E.1027 is a small modernist house built by Eileen Gray and Jean Badovici on the French Riviera between 1926 and 1929. Its coded name combines their initials: E for Eileen, 10 for J, 2 for B and 7 for G. Gray designed everything from the windows to the movable furniture, treating the house as a machine adjusted to its occupants. Years later, Le Corbusier stayed there and painted eight large murals across its white walls—with Badovici’s permission, but without Gray’s. She considered them vandalism. Le Corbusier subsequently tried to buy the house and, failing that, built himself a cabin next door.
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