In an undated set of notes on “the politics of yoga,” Eileen Gray cited the words of Vladimir Lenin: “the more the functions of power become...

At Tempe a Pailla, the house Eileen Gray designed for her own use in the mountainous terrain of southeastern France that overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, everything is not as it seems. Numerous items of furniture could be easily converted to serve different uses; a staircase to the cellar is hidden...

In pursuit of her interest in controlling light while affording privacy, Gray limited fenestration along the roadway to an elevated strip window, which she equipped with sliding shutters that correspond both to those at E 1027 and to an independent shutter mechanism that she hung from the terrace ceiling. She made the entry façade along the footpath...