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By Salva Lopez, Courtesy of Eames Office<\/p>\nA new pavilion developed with Kettal, eight never-before-seen residential models and a landmark Phaidon volume reveal the full scope of the Eames vision<\/p>\n
By Salva Lopez, Courtesy of Eames Office<\/p>\n
During the 2026 Milan Design Week, the Eames Office<\/a> unveiled an ambitious architectural initiative at the Triennale Milano<\/a>. Centered on an 800-square-meter exhibition titled The Eames Houses<\/a>, the event marked the global debut of the Eames Pavilion System, developed in partnership with Barcelona-based manufacturer Kettal<\/a>, alongside the release of a landmark sourcebook<\/a> published by Phaidon, and has been one of the most talked about launches this year.<\/p>\n Grounded in nearly three years of archival research, the exhibition makes a sustained argument for Charles and Ray Eames as architects whose spatial thinking was as consequential as their furniture. Two full-scale, walk-in structures anchor the installation, giving visitors a physical encounter with the system\u2019s logic and materiality. Newly commissioned 1:33 scale models of eight Eames houses\u2014spanning both celebrated landmarks and previously undiscovered residential projects\u2014extend that argument across a range of typologies: single-story structures, two-story buildings, specialized balconies and one example of an integrated Buckminster Fuller dome. Eames Office Creative Director Eckart Maise framed the intent directly: \u201cthe Eames house is not the one and only house. It is about all these houses, and it was important to us to show all the houses fresh but also in the same quality and basically on the same eye level.\u201d<\/p>\n The Pavilion System itself is the centerpiece. Rather than simply replicating Case Study House No. 8\u2014the couple\u2019s own Pacific Palisades home, completed in 1949 and among the most studied domestic structures of the 20th century\u2014the project translates the Eameses\u2019 experimental steel- and timber-frame concepts from the 1940s and \u201950s into a fully engineered, industrialized construction kit available globally. Built on a rational grid of interchangeable modules, it prioritizes maximum volume within a modest footprint, while concealing wiring and heating systems within walls and profiles to preserve clean visual lines. <\/p>\n The facade\u2019s color blocking\u2014panels of cobalt blue, ochre yellow, red and white set within a black steel grid\u2014are instantly recognizable to anyone familiar with the duo\u2019s furniture designs, while the warm wood cladding and sheer curtains that soften the interior are equally signature notes throughout their legacy. A reissued sculptural cross-shaped mechanical doorbell (which will also be for sale) signals the same conviction that utility and beauty need not be separate concerns. Maise described the underlying philosophy: \u201cIt was also about open space. It was about flexibility of use. It was this idea that life changes, the usage changes, the needs change and that the house should adapt.\u201d<\/p>\n That adaptability is palpable on entry. Despite a compact plan, the pavilion produces an outsized sense of volume\u2014what Maise described as the ability to \u201cexperience on a very small footprint, you get a feeling of generosity and a volume, and it\u2019s like a gift of space.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"salvalopez_kettal_eameshouses_triennale_151\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/salvalopez_kettal_eameshouses_triennale_151-1024x768.jpg\")
By Salva Lopez, Courtesy of Eames Office<\/p>\n![\"casa_eames_0129\"](\"https:\/\/coolhunting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CASA_EAMES_0129-1024x683.jpg\")
Courtesy of Eames Office and Kettal<\/p>\n![\"salvalopez_kettal_eameshouses_triennale_072\"](\"https:\/\/coolhunting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/salvalopez_kettal_eameshouses_triennale_072-768x1024.jpg\")
By Salva Lopez, Courtesy of Eames Office<\/p>\n![\"eames-houses-en-9312-3d-standing-back-3880-1\"](\"https:\/\/coolhunting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/eames-houses-en-9312-3d-standing-back-3880-1-730x1024.jpg\")
Courtesy of Phaidon<\/p>\n