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Banister Fletcher published his book Quantities in 1888. He was 25.

This is part of that book, Chapter XX The Law, as it relates to quantity surveyors, engineers and architects.


CHAPTER XX

THE LAW

DIFFICULTIES THAT SURROUND PROFESSIONAL MEN - ADVICE - PURSUE YOUR VOCATION EARNESTLY AND HONESTLY, AND NEVER FEAR THE LAW

 

 The Gillette Factory on the Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex. Architect: Sir Banister Fletcher. Built/opened in 1936/7

 

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.

With his father, he co-authored the first edition of A History of Architecture [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]. The twentieth edition is also the centenary edition, issued in 1996. (ISBN 0-7506-2267-9)

 

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