 37: The Indian Subcontinent
Chapter 38: Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania
Chapter 39: The Middle East
Chapter 40: Africa

Part Six: Modernism and Postmodernism: 1914 to the Present Day
Chapter 41: Europe, 1914-1970
Chapter 42: The USA and Canada
Chapter 43: Europe, 1970-Present
Chapter 44: The Soviet Union, Russia and Eastern Europe
Chapter 45: Japan and Korea
Chapter 46: China
Chapter 47: The Indian Subcontinent
Chapter 48: Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania
Chapter 49: The Middle East
Chapter 50: Africa
Chapter 51: Central and South America

Bibliography
Glossary
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Index



Biographical Note:
Murray Fraser is Professor of Architecture and Global Culture at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, UK and Vice-Dean of Research for The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment. He has published extensively on design, architectural history and theory, urbanism, post-colonialism and cultural studies.

Publisher Marketing:

Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture is the acknowledged classic work of architectural history reference. Since the first edition was published in 1896, it has been declared the 'Book of the Century' by the American Institute of Architects and it has become essential reading for generations of architects and students. This tradition continues today, with the 21st edition providing the most up-to-date, authoritative and detailed account of the global history of architecture available in any form.
In this unique work, thousands of the world's major buildings are described and explained, in many cases accompanied by detailed and beautiful plans, drawings, and photographs. Architectural styles, traditions, and buildings are all placed within an easy-to-use framework, allowing comparative analysis of the cultural contexts, resources, and technological processes that have affected the development of architecture from prehistoric times to the present day.
This new 21stedition, edited by architectural critic Tom Dyckhoff, brings into focus the key topics of current critical concern, including sustainability, vernacular architecture, and cross-cultural exchanges throughout history. This complements and extends the existing coverage, which has throughout been updated to reflect the very latest scholarship in architectural history, bringing a thoroughly contemporary understanding of the world's buildings and the contexts in which they were built. Richly detailed explorations of exemplary buildings are joined by new images and drawings for which A History of Architecture is justifiably famous, and new sections examining the architecture in the 21stcentury bring the coverage right up to date, providing a valuable historical context to the work of contemporary architects such as Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid.
This richly detailed source of information will help provide an understanding of the architecture of any period from around the world. In the words of Sir Banister Fletcher himself, this 'provides a key to the habits, thoughts and aspirations of the people, and without a knowledge of this art the history of any period lacks that human interest with which it should be invested; ... the study of Architecture opens up the enjoyment of buildings with an appreciation of their purpose, meaning and charm.'




Contributor Bio:Fraser, Murray
Murray Fraser is Professor of Architecture and Global Culture at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, UK and Vice-Dean of Research for The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment. He has published extensively on design, architectural history and theory, urbanism, post-colonialism and cultural studies.