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This enigmatic modernist villa overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, located on the rocks of the Bay of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, was dreamed up, designed, and built between 1926 and 1929 by Eileen Gray for her holidays and her then-partner, the Romanian architect and critic Jean Badovici.

An exemplary model for future visionary projects, it was one of the very few works of architecture realized by the Irish designer. Her character, not inclined to compromise, had led her to be a figure in the shadows, thus relegating most of her projects to imaginary constructions ahead of her time. The house, …