Villa E 1027 Eileen Gray

Built between 1926 and 1929 e 1027 is one of the finest examples of international style architecture.

Villa e 1027 eileen gray. The villa is called e 1027. Previously a ruin a new crowdfunding campaign aims to continue its restoration. The name of the house e 1027 sounds impersonal there is a resulting numerical code. Gray designed e 1027 in collaboration with her partner romanian architect and critic jean badovici.

The name of the house is a reference to their names e stands for eileen while 10 2 and 7. 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. 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. 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.

Manuel bougot eileen gray s e 1027 villa in roquebrune cap martin france. The villa e 1027 stands on a rocky slope few meters above sea level. Once on the verge of ruin from neglect architect eileen gray s villa e 1027 has been fully restored and is available for tours by appointment. Fabled modernist french villa e1027 designed by irish architect eileen gray has witnessed wartime shootings murder and vandalism by le corbusier.

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. Eileen gray s first foray into designing a stand alone home is a masterwork that sits elegantly in its location overlooking the mediterranean. 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.

When seen from the water one can easily link it with the marine landscape due to its shape and colour and even imagine it as a stranded ship. Architecture has its legends and the one based in roquebrune cap martin along the côte d azur is a pretty good one. 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.