E.1027

E.1027 (also called " Maison en Bord de Mer " ) is the name given to the residence of the Irish designer and architect Eileen Gray, which she planned jointly with the Romanian architect Jean Badovici. The architectural icon with the enigmatic name was built in 1926-1929 in Roquebrune -sur-Mer on the French Riviera. The name of the house is a numbers game. It adds to the personal identification of the authors whose initial of the name of a number of the alphabet keys together: E = Eileen, 10 = Jean, 2 = Badovici, 7 = Gray.

Eileen Gray bought two plots of land on the Riviera, one in Roquebrune- Cap- Martin and the other in Castellar. Here they built two houses for himself Both houses are very original, carefully planned and designed for an open lifestyle. They began in 1926 to work on the plans for Roquebrune, and 1929 the house was ready to move. Even before it was in " L'Architecture Vivante " published as " Maison en Bord de Mer ". Eileen Gray takes distance from the free plan in the former sense, they themselves as " camping style " means. Your house is understood more than a case for a restrained, articulate lifestyle in which the interior is carefully planned and set. The house is an attempt to organize the individual rooms so that every single inhabitant of this house can retreat at any time and can find a peaceful corner to relax. Le Corbusier had his summer cottage Le Cabanon in the immediate neighborhood. Towards the end of the Second World War, he painted in the house E.1027 during the absence of Eileen Gray and against your will five large murals.