The reported museum project combines adaptive reuse of a large midcentury industrial building with a new design institution devoted to Charles and Ray Eames; its 2028 construction and 2030 opening targets make it a substantial forthcoming cultural project.
Novato, Marin County, California, United States
About this story
Wallpaper* reports that the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity plans an 88.5-acre cultural campus and museum in Marin County, with Herzog & de Meuron leading the architecture and EHDD collaborating. The project would adapt a vacant 185,000-square-foot midcentury warehouse, originally designed for McGraw-Hill, into exhibition space, with galleries, a café, shop, theatre, and maker spaces. A neighboring former office building is planned for retreats and other programming. Field Operations is reported as landscape architect, with gardens, groves, play areas, and water features proposed. The report gives anticipated groundbreaking and opening dates of 2028 and 2030. Charles Eames and Ray Eames are the subjects of the institution; they are not listed as organizations.
Status and timeline
Reportedly expected to break ground in 2028 and open to the public in 2030; these dates are attributed to Institute officials in the report.
Design highlights
Adaptive reuse of a distinctive midcentury warehouse; column-free galleries and timber-clad interior spaces; a campus landscape designed to connect gardens, groves, recreation, and water features.
