Villa E 1027 D Eileen Gray

Brilliant but unassuming female designer from paris builds an elegant minimalist villa on the shores of the mediterranean and boorish male architect takes it over.

Villa e 1027 d eileen gray. After over a decade of mismanagement and controversial repairs it s restorations have been completed and the modernist villa opened to visitors for the first time mid 2015. The name of the house e 1027 sounds impersonal there is a resulting numerical code. On one side the lane is hemmed in by the tracks of a little used rail line. Introduction in late 1920 the architect and designer eileen gray designed and built by the sea e 1027 house which would become a landmark of modern architecture.

E 1027 is a modernist villa in roquebrune cap martin in the alpes maritimes department of france it was designed and built from 1926 29 by the irish architect and furniture designer eileen gray l shaped and flat roofed with floor to ceiling windows and a spiral stairway to the guest room e 1027 was both open and compact. On the other there are fenced off trees. It was built as a summer residence to share with your lover critic jean badovici. A true icon of modern architecture villa e 1027 is eileen gray s 1929 masterpiece on france s côte d azur and irish designer s very first architectural project.

Small gaps between their branches allow glimpses of the mediterranean below. Previously a ruin a new crowdfunding campaign aims to continue its restoration. The sordid saga of eileen gray s iconic e 1027 house designed by the irish architect and designer the 1929 french riviera villa was an obsession of le corbusier. E for eileen 10 for the j of jean as the 10th letter of the alphabet 2 for the b of badovici and 7 for the g of gray.

Eileen gray this article is part of the sí a personal project curated by marta lópez garcía where she wills to shed light on a twice silenced reality. In 1930 following the 1929 economic crisis she closes her boutiques jean désert and rue guénégaud. Recently restored e 1027 was designed as a holiday home for gray a furniture and interior designer and her lover and collaborator jean badovici. The villa is called e 1027.

Eileen gray s first foray into designing a stand alone home is a masterwork that sits elegantly in its location overlooking the mediterranean. A narrow pebbled lane leads from roquebrune cap martin on france s côte d azur to e 1027 eileen gray s now world famous first architectural work.