Banister Fletcher
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Sir Banister Flight Fletcher (15 February 1866, London – 17 August 1953, London) was an English architect and architectural historian (as was his father, also named Banister Fletcher).
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[edit] A History of Architecture
With his father, he co-authored the first edition of A History of Architecture.[1] This became a standard reference work, with updated editions published throughout the 20th century, including a centenary edition edited by Dan Cruickshank in 1996.[2]
- "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." (Building Design, October 1996)
[edit] Practising architect
Banister's work as an architect included:
- the Gillette factory on the Great West Road, in Brentford, Middlesex
- John Roan School (Maze Hill site), Greenwich[3]
- the Great Hall at King's College School[4]
- Abbess Grange, Leckford, Hampshire
He was knighted in 1919 and elected president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1929 (until 1931). Fletcher was surveyor to the Worshipful Company of Carpenters, and became Master in 1936.
[edit] Legacy
- In his will, he left a bequest to the Bartlett School of Architecture inaugurating an annual prize, the Sir Banister Fletcher Prize and Medal, in memory of his father, brother and himself.[5]
- The London Society holds an annual Banister Fletcher lecture.[6]
- The Authors' Club, of which Fletcher was president, presents an annual Banister Fletcher Award for the best book on art or architecture.[7]
[edit] Selected other works
- Fletcher, Banister, Recent development of early renaissance in England, London : C.W. Sweet, 1894
- Fletcher, Banister ; Fletcher, Sir Banister; Fletcher, Herbert Phillips, Arbitrations: a text-book for arbitrators, umpires & all connected with arbitrations, more especially architects, engineers and surveyors in tabulated form, with the chief cases governing the same, and an appendix of forms, statutes, rules, etc., London : B.T. Batsford, 1904
[edit] Further reading
- McKean, John (2009) "Sir Banister Fletcher: Pillar to Post-Colonial Readings", The Journal of Architecture, 11 (2). pp. 187–204. ISSN 14664410
[edit] References
- ^ A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method. London: Athlone Press, University of London, 1896- [issued serially], first single-volume edition, London: B.T. Batsford and New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1896
- ^ Cruickshank, Dan (editor), Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture], Architectural Press, 20th edition, 1996. ISBN 0750622679
- ^ The John Roan School (upper School), Greenwich http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-504217-the-john-roan-school-upper-school-greenw
- ^ *Map and pictures of King's College School
- ^ http://www.ucl.ac.uk/current-students/money/scholarships/built-environment/banister-fletcher
- ^ Annual Banister Fletcher Lecture of the London Society, 15 December 2010 - http://www.londonsocietyjournal.org.uk/461/davidgilbert.php
- ^ http://dolmanprize.wordpress.com/banister-fletcher-award/
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