Gallery: 20 Fantastic Dollhouses Designed by Famous Architects
Thomas Butler01ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTSInternationally renowned, award-winning architects
Zaha Hadid's *This Must Be the Place* dollhouse is a puzzle structure made of wood and resin pieces. *Image: Thomas Butler*
Thomas Butler02ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTSInternationally renowned, award-winning architects
Its current bid is £10,500. *Image: Thomas Butler*
Thomas Butler03ADJAYE ASSOCIATESIn collaboration with Base Models and artist Chris Ofili
David Adjaye's *Electra House* is a flexible home that contains a live/work space. Designed to be accessible to all, the ground floor is a continuous space, undulating between outdoor courtyard and creative indoor space. *Image: Thomas Butler*
Thomas Butler04ADJAYE ASSOCIATESIn collaboration with Base Models and artist Chris Ofili
Chris Ofili, a long-time Adjaye collaborator, created custom miniature artwork for the home. *Image: Thomas Butler*
Thomas Butler05MAKE ARCHITECTSAward-winning international architectural practice
MAKE Architects' *Jigsaw House* is made up of 26 fully-designed houses and another 20 empty houses that can be combined. *Image: Thomas Butler*
06MAKE ARCHITECTSAward-winning international architectural practice
Each partner in the practice was encouraged to invent their own house filling each room with their own sensory expressions of play and color. *Image: Thomas Butler*
Thomas Butler07COFFEY ARCHITECTSYoung Architect of the Year 2012
Individual, hollowed-out oak rooms in bright colors can be inserted into the house. *Image: Thomas Butler*
Thomas Butler08COFFEY ARCHITECTSYoung Architect of the Year 2012
Coffey Architecture's *Inside Out* dollhouse is built out of concrete and includes a bonsai tree and herb garden. *Image: Thomas Butler*
Thomas Butler09STUDIO EGRET WESTIn collaboration with artist Andrew Logan
Studio Egret West's *Puzzle House* unfolds from a colorful rectangular box into seven separate pieces. The hollow spaces each contain a jewelry-like object designed by artist Andrew Logan: a stair of mirrors, a ladder, a diving board, a few thimbles, a chain, a propeller. *Image: Thomas Butler*
10DEXTER MOREN ASSOCIATESArchitects and interior designer specialists
Dexter Moren's *Haptic House* is based on the concept of 'sensory play'. A series of components, identical in character, are meant to stimulate the primary senses. The 360-degree access means there are no defined rules of how it can be used. *Image: Thomas Butler*
Thomas Butler11GLENN HOWELLS
Glenn Howells Architects built the *The Extra-Ordinary House* out of robust timber. *Image: Thomas Butler*
Thomas Butler12GLENN HOWELLS
They want to explain how the home works through touch and feel so a child with impaired sight can understand how its volumes relate to living. *Image: Thomas Butler*
Thomas Butler13SHEDKMIn collaboration with artist James Ireland
SHEDKM's *Outside/In* is a collection of exterior-like spaces that rotates like a Rubik puzzle around a spiral stair. *Image: Thomas Butler*
14GUY HOLLAWAYIn collaboration with Hemingway Design.
Guy Hollaway designed the Jack in a Box, which at first appears to be a simple house. *Image: Thomas Butler*
