9780714848440: Eileen Gray

Open Assets in Intranet This product will not be published to the website. since the status = false

Main Image

Desktop Single Density webp
Desktop Double Density webp
Desktop Single Density jpg
Desktop Double Density jpg
Mobile Single Density webp
Mobile Double Density webp
Mobile Single Density jpg
Mobile Double Density jpg
Zoom webp
Zoom jpg

Shopify Checkout Image

Carousel Images

Carousel images MISSING
Open Edition Text In Intranet
SKU 9780714848440
Title Eileen Gray
Author Description Caroline Constant
Uri
Web Author Description Caroline Constant is Professor of Architecture at the University of Michigan.
webLongDescription

Irish-born designer Eileen Gray (1878-1976) was an extremely private figure and has remained an elusive subject despite her long-lasting influence. Known primarily for her highly original furniture and interior design, Gray realized nine buildings in her lifetime and recorded more than 45 architectural projects in her archive, although several of her built projects were attributed, until very recently, solely to her collaborator, Romanian architect Jean Badovici.

After briefly studying art in London and Paris, Gray settled in Paris in 1907 and began designing sumptuous lacquer furniture, wool carpets, and draperies that reflected the sensual luxury of traditional French decorative arts. Beginning in the mid-1920s, and influenced by the modern movement, she turned to architecture. Her most renowned project, the villa E.1027 on the coast of southern France, interprets Corbusian spatial principles and forms to become a fundamental example of Modernist architecture.

This monograph embodies the first ever in-depth study of Gray's entire career, providing a generously illustrated analysis of her early designs as well as her work as an architect beginning in 1926. It draws on a diverse wealth of archival material, plans, drawings and photographs - including many of Gray's own - to place this fascinating individual in the context of contemporary movements in design and architecture as well as twentieth-century social and cultural history in general.
Binding Paperback
Size Size: 210 x 210 mm (8 1/4 x 8 1/4 in)
Pages Pages: 256
Illustrations 22

JSON Data

{"authorDescription":"Caroline Constant","bookshot2d":null,"bookshot3d":null,"bookshot3dSquare":null,"categories":[],"date":"","editionId":13425,"guid":"5f6c5bb9-8940-487b-8427-1f058c5f5541","images":[],"markets":{"AUD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"39.95","show":false},"CAD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"39.95","show":false},"EUR":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"29.95","show":false},"GBP":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"19.95","show":false},"TEST":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"0.00","show":false},"USD":{"discountPrice":null,"inventory_policy":"continue","price":"29.95","show":false}},"related":[],"sku":"9780714848440","source":"BOOKs","specifications":{"binding":"Paperback","colIlls":"22","extent":"256","language":"English","lenInch":"8 1/4","lenMm":"210","weightKilo":"0.8","widthInch":"8 1/4","widthMm":"210"},"status":false,"subtitle":"","title":"Eileen Gray","uri":"","webAuthorDescription":"Caroline Constant is Professor of Architecture at the University of Michigan.","webDescription":"","webKeywords":"","webLongDescription":"\u003cp\u003eIrish-born designer Eileen Gray (1878-1976) was an extremely private figure and  has remained an elusive subject despite her long-lasting influence. Known primarily for her highly original furniture and interior design, Gray realized nine buildings in her lifetime and recorded more than 45 architectural projects in her archive, although several of her built projects were attributed, until very recently, solely to her collaborator, Romanian architect Jean Badovici. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter briefly studying art in London and Paris, Gray settled in Paris in 1907 and began designing sumptuous lacquer furniture, wool carpets, and draperies that reflected the sensual luxury of traditional French decorative arts. Beginning in the mid-1920s, and influenced by the modern movement, she turned to architecture. Her most renowned project, the villa E.1027 on the coast of southern France, interprets Corbusian spatial principles and forms to become a fundamental example of Modernist architecture. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis monograph embodies the first ever in-depth study of Gray's entire career, providing a generously illustrated analysis of her early designs as well as her work as an architect beginning in 1926. It draws on a diverse wealth of archival material, plans, drawings and photographs - including many of Gray's own - to place this fascinating individual in the context of contemporary movements in design and architecture as well as twentieth-century social and cultural history in general.\u003c/p\u003e","webReviews":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;An excellent and thought-provoking read.\u0026quot;\u0026#8212;\u003cem\u003eArchitects' Journal\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","webShortDescription":"An in-depth study of the career of the highly original designer."}