EILEEN GRAY – A HOUSE UNDER THE SUN

E-1027 is a house built by Eileen Gray for her lover, Romanian architect Jean Badovici, in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France.

E-1027 is nowadays a historical monument and can be visited.

Encouraged by Jean, Eileen designed the house of their dreams and supervised its construction from 1926 till 1929.

“I want you to design a little refuge for us.”

“Jean, I don’t know if I can do that. I’m not an architect.”

“You are much more than that, you are a visionary!”

The name of the house is construed from the names of the two lovers:
E from Eileen
10 from J the tenth letter from the alphabet
2 from B the second letter from the alphabet
7 from G the seventh letter from the alphabet

Eileen Gray is recognized now as a pioneer of modern design as well as an architect.

Charlotte Malterre-Barthes & Zosia Dzierzawska
Nobrow, 2019