Herman Miller / Berverly Blvd

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 Entenza House / Case Study House #9, and the ESU.

The showroom was one of four by Herman Miller at the time. George Nelson designed the New York, Chicago and 
Grand Rapids locations. 
Image: Eames: Beautiful Details by The Eames Office and Ammo Books


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.