Eileen Gray

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When one talks or thinks of architecture, or the architects, there is a great gender gap, and due to these gaps, some women do not acquire the acknowledgement that is rightfully theirs. As one of the finest architects, designers, and artist of the 20th century, Eileen Gray was and still has not been given any attention as a serious designer/architect, unlike her counter parts, Le Corbusier, De Stijl, Mies van der Rohe, or Frank …

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…use. She used metal sheets with punched holes in them as walls that separated the interior of the washroom. Bed Side Table (1926-29) E-1027 Interior Her contribution to architecture and design of the twentieth century though small is significant. Present day commentators regard her as a critical observer of the Modern Movement, who pursued an independent creative journey towards the expression of architecture as "the shell of man, his extension, his release, his spiritual emanation,".