Case Study House No. 8. House for Charles Eames, owner, 203 Chautauqua Blvd., West Los Angeles, lot 1, tract 13251 / Kenneth Acker, architect C-408 ; Mackintosh & Mackintosh, consulting engrs. – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Case Study House No. 8. House for Charles Eames, owner, 203 Chautauqua Blvd., West Los Angeles, lot 1, tract 13251 / Kenneth Acker, architect C-408 ; Mackintosh & Mackintosh, consulting engrs. comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Case Study House No. 8. House for Charles Eames, owner, 203 Chautauqua Blvd., West Los Angeles, lot 1, tract 13251 / Kenneth Acker, architect C-408 ; Mackintosh & Mackintosh, consulting engrs.
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Few Case Study drawings show color as clearly as this sheet, which documents the house Charles Eames designed for himself at 203 Chautauqua Boulevard in West Los Angeles. John Entenza, editor of *Arts & Architecture*, sponsored the Case Study House program to show how modern design could serve everyday living, and the Eames House became one of its best-known entries. Ray Eames worked out the color design, while Kenneth Acker served as architect of record and draftsman on this diazo print. The house's use of laminated plastics and color, both noted in the catalog record, helped set it apart from conventional houses of its day.
| Created / published | 1948 Oct. 14. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Architectural drawings 1940-1950.Interior design drawings 1940-1950.Diazo prints 1940-1950.Collages 1940-1950.Drawings 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Eames inventory no. 33-P-56-A-8. House designed by Charles Eames for Case Study House program, sponsored by John Entenza, editor of Arts & architecture magazine; color design executed by Ray Eames; Kenneth Acker acted as architect of record and draftsman. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1989:150 |
| Subjects | Eames, Charles--Homes & haunts--California--Los Angeles. Eames, Ray--Homes & haunts--California--Los Angeles. Eames House (Los Angeles, Calif.)--1940-1950. Houses--California--Los Angeles--1940-1950. Laminated plastics--1940-1950. Color in architecture--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,428 × 1,143 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218776 |
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