This house was originally designed and built by Eileen Gray - who was a Irish laquer artist, architect and designer. She is one of my favorite artists!
Le Corbusier, who was a friend of Badovici's, visited E.1027 many times. He added a series of murals to the clean, white walls in the villa between 1937 - 39, without Gray's permission. She took this an intrusion and considered the murals vandalism. There has been much discussion on this subject as the murals were either painted out of admiration for her work or jealousy of
her accomplishments.
Gray was ahead of her time in regards to the design and interior of the house. Inside and out flowed together, every room flows out to a balcony, shutters, screens and windows are all moveable, allowing the hills and sea surrounding the house, to converge. Inside there was no wasted space, most furniture built-in and living areas open plan.
Jean Badovici lived in the house until his death in 1956. The house was then put up for auction and bought by a friend of Le Corbusier. The house has had two other owners. The second of which sold many of the villa's original contents to fund badly needed repair work, which unfortunately never got underway. 
After the last owner's death, the house remained empty and was susceptible to vandals and squatters, who damaged the property extensively. In the early 90's Friends of E.1027 was set up to raise money to restore this now historic home.
P.S. My favorite weasel, La Belette Rouge just reminded me that there is an amazing documentary running on The Sundance Channel (sorry overseas viewers). Its called Eileen Gray: Invitation To A Voyage.
All images from Friends of E.1027
