Architecture and the Face of Coal: Mining and Modern Britain the modernist Eileen Gray designed Villa E

Eileen Gray designed Villa E 1027 for herself and her youthful partner Jean Badovici

building hundreds of towers

the early modern movement country house now open to the public by the National Trust

re-assesses his prime work of the 1930s and charts the extensive output of his often-overlooked post-war career

Exclusive to the Isokon Gallery

Architecture and the Face of Coal: Mining and Modern Britain the modernist Eileen Gray designed Villa EHardback, 288 pages By Gary Boyd With only a handful of British coalmines remaining active and with targets set to reduce carbon emissions, the coal industry now seems to be heading towards extinction. Yet, it was coal that turned Britain into a world leader during the Industrial Revolution and established the conditions for the modern state. In the 20th century, it generated building programmes on a massive scale concerning miners welfare,