{"product_id":"sir-banister-fletchers-global-history-of-architecture-21st-ed","title":"Sir Banister Fletcher's Global History of Architecture (21ST ed.)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Book of the Century\" - \u003ci\u003eThe American Institute of Architects\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...the bible of architectural history... Banister Fletcher remains a potted history with remarkably pithy writing.\" -\u003ci\u003e Building Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The tome has been bought for 100 years by every architectural student who could possibly scrape together the shillings.\" - \n\u003ci\u003eArchitectural Review\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A thundering classic ... No serious fan of architecture should be without it\" - \n\u003ci\u003eThe American Institute of Architects\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" ...succinct characterization of individual architects and a liveliness of both criticism and description.\" - \n\u003ci\u003eTimes Educational Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It will continue its usefulness beyond the years of study and become an additional aid to everyday practice.\" - \n\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It will remain one of the most thumbed tomes in Building Design's office library\" - \n\u003ci\u003eBuilding Design\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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\" - \n\u003ci\u003eASI Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An easy-to-use reference book with all the world's major architecture described, explained and, in many cases, fully illustrated.\" - \n\u003ci\u003eB \u0026amp; M Architecture \u0026amp; Design\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\" - \n\u003ci\u003eThe Times Educational Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume One: Prehistory to the Dawn of the Renaissance \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart One: The Birth of Architecture: Prehistory to 500BCE \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Near and Middle East \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: Ancient Egypt \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Ancient Europe \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: The Indian Subcontinent \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: China \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart Two: The Classical Period: 500BCE-500CE \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Persia \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Ancient Greece \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: The Seleucids, Parthians and Sassanians \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: The Roman Empire \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: China \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: The Indian Subcontinent \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: The Early Americas \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart Three: The Age of Religion: 500CE-1400CE \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13: Early Medieval Europe: Byzantine and Romanesque Architecture \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: The Near and Middle East and Central Asia: The Architecture of the Islamic World \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15: Late Medieval Europe: Gothic Architecture \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16: China \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17: Japan and Korea \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18: The Indian Subcontinent \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19: The Khymer Empire and Southeast Asia \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20: The Americas \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21: Africa \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume Two: The Modern World \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart Four: The Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the Age of Empire: 1400-1830 \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22: Europe and the Return of Classicism \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23: The Ottoman Empire \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 24: Persia and the Safavid Dynasty \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 25: The Mughal Empire and the Indian Subcontinent \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 26: China \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 27: Japan and Korea \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 28: Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 29: North America \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 30: Central and South America \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 31: Africa \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart Five: Architecture, Industrialization and Empire: 1830-1914 \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 32: Europe \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 33: North America \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 34: Central and South America \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 35: China \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 36: Japan and Korea \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 37: The Indian Subcontinent \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 38: Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 39: The Middle East \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 40: Africa \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart Six: Modernism and Postmodernism: 1914 to the Present Day \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 41: Europe, 1914-1970 \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 42: The USA and Canada \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 43: Europe, 1970-Present \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 44: The Soviet Union, Russia and Eastern Europe \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 45: Japan and Korea \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 46: China \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 47: The Indian Subcontinent \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 48: Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 49: The Middle East \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 50: Africa \n\u003cbr\u003eChapter 51: Central and South America \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBibliography \n\u003cbr\u003eGlossary \n\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations \n\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors \n\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \n\u003cbr\u003eIndex \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMurray Fraser\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003cbr\u003eIn 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. \u003cbr\u003eThis 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 \u003ci\u003eA History of Architecture \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003eThis richly detailed source of information will help provide an understanding of the architecture of any period from around the world. 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