The Herman Miller Furniture Company showroom on Beverly Blvd in Los Angeles is the only commercial building designed by
Charles Eames. He designed the showroom in 1949, at the same time he was working on The Eames House / Case Study House #8.
The showroom was one of four by Herman Miller at the time. George Nelson designed the New York, Chicago and
Grand Rapids locations.
Windows include both fixed and operable awning casements, just like at the Eames house below.
Image: Eames: Beautiful Details
Source: Progressive Architecture, 1950
The floor plan
Source: Progressive Architecture, 1950
Source: Progressive Architecture, 1950
Source: Progressive Architecture, 1950
Source: Eames: Beautiful Details
Source: Eames: Beautiful Details
Source: Eames: Beautiful Details
Source: Arts & Architecture
Source: Eames: Beautiful Details
Business card from the 8806 Beverly Blvd showroom
The address is 8806 but 8810 was on the building?
Image: Progressive Architecture, 1950
8806 Beverly Boulevard today. They should paint the address up there again.
The structure still stands and is in surprisingly good condition and is now domus design collection.
Gone are the the opaque sections of glass and the solid plaster compositions. The red brick is all painted black too.
The awning casements windows are still there.
Charles must have really liked those windows. They were also used on the Entenza House / Case Study House 9 that Eames
and Eero Saarinen designed in 1950. That's three for three for the buildings designed by Eames in California.
The inventory has changed over the years. The domus design collection is obviously going for a different look than Herman Miller was.