Meet Eileen Gray, the architect behind the monumental E-1027 and pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture. In 1924, work began in earnest on a small villa by the sea in the south of France. Nearly a century later, this structure has become a monument for modern design. However, like so many gifted female artists, Eileen Gray's story has been eclipsed by the men with whom she collaborated - this story puts the focus back on Gray and her mastery of design. Dzierzawska's exquisite visuals bring to life the tale of a young Irish designer whose dedication and desire to create came to flourish during the 'Annees Folles' of early 20th century Paris.
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes is a French architect and urban designer who graduated from ENSA-Marseille and TU Vienna. She is currently Director of Studies of the MAS in Urban Design at the ETH Zurich, where she now lives. Zosia Dzierzawska is a Polish illustrator and comic author. Architecture and living/urban space have always been important in her work, as in her short story Waiting Rooms. She also authored the full-length autobiographical novel, A Testa in Giu. She lives in Zurich.
Title: Eileen Gray: A House Under the Sun
Author: Zosia Dzierawska
ISBN: 9781910620434
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Publisher: Nobrow Ltd
Publication Date: 2019-05-01
Number of Pages: 160
Weight: 0.6202 kg
Many of Dzierzawska's clever layouts echo architectural forms, and the book as a whole expresses a tension between hardness - exemplified by square comic panels and white space - and the softness of her characteristic line.
-NPR
Polish comics author Dzierzawska alters her muted palette to denote settings and eras and reserves precision for the painstaking re-creations of E-1027. She overlays action frames onto the building and its blueprints, emphasizing its foundational importance to modern design and Gray's journey as an artist. . . this appropriately inventive retelling gives due credit to Gray and her significant contributions.
-Booklist
Illustrated with soft crayon lines and a neutral palette-except where Corbusier's paintings break the color scheme with bright intrusion-the layouts are lovely and evocative of Gray's creative process.
-Publishers Weekly
Eileen Gray: A House Under the Sun is a satisfying book . . . it does a great job of supporting its instinctual assumptions with fact, tracing and filling the gaps as a biographer would do, but with an eye toward enjoyment, in a true reflection of the notions Eileen Gray stood for throughout her life.
-The New York Journal of Books
