The Eames House, designated Case Study House No. 8, sits on a eucalyptus-lined bluff in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, designed and built in 1949 by the husband-and-wife designers Charles and Ray Eames as their own home and studio. It was commissioned under the Case Study House program run by Arts and Architecture magazine, which challenged architects to design affordable, replicable modern homes using industrial materials, and the Eameses assembled their house from standard steel factory-frame components ordered from a catalog, arranged into two rectangular volumes of glass, steel and colored infill panels set into a hillside. Rather than one open glass box, the design divided the house and a separate studio across the site so as to preserve a row of eucalyptus trees the couple wanted to keep. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006 and remains one of the most studied houses of the postwar Case Study House program.
Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own accountSingle-family detached home 3 LocationPacific Palisades, Los Angeles 1 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
Charles and Ray Eames's 1949 Case Study House No. 8 in Pacific Palisades, a canonical work of Mid-Century Modern residential design.
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Source Eames House, Wikipedia
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Sources
1. Eames House, Wikipedia
Introduction, address
203 North Chautauqua Boulevard in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles
Introduction, construction clause
constructed in 1949
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The Eames House, designated Case Study House No. 8, sits on a eucalyptus-lined bluff in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, designed and built in 1949 by the husband-and-wife designers Charles and Ray Eames as their own home and studio. It was commissioned under the Case Study House program run by Arts and Architecture magazine, which challenged architects to design affordable, replicable modern homes using industrial materials, and the Eameses assembled their house from standard steel factory-frame components ordered from a catalog, arranged into two rectangular volumes of glass, steel and colored infill panels set into a hillside. Rather than one open glass box, the design divided the house and a separate studio across the site so as to preserve a row of eucalyptus trees the couple wanted to keep. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006 and remains one of the most studied houses of the postwar Case Study House program.
Uses Element: Steel, Wikipedia lead
The 17-foot-tall (5.2 m) facade is a steel grid with panels in different materials and colors.
View the Source2. Wikidata: Eames House
- Wikidata Q980011, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q980011, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
View the Source3. Eames House (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Single-family detached home)Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Single-family detached home)
Wikidata item Q980011, instance of (P31): single-family detached home
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