The Eames House in Pacific Palisades was designed by Charles and Ray Eames as a Case Study House for Arts & Architecture magazine, and the Eameses lived in it. It was first sketched in 1945, built in 1949 and occupied on Christmas Eve that year. Eero Saarinen contributed only to the early sketch.
The residence and studio are separated by a courtyard, and a double-height living room has a mezzanine. Construction is steel and glass, with a concrete retaining wall 8 feet (2.4 m) high and 200 feet (61 m) long. The original steel-box design was revised to sit lower on the land.
The house became a National Historic Landmark in 2006. The Eames Foundation formed in 2004 and runs it as a house museum with about 20,000 visitors yearly. It narrowly escaped the January 2025 Palisades Fire and reopened in July 2025, with reservations for exterior visits and tours.
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