(8) Eames House - Trevor Morse

The Eames House, located in Pasadena, California, at the time of its completion was a fully used home despite its nickname the "Case Study House No. 8." The interesting feat of the home was the redesign that was done after the materials arrived from the manufactures. At the time of its construction in 1945, the steel required was still hard to get due to the recent war efforts. This caused the project to be delayed by 3 years. During that period of time the Architects, Charles and Ray Eames had spent a great deal of time on the land and had decided that they wanted the home to be more in sync with nature. Through this realization a new design was needed. This feat was remarkable due to the fact that they used all of the previous materials that were ordered, in fact the only thing that needed to be ordered was one more beam.