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From the 1890s until the outbreak of World War I, C F A Voysey (1857-1914) was one of the most successful and renowned British Arts and Crafts architects. His elegant, white-rendered houses with stone window dressings and sweeping green-slate roofs combined clarity with a sensual appreciation of natural materials. A designer of all things domestic, as well as an architect, he was often involved in every aspect of a house's interior from wallpaper, curtains and furniture to fire grates. Moreover, the fluid curves of his decorative designs and the elongated simplicity of his furniture prove him to be a vital historical link between the Arts and Crafts and the Modern movements.

The first definitive account of Voysey's architectural career, this book combines contemporary sources - photographs, quotations, original wallpaper designs and watercolour perspectives - with specially commissioned photography of his houses.

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"The Voysey book that we have been waiting for. A rounded and perceptive portrait. It will remain the definitive biography."―Architectural Review

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This text examines the life and work of British architect C.F.A. Voysey. Voysey was one of the most successful and renowned British architects from the 1890s until the outbreak of World War I. His white-rendered houses with stone window dressings and sweeping green slate roofs combined clarity and simplicity with a sensual appreciation of natural materials. Voysey's belief that the house should embody "Quietness in a storm, economy of upkeep, evidence of protection, harmony with surroundings, absence of dark passages" placed him at the heart of the Arts and Crafts movement, while the elongated simplicity of his furniture together with the fluid, undulating curves of his decorative design made him a formative influence on Mackintosh, Van de Velde and the Art Nouveau style. Voysey's conviction that no detail of a house was too small to deserve the attention of its architect led him to design everything from the plan of the garden to the handles on the kitchen dresser. His reputation spread across Europe and America and in the 1930s John Betjeman, Pevsner and others revived his reputation in Britain as a precursor of the Modern Movement.

He was awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in 1940 at the age of 83.

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  • PublisherPhaidon Press
  • Publication date1997
  • ISBN 10 0714837121
  • ISBN 13 9780714837123
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages240
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