Prime Highlights
- Eames Institute acquires former Birkenstock campus in Novato to construct world-class design museum.
- Herzog & de Meuron and EHDD to lead the transformation, to open in 2028.
Key Facts
- Campus purchased for $36 million, originally constructed by John Savage Bolles in the 1960s.
- Will house 40,000-piece Eames Collection and include public exhibitions and workshops.
Key Background
The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity is undertaking a visionary cultural endeavor with the purchase of the 88.5-acre former Birkenstock campus in Novato, California. The vision plan will retrofit the mid-century campus as a global design hub to the professional legacy of Ray and Charles Eames. The campus features a dramatic warehouse and office complex, originally designed by renowned architect John Savage Bolles and distinguished by its saw-toothed roofline.
The new lot will be the home of the endless hearthstone of the Eames Collection — further than 40,000 particulars ranging from prototypes and particular cairn to cabinetwork and design outfit. Not only will it conserve the major story of the Eameses’ visionary work, but also present vibrant exhibitions that blend their vision and moment’s design and creativity. It’ll give hands- on shops, form auditoriums , and interactive exhibitions for all periods.
Award- winning Swiss architectural practice Herzog & de Meuron, in cooperation with original practice EHDD, will lead the architectural redesign. The design will number adaptive exercise, risking corner structures and adding sustainable rudiments, public open space, auditoriums , and regardful landscaping. The thing will be to save the major armature and redesign it as a artistic center abundant with light, life, and literacy.
Projected to open in 2028, the museum will welcome around 200,000 visitors a year. The Eames Institute‘s ethical of inspiring boundless curiosity will be central to the experience, building a museum that is as focused on the future of design as it is on mythic history. This project has the potential to rethink cultural connection in Northern California and establish Novato as a new creative center.
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