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263: 227: 40: 191: 179: 203: 172:', and concludes with the present day. A neutral framework divides the volumes into seven parts covering sequential and broad periods that unfold in linear time without focusing on particular historical events or favouring particular regions. ... Acknowledging that this edition bears only some 'traces' of the original works, Fraser defends the use of Sir Banister Fletcher's name in the title by affirming that 'just as no man is an island, nothing stands anew'." 239: 215: 251: 164:, it aims to correct the historical western-centric imbalance of the content, which has been tackled by earlier editions, but not eradicated. The RIBA claims that the expanded edition, written by 88 experts from around the world, represents the most comprehensive survey of global architecture to date. In a review of the new edition, Preeti Chopra writes that " 132:
There was a major revision with the 6th edition in 1921, when much of the text was rewritten by Banister Flight 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 numerous drawings were replaced by new ones by
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The first edition was steeped in late-Victorian myths of empire. It covered nothing outside Europe and the (ancient) Middle East. The 4th edition (1901) added some other architectural traditions under the dismissive title of "The Non-Historical Styles". Non-Western architecture was likewise
73: 262: 123:, yet their good intentions did little to resolve the fundamental problem. A fully post-colonial reworking planned by John McKean in the mid-2000s never happened, and post-colonialism itself has since been absorbed into broader concepts of globalisation. 119:
caricatured as the stunted lower branches on the "Tree of Architecture" included in the 5th and 6th editions (1905 and 1921). This attitude was partially tackled by later General Editors, and a centenary 20th edition was published in 1996 under
137:, 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. 226: 103:, published in London in 1896. The book became a standard reference work, with updated editions published throughout the 20th century. The latest, 21st edition, was published in 2019. 375: 190: 178: 294: 401: 362: 496: 202: 452:
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Mckean, John (2006). "Sir Banister Fletcher: pillar to post–colonial readings".
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uses as its starting point 3500 BCE, commonly accepted as the beginning of the '
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Sir Banister Fletcher's a History of Architecture

Banister Flight Fletcher
Banister Fletcher
A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method
Wikisource
history of architecture
Banister Flight Fletcher
Banister Fletcher
Murray Fraser
Dan Cruickshank
J. Mordaunt Crook
Dan Cruickshank
Murray Fraser
RIBA
urban revolution
Prehistoric architecture. 17th ed.
Great Pyramid of Cheops. 17th ed.
Ziggurats. 17th ed.
Acropolis, Athens. 17th ed.
Baths of Cracalla, Rome, the Tepidarum. 7th ed.
Antwerp Cathedral. 17th ed.
French Gothic. 17th ed.
The Tree of Architecture. 7th ed.


Fraser, Murray
"Classic Book: Sir Banister Fletcher's History of Architecture (1896) – The Twentieth Century Society"
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10.1080/13602360600786126

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