Villa E 1027 Facade

It has survived desecration by le corbusier target practice by the nazis a stint as drug den and orgy destination and near dereliction.

Villa e 1027 facade. J b his initials and finally 7 or seventh letter of the alphabet for g or gray. Plans elevations and sections. E 1027 like contemporary houses by le corbusier walter gropius and other modernist pioneers had white walls large windows a flat roof and incorporated industrial materials in its construction. 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.

Sunday december 09 2012. E 1027 gets top billing in the very first issue of l architecture d aujourd hui. 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. E 1027 was finished in 1929 at the very time corbusier was building his archetypal villa savoye perfectly expressing these five principles.

But gray s innovative design was gentler playful and more sensual in nature than most modernist functionalism of that era. Many thought villa e 1027 was named this way for the purpose of looking like a boat registration. Years later in the summer of 1937 at the invitation of badovici but most definitely not at the invitation of gray who knew nothing of this and naked while he worked corbusier painted erotic murals on the interior walls of e 1027. This article was originally published by metropolis magazine as the sordid saga of eileen gray s iconic e 1027 house it s fair to say eileen gray s e 1027 french villa hasn t lived a charmed life.

The villa is called e 1027. 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. The villa e 1027 was not only eileen grays s first building to be erected but also her masterpiece. In fact the name eileen gave to the house had quite a bit of significance.

All posts edited by all members. E for eileen 10 and 2 corresponding to the tenth and second letters of the alphabet. It was built as a summer residence to share with your lover critic jean badovici. The villa e 1027 stands on a rocky slope few meters above sea level.

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. In 1930 following the 1929 economic crisis she closes her boutiques jean désert and rue guénégaud. The name of the house e 1027 sounds impersonal there is a resulting numerical code.