The section of the Eames house is rooted in the site structurally and materially. An 8 foot tall 200 foot long concrete retaining wall is set into the hill. The living and work buildings are configured in different volumes along the wall. The retaining wall serves as a backdrop to the brick paver courtyards that are set between the buildings and landscape.
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| concrete retaining wall |
Within the living volume, australian eucalyptus wood panels line the west wall from the service corridor all the way through the reading nook, living room, and west exterior wall of the south courtyard. The wood was selected to mirror the living eucalyptus trees that line the eastern edge of the house.
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| eucalyptus panel wall |
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| eucalyptus wall runs from interior to exterior along west wall parallel to eucalyptus trees along east facade |
At the center of the rectilinear house, a complex 3 dimensional form of millwork which includes the kitchen cabinets, reading shelves, sofa, and stair case. The spiral stair is made of marine catalog parts. The double height spiral stair walls are clad in wood veneer and ascend to the skylight above. The Eames reveal the nature of the veneer by showing its thin edge along the 1st floor soffit.
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| stair seen from outside |
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| stair walls clad in wood veneer |
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