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An Eames House for Everyone: Could This New ‘DIY Kit’ Change How We Live?

Architectural Digest·Kieron Marchese·about 2 months ago
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Soon, everyone will be able to build their very own Eames House, based on the modernist landmark Case Study House No. 8, which served as the home and studio for architects Charles and Ray Eames . The original building was never meant to be a singular monument; it was first built in 1949 as a radical proof of concept: that a home system that could be assembled, adapted, and ultimately replicated. This year, that theory will be tested on a public scale. The duo's ‘Case Study’ concept came from a specific mandate by John Entenza, editor of the now–defunct Arts & Architecture magazine: to develop efficient, low-cost housing for the modern family. To meet the brief, the Eameses traded traditional masonry for a purely industrial logic, utilizing a standardized steel chassis and off-the-shelf glass inserts in their design. The finished product was built for multiplication—a radical blueprint that proved architecture could be as scalable as a chair.…

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