Villa E-1027, Roquebrune Cap Martin

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    • September 3, 2007 at 12:12 pm #709554
      scrafferty
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      Hello,
      I am a postgraduate student at the Mackintosh School of Architecture and I am doing my Dissertation on the Villa E.1027 by Eileen Gray, Located in Roquebrune Capt Martin, it is sited along side Le Corbusier’s Le Cabonon. I need to get access to the villa for some measured drawings/ photographs. I am aware that the Villa is currently inaccessible due to future refurbishment.

      Does anybody know of any contacts within the French government and/ or the local authority, so that I may gain access to the villa for a short space of time? Thanks

      Sean

    • September 3, 2007 at 12:35 pm #792295
      Anonymous
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      Sean, there was a documentary on RTE television a few months back. In it there was discussion of those responsible for its renovations. Info on the programme here:

      http://www.rte.ie/tv/artslives/prog12.html

      There are models of the house (along with a few others) in the Irish Architectural Archive on Merrion Square in Dublin.
      http://www.iarc.ie/

      Good luck with it.

      Phil

    • September 3, 2007 at 2:23 pm #792296
      Anonymous
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      There have been some threads here on it before- do a search for it using the name of the building.

      Also, iirc, a guy called Patrick Mallett (?) was instrumental in keeping it in the public consciousness in the mid-1990s, possibly with the input of the Irish College in Paris, though I could be wrong about the latter part of that.

      Lastly, I heard that it was possible just to walk up to / in to it, though that may have changed in more recent times.

      Some results:
      Save E.1027 : https://archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?t=182&highlight=E.1027
      French Govt buys E.1027 : https://archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?t=329&highlight=E.1027
      Friends of E.1027 — Statement of Purpose : https://archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?t=25&highlight=E.1027

      If Searching, remember to use “E.1027” rather than “E-1027”. 😉

    • September 5, 2007 at 9:01 pm #792297
      Anonymous
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      @ctesiphon wrote:

      Lastly, I heard that it was possible just to walk up to / in to it, though that may have changed in more recent times.

      Yeah, there was homeless people living in it after the last resident died. Apparently they wrecked it.

    • May 13, 2008 at 8:29 pm #792298
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      So many E.1027 threads to choose from…

      Anyway, The Architect’s Eye on RTE Radio 1 is covering E.1027 tonight at 10pm. It’s probably available on the RTE website after the fact too.

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