Dolls' Houses

by Andreas C. Papadakis

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312216254
• ISBN13: 9780312216252
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Academy Editions
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

After 22 years, still an amazing book

Unable to find a suitably interesting dollhouse for his daughter, the editor of Architectural Design magazine launched a worldwide design contest. The results are depicted in this book, which still fascinates me after 22 years. Each completed entry is shown in a black and white or color photograph, along with the original sketches and plans, and architect's statement of intent. It's absorbing on several levels - the creativity put into the design, the modeling techniques, and the dollhouses themselves - what would they be like to play with? How much did children enjoy them? The winning entry was one I have never forgotten since purchasing the book in the 80s: a golden tower which children could actually enter and climb up the stairs. While the drawings are not meant to provide building instructions for hobbyists, they might inspire at-home construction efforts. The designs themselves surprisingly don't look dated, even though 22 years have passed. It's too bad that such a competition hasn't been held since, though.