The Eames Pavilion System, featured at Milan Design Week, will soon be available for purchase this fall
As part of a Triennale di Milano exhibition during Milan Design Week, there’s a special installation coming right up with the first comprehensive overview of the residential work of the founders of Eames Office. The Eames Houses, which will show from 20 April to 10 May 2026, explores the enduring relevance of Charles and Ray Eames’ unrealised goal of developing a universal architectural system that could be available almost anywhere by almost anyone.
Founded on years of research rooted in their residential projects of the 1940s and 1950s—including their own home, which was one of the few residences the couple completed—the exhibition brings together rare archival drawings, film, photographs and scale models of eight houses. At the heart of it is the Eames Pavilion System, a fully functional prefab home building kit that will soon be available for purchase as a series of made-to-order designs.
Developed by the Eames Office in partnership with Spanish outdoor furniture brand Kettal, the system features parts with a wide range of uses—a home, office, store, you name it—and utilises aluminium structural modules, such as interchangeable roof types, windows, black beams and the various accessories that reference Eames residential projects. The smallest build could work well as a meeting room, whereas the sky’s the limit for the largest, as long as you keep it to two-storeys-tall.
Those who buy into the service will enjoy the attention of a Kettal expert, a professional who will be dispatched to assess conditions before everything is configured and manufactured to a T. This will be unlike most prefab products of today, which often require on-site alterations.
The Eames Pavilion System will begin sales this fall, with around US$2,800 a square metre as the starting price for a one-storey build.
