Eames House: Charles and Ray Eames (Architecture in Detail)

Steele, James

ISBN 10: 071483002X / ISBN 13: 9780714830025

Published by London: Phaidon Press, 1994

About this Item

Signed by James Steele on the half-title page. Square quarto in stiff paper covers. Color and B&W illustrations. Condition: slight soiling to back cover; else near fine. 60 pages. Seller Inventory # 303629

Bibliographic Details

Title: Eames House: Charles and Ray Eames (...

Publisher: London: Phaidon Press

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Part of a series of technically informative monographs embracing a broad spectrum of internationally renowned buildings, this work deals with Eames House in California, and includes a comprehensive set of technical drawings and working details. Charles Eames' own house in Pacific Palisades was inspired by the Case Study house programme which "California Arts and Architecture" magazine propagated in the 1940s and 1950s. It was assembled entirely from standardised industrial components and composed with a sensitive irregularity which reflected Eames' interest in Japanese wooden framed traditional architecture. It is sited at the top of a gently inclined meadow, behind a protective row of mature eucalyptus trees which filter light into an interior where the furniture and selected objects form a significant part of the architectural ensemble. Other work by the author includes "Los Angeles Architecture".

About the Author:

James Steele is Associate Professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and has written frequently for Architectural Design, Architectural Review and Mimar.