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

Steele, James

ISBN 10: 071483002X / ISBN 13: 9780714830025

Edité par London: Phaidon Press, 1994

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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.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Eames House: Charles and Ray Eames (Architecture in Detail)
• Éditeur: London: Phaidon Press
• Date de parution: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 071483002X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780714830025
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)

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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".

Présentation de l'éditeur

Charles and Ray Eames, a husband-and-wife partnership, were among the most innovative and broad-based of American designers. Known primarily for furniture design and their explorations of film and photographic media, the Eames's own house was one of their few experiments with architecture. Inspired by the Case Study Program, which was propagated by California Arts and Architecture magazine in the 1940s and 1950s, the house was assembled entirely from standardized industrial components, and composed with a sensitive irregularity which reflected Eames' interest in traditional Japanese wood-framed architecture. Sited at the top of a gently inclined meadow, behind a protective row of mature eucalyptus trees, light filters into the interior where the furniture and judiciously selected objects form a significant part of the architectural ensemble.