Soya's blog: Villa E-1027 by Eileen Gray

Eileen Gray designed and constructed E.1027 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, in southern France (near Monaco) from 1926 to 1929 with her lover at the time, Jean Badovici, and everything about it was premised on her love of the sea and sun, like its floor-to-ceiling windows and sunken solarium lined with iridescent tiles. The meaning of E-1027 : "E" was for "Eileen," the "10" and "2" represented Badovici's initials—according to their place in the alphabet—and the "7" was for "G".

Eileen was a furniture designer and E-1027 was her first foray into architecture
Now well-know as the L-shaped concrete house, flat-roofed with floor-to-ceiling windows,built on stilts, is filled with Gray's Transat chairs and pivoting and folding cabinets, and has wall murals painted by Le Corbusier.