Eames House, Los Angeles, California (Scale model, 3/8" = 1')
Charles Eames
American, 1907–1978
Ray Eames
American, 1912–1988
1949
A plastic-and-wood scale model of the Eames House (Case Study House No. 8) made by Charles Eames to demonstrate a modern, modular family home assembled from industrial materials and designed for seamless indoor‑outdoor living.
You’re struck by two low, rectilinear volumes set into a grassy embankment, their precise window grids and colored panels punctuated by slender model birches that make the tiny structures read as light, transparent, and firmly sited in the landscape.
As part of the postwar Case Study House experiments, this model embodies the Eameses’ translation of mass-produced components, furniture-first thinking, and site integration into a humane prototype that helped define midcentury modern domestic architecture and influence prefabrication.
Medium
Plastic and wood
Dimensions
20 x 84 x 30" (50.8 x 213.4 x 76.2 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Emilio Ambasz Fund
Accession
153.1984
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
