Architects design dolls' houses for charity


Architects including Zaha Hadid and David Adjey have designed dolls' houses for the charity KIDS


It can sometimes seem that, when it comes to designing buildings, the rule is the bigger the better. Renzo Piano's Shard has been criticised for the way it dwarfs many of London's other buildings, and Zaha Hadid was recently slated by Japanese architects who said her design for the 2020 Olympic stadium in Tokyo is simply too big.

It may come as a relief, then, to see that some of the world's best architects are also capable of working in a much more delicate, diminutive scale. A project led by the charity KIDS has asked 20 of the world's leading architects to design dolls' houses, and these big names, including as Adjaye Associates, dRMM, FAT Architecture and Zaha Hadid herself, have risen to the challenge of creating tiny buildings with aplomb.

Curated by property developers Cathedral Group, the project was inspired by the dolls' house that Edwin Lutyens designed for The British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1922 - using this very traditional children's toy to display the very best of modern architecture, craftsmanship, art and interior design.

In keeping with the spirit of the Edwin Lutyens dolls' house, the architects and designers have been encouraged to collaborate with contemporary artists, designers and furniture makers.

FAT Architecture has worked with Grayson Perry, David Adjaye with Chris Ofili, Guy Hollaway with Hemingway Design and Studio Egret West with Andrew Logan.

Each dolls' house - which fits on a 750mm x 750mm plinth - also includes a unique feature to make life easier for a child with a disability.

On 11th November the 20 unique dolls' houses, will be auctioned at Bonhams in London to raise money for KIDS.

KIDS is a UK charity supporting disabled children, young people and their families. They run home learning programmes, specialist nurseries and crèches, short-break programmes for disabled children and a series of inclusive adventure playgrounds. They offer a wide variety of services to parents of children with disabilities and programmes for siblings of disabled children and young carers.


See all of the houses here and visit the website to bid for your favourite.


Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

AHMM

AHMM2


James Ramsey and Lara Apponyi

Lara

Lara2


Adjaye Associates

Adjaye


Amodels

Amodels

Amodels2


Coffey Architects

Coffey


Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands

Davidson

Davidson


Dexter Moren Associates

Dexter

Dexter


DRDH Architects

DRDH

DRDH


DRMM

DRMM3


Duggan Morris Architects

Duggan

Duggan


FAT Architecture

FAT


Guy Hollaway Architects

GUY

GUY2


Zaha Hadid Archtiects

Hadid

Zaha Hadid


HLM Architects

HLM

HLM


Glenn Howells Architects

HOWELLS


Studio Egret West and Andrew Logan

Logan

Logan


MAE

MAE

MAE


Make Architects

Make

Make


Morag Myerscough & Luke Morgan

Morag

morag2


James Ramsey and Lara Apponyi

RAAD

 

 








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