The eames house

How the unmistakable design came to be

Completed in 1949 in Los Angeles, United States. Originally known as Case Study House No. 8, the Eames House was such a spatially pleasant modern residence that it became the home of the architects...

The contents of the living room at the Eames house in Los Angeles — the home of Charles and Ray Eames — have been transferred to a replica of the room installed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Ray, a former student of esteemed painter Hans Hofmann and founding member of the American Abstract Artists in New York City, claimed: “I never gave up painting, I just changed my palette.” Arguably, the Eames House is the largest canvas the Eameses collaborated on—and we say collaborate because Charles "blamed entropy" for allowing the couple’s

Charles and Ray Eames eames house

In order to save Charles and Ray Eames’ iconic home in California’s Pacific Palisades, Charles’ granddaughter Lucia Dewey Atwood has launched a long-term conservation project for the modernist monument in which she spent much of her childhood. But preservation does not mean a sealed museum, she insists

The Eames House or Case Study House No. 8, by Charles and Ray Eames Los Angeles, California

The Eames House, also known as Case Study House No. 8, is a landmark of mid-20th century modern architecture located in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. It was designed and constructed in 1949 by husband-and-wife Charles and Ray Eames to serve as their home and studio. They lived in their home until their

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For seating in the alcove of the Eames House, Charles and Ray designed and installed a built-in sofa, which is more efficient in terms of space planning than a stand-alone sofa. An appropriately angled vertical cushion supports a sitter’s entire upper back, a parallel lower vertical cushion for lumbar support, and a single horizontal cushion for its seat.