Eames house

Eames House preservation plan launched to preserve 70-year-old home

In Residence: Icon 📚 The Eames House, Los Angeles ⁠ ⁠ This landmark mid-century house was designed and constructed in 1949 by husband-and-wife Charles and Ray Eames to serve as their home and studio 💚⁠ ⁠ Tap the link to watch the Eames's film 'View from the People Wall' on NOWNESS 👀⁠

The 8-piece collection brings new colors and materiality to the Eames catalog, marking the first Herman Miller and HAY collaboration.

Once upon a time when I heard the name ‘Eames’ I thought of mid-century modern designers with a clean, borderline stark or sterile aesthetic. I knew they were a married couple who were based in California and designers of, among other things, some of those classic mid-century chairs that are loved by all and knocked-off...

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A House of Air and Light

Case Study House #8, the home of the power couple Charles and Ray Eames Pacific Palisades, California — 1949 Designed as part of the Case Study House Program. Initiated by Arts & Architecture magazine in 1945, the program was a response to the post-World War II housing shortage. Editor John Entenza selected a group of architects to design homes that were affordable, modern, and efficient, using wartime materials and techniques to reflect contemporary life.

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.