E 1027
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. 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 name of the house e 1027 sounds impersonal there is a resulting numerical code. Previously a ruin a new crowdfunding campaign aims to continue its restoration. E 1027 as the house is known nods to le corbusier only at first sight.
It was built as a summer residence to share with your lover critic jean badovici. 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. Although its genius perhaps should have seemed readily apparent it took decades until she received the critical acclaim for it that her male peers le corbusier and walter gropius among them received in spades. Rehabilitation act and level aa of the world wide web consortium w3c web content accessibility guidelines 2 0.