EAMES HOUSE STUDY JESSICA ALVAREZ
TABLE OF CONTENTS THE ARCHITECT & PAINTER
PLANS
THE HISTORY OF CHARLES EAMES
SECTIONS
THE MAGAZINE
RENDERINGS
INTERIOR
REFERENCES
MATERIALS
FURNITURE
ABOUT THE ARCHITECT & PAINTER From 1941 to 1978, this husband-and-wife team brought unique talents to their partnership. He was an architect by training, she was a painter and sculptor. Together they are considered Americas most important and influential designers, whose work helped, literally, shape the second half of the 20th century and remains culturally vital and commercially popular today. They are, perhaps, best remembered for their mid-century modern furniture, built from novel materials like molded plywood, fiberglass-reinforced plastic, bent metal wire and aluminum offering consumers beautiful, functional, yet inexpensive products. Revered for their designs and fascinating as individuals, Charles and Ray have risen to iconic status in American culture. But their influence on significant events and movements in American life from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age has been less widely understood. Charles and Ray Eames are now profiled as part of American Masters.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Charles Eames grew up in Americas industrial heartland. As a young man he worked for engineers and manufacturers, anticipating his lifelong interest in mechanics and the complex working of things. Ray Kaiser, born in Sacramento, California, demonstrated her fascination with the abstract qualities of ordinary objects early on. She spent her formative years in the orbit of New Yorks modern art movements and participated in the first wave of American-born abstract artists
THE HISTORY OF RAY & CHARLES EAMES
THE MAGAZINE
Charles and Ray Eames began designing the house in 1945 for the Case Study House Program in Los Angeles, Arts and Architecture Magazine published and built these case study homes that had to focus on the use of new materials and technologies developed during World War II. The intention was for the house to be made of prefabricated materials that would not interrupt the site, be easy to build, and exhibit a modern style.
INTERIOR
MATERIALS
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Contrast to the cold steel framing that forms the structure, the interior of the house is warm and comforting with its wood-block floor and the soft light penetrating into each room through each day. Wooden staircases float effortlessly connecting the lower and upper levels. The use of natural materials on the interior bring the residence closer to nature, giving the appearance of the house resting softly on the earth. A row of eucalyptus trees was also planted at the front that provide shade and blend parts of the house with outdoors.
FURNITURE
RENDERINGS
REFERENCES
http://www.eamesfoundation.org/eames-house-history/ http://www.archdaily.com/66302/ad-classics-eames-house-charles-and-ray-eames https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/eames-house-and-studio-case-study-house-8