{"product_id":"voysey-cfa","title":"Voysey, C.F.A.","description":"C. F. A. Voysey was one of the most renowned British architects from the 1890s until the outbreak of the First World War. His white-rendered houses with stone window-dressings and sweeping slate roofs combined clarity and simplicity with a sensual appreciation of natural materials. However  it was his conviction that no detail of a house was too small to deserve the attention of its architect which led him to design everything from the plan of the garden to the handles on the kitchen-dresser. Voyseys 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 designs made him a formative influence on Charles Rennie Mackintosh  Henry van de Velde and the Art Nouveau style. During the 1890s Voyseys reputation spread across Europe and America  only to be revived in the 1930s by John Betjeman  Nikolaus Pevsner and others in Britain  when he was hailed as a precursor of the Modern Movement. He was awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in 1940 at the age of eighty-three. This monograph is illustrated with photographs specially commissioned from the photographer Martin Charles. Placed throughout the text  they form a comprehensive visual record of Voyseys work  as well as individual  detailed pictorial accounts of his major houses.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44915420233781,"sku":"ByrdShop_0714837121","price":90.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0714837121.jpg?v=1768301044","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/voysey-cfa","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}