The eames house is one of the best known examples of american postwar modern residential design.
Roof plan of eames house.
Prefabrication pushed the production of the house to be built within 90 hours.
Introduction house under the program for the industrialization of housing promoted by the american magazine called arts architecture case study houses.
To lend the contents of the eames house living room to los angeles county museum of art freeing the foundation to repair the floor while the contents were displayed and protected in a museum environment see following photo.
The design used pre fabricated materials ordered from industrial and commercial catalogs.
It was designed and constructed in 1949 by husband and wife charles and ray eames to serve as their home and studio.
So far for the eames house that has meant repairing the flat roof replacing the asbestos floor tiles and installing a device to measure air particulates.
The first plan of the eameses home known as the bridge house was designed in 1945 by charles and eero saarinen.
Eames house the eames house also known as case study house no.
The parts were ordered and the bridge house design was published in the december 1945 issue of the.
A half hipped roof is almost identical to a simple hip roof design but instead the two sides of the roof are shortened creating eaves at the either side of the house.
The result is a parallel system of strong structural interlocking membranes predictable in performance which presents a smooth surface over which can be applied built up roofing with or without insulation.
Originally projected by charles eames and eero saarinen the house was substantially amended during its construction process by ray eames and his wife artist and designer to maximize the use of space.
Phase one of the 250 year project was set in motion by an opportunity that was too good to pass up.
Eames house dimensions 9 site plan and negative floor plan 10 5.
This type of roof provides more options for extending the loft and installing windows allowing a greater amount of natural light into the room.
The house remains open to reservations.
8 is a landmark of mid 20th century modern architecture located in the pacific palisades neighborhood of los angeles.
The design used pre fabricated materials ordered from catalogues a continuation of the idea of mass production.
The roof and terrace are made of steel.
Interior spaces the northern portion of the residence the kitchen and the utility.
