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The Eames Office turned its iconic house into a modular building kit starting at $325/sq ft

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 30, 2026
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Charles and Ray Eames (eamesoffice/shutterstock.com)

Charles and Ray Eames built their Pacific Palisades home in 1949 as Case Study House No. 8, one of the most photographed residences of the 20th century. But they always intended it as a system — a set of principles for building, not a one-off masterpiece. Nearly 80 years later, their grandson Eames Dem…

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