Voysey Factory

Tucked away down a back lane in Chiswick is one of the most interesting and remarkable buildings in the UK. This is the Sanderson wallpaper factory designed by Voysey in 1901. It is created in white tiling and is both wonderfully Arts and Crafts and stunningly modern. Voysey is often heralded as a pioneer of modern architecture. He did not agree, but this amazing building looks both modern and oddly traditional to me.

I think of Voysey as the Charles Rennie Mackintosh of England. Similarly, he built very little and designed in may different disciplines, but what he did create was beautiful and groundbreaking.