Starchitects Go Miniature: 20 UK Architects Design Unique Dollhouses for Charity
Elizabeth Fazzare
Inside Out by Coffey Architects.
Electra House by David Adjaye and Associates and Artist Chris Ofili Has a Continuous Ground Floor for Indoor/Outdoor Accessibility. (Courtesy A Doll’s House)
Children are the focus of twenty new designs by some of the United Kingdom’s top architects. A Dolls’ House, launched by UK property redevelopment firm Cathedral Group, invited architects like Zaha Hadid, David Adjaye, and Alford Hall Monaghan Morris to scale down their architectural feats to a miniature size, each creating a dollhouse of innovative design for auction at Bonhams next month.
Zaha Hadid Architects’ This Must Be the Place, a Puzzle Dollhouse Based on her 2007 Ideal House Colonge Pavilion. (Courtesy A Doll’s House)
According to the design brief, each architect’s dollhouse must include a component that would ease the lives of children with disabilities and be able to sit on a 2.5-foot-by-2.5-foot plinth. These unique toy homes recreate the traditional plaything, exhibiting 21st century British art, construction, and creativity.
Catherdral Group has pledged nearly $160,000 (£100,000) in A Dolls’ House proceeds to benefit KIDS, a UK charity for disabled children. Currently, the architect-designed dollhouses are available for online bidding but the final auction will take place in person on November 11th. As of yet, most of the reserves have not been met.
Compass House by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. (Courtesy A Doll’s House)
Electra House by David Adjaye Associates and Chris Ofili.
Compass House by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
Compass House by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
Elvis’s Tree House by Amodels.
Elvis’s Tree House by Amodels.
Inside Out by Coffey Architects.
Inside Out by Coffey Architects.
Haptic House by Dexter Moren Associates.
Play House by DRDH Architects and Artist Anne Katrine Dolven.
Play House by DRDH Architects and Artist Anne Katrine Dolven.
House for a Deaf Child by DRMM, Richard Woods Studio, and Grymsdyke Farm.
Multi-story by Duggan Morris Architects and Unit 22 Modelmakers.
Multi-story by Duggan Morris Architects and Unit 22 Modelmakers.
Tower of Fable by FAT Architecture and Artist Grayson Perry.
The Extra-Ordinary House by Glenn Howells.
The Extra-Ordinary House by Glenn Howells.
Jack in a Box by Guy Hollaway and Hemingway Design.
Jack in a Box by Guy Hollaway and Hemingway Design.
Jack in a Box by Guy Hollaway and Hemingway Design.
Sound [Play]ce by HLM Architects and JuJu Ross Design/A&J Hilliard Cabinet Makers.
Sound [Play]ce by HLM Architects and JuJu Ross Design/A&J Hilliard Cabinet Makers.
The Grimm’s House by James Ramsey Raad Studio and Artist Lara Apponyi.
The Grimm’s House by James Ramsey Raad Studio and Artist Lara Apponyi.
Stacked dollhouse design by
mae-mak house by Mae Architects, MAKLab, and Burro Happold.
Jigsaw House by Make Architects.
On a Giant Coral Far Away by Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan, artists Ishbel Myerscough, Chantal Joffe, and poet Lemn Sissay.
On a Giant Coral Far Away by Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan, artists Ishbel Myerscough, Chantal Joffe, and poet Lemn Sissay.
Outside/In by ShedKM and Artist James Ireland.
Outside/In by ShedKM and Artist James Ireland.
Puzzle House by Studio Egret West and artist Andrew Logan.
Puzzle House by Studio Egret West and artist Andrew Logan.
