House Stories: Modern Classics

Born from the postwar optimism of the Case Study House program, the Eames House stands as both an experiment in modern design and a deeply personal expression of life, art, and nature. Constructed from off-the-shelf materials yet composed with poetic precision, it blurs the boundaries between shelter and sculpture. Charles and Ray Eames envisioned a “machine with a soul”—a place where work and play, order and whimsy, could coexist effortlessly against the backdrop of a Califo