Doll’s House for KIDS, Conceptual Architecture, Bonhams Auction 2013, Cathedral Group Plc UK

Doll’s House Architecture London

Miniature Building – designs by famous architects + designers at Bonhams in Central London, England

4 Nov 2013

Doll’s House Auction

A Dolls’ House’ auction success

Design: various architects

A DOLLS’ HOUSE’ AUCTION RAISES CLOSE TO £90,000 FOR KIDS!

An auction of dolls houses designed by some of the world’s greatest architects, designers and artists raised close to £90,000 for the charity KIDS on Monday night at Bonhams in Central London.

Dolls’ House by Zaha Hadid Architects.:

source : Thomas Butler

The stylish event saw over 400 guests come together to celebrate and bid on the selection of dolls’ houses, including models by Zaha Hadid and David Adjaye. The highest bid of the evening was for Zaha Hadid’s dolls’ house, ‘This must be the place’ reaching an impressive £14,000. Not far behind was the 1.5m high dolls’ house by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, who also designed the new showroom at Bonhams in which the auction was held, which went for £11,000.

FAT Architectures’ dolls’ house, ‘Tower of Fable’, featuring miniature works of art by Grayson Perry was won by Richard Upton, chief executive of Cathedral Group, the property developers behind the project, with a winning bid of £10,000.

Online bidding for the dolls’ houses had been taking place since the official launch of ‘A Dolls’ House’ during London Design Festival in September. The online bidding was frozen at midday on Monday 11th November with the six dolls’ houses with the highest bids going through to the live auction that evening, conducted by auctioneer Matthew Girling.

This included dolls’ houses by Zaha Hadid, FAT Architecture, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, Duggan Morris Architects, HLM Architects, and Morag Myerscough with Luke Morgan. The remainder of the dolls’ houses could be bid for throughout the evening through a silent auction with staff taking bids on tablets.

Helen Mitchell, Director of fundraising at KIDS comments, “The exceptional support and goodwill from the Cathedral Group and all the architects, artists and designers involved in this project has been truly overwhelming and will enable us to improve the lives and future prospects of even more disabled children and their families.”

The evening was a great success and all the money raised is being donated to UK charity KIDS, which supports disabled children, young people and their families.

The project has been kindly sponsored by Bonhams, Domus, Alno, Marley Eternit, Greenberg Traurig Maher, Realise Creative, Development Securities, Quatro PR, ING Media, Cadogan Tate and Thomas Butler.

4 Nov 2013

Doll’s House for KIDS, UK

20 of the world’s best architects and designers build a Doll’s House for KIDS

Design: various architects

ONE WEEK LEFT TO BID UNTIL UNIQUE DOLLS’ HOUSES, CREATED BY WORLD FAMOUS ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS, GO UNDER THE HAMMER!

Dolls’ House by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris:

source : Thomas Butler

Twenty unique dolls’ houses, designed and built by some of the world’s best architects and designers, such as Zaha Hadid and David Adjaye, and including artworks by world famous artists including Grayson Perry and Chris Ofili, will be auctioned at Bonhams’ new showroom in London next week in aid of KIDS.

• Online bidding for the dolls’ houses is underway with the dolls’ house by Zaha Hadid currently attracting the highest bid of £10,500

• The auction site (www.adollshouse.co.uk) will be frozen at midday on Monday 11th November with further bids taken only at the auction event that evening

• All 20 dolls’ houses will be exhibited to the public at Bonhams, New Bond Street, London, W1 1SR, on Sunday 10th November, 11am-3pm, and on Monday 11th November, 9am-3pm

The project has been curated by property developers Cathedral Group and has been kindly sponsored by Bonhams, Domus, Alno, Marley Eternit, Greenberg Traurig Maher, Realise Creative, Development Securities, Quatro PR, ING Media, Cadogan Tate and Thomas Butler.

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Doll’s House Designs

On 11th November 2013 20 unique dolls’ houses, designed and built by some of the world’s best architects and designers and including artworks by world famous artists including Grayson Perry and Chris Ofili, will be auctioned at Bonhams in London in aid of KIDS.

Dolls’ House buildings:

image from Cathedral Group

The project has been curated by property developers Cathedral Group and is inspired by the dolls’ house that Edwin Lutyens designed for The British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1922 – using a very traditional children’s toy to display the very best of modern architecture, craftsmanship, art and interior design.

Participating architects and designers include: Adjaye Associates, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, AMODELS, Coffey Architecture, Dexter Moren, DRDH Architects, dRMM, Duggan Morris Architects, FAT Architecture, Glenn Howells Architects, Guy Hollaway Architects, HLM Architects, James Ramsey RAAD Studio with Lara Apponyi, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, mae, Make Architects, Morag Myerscough & Luke Morgan, Shedkm, Studio Egret West and Zaha Hadid Architects.

Dolls’ House by Adjaye Associates:

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Dolls’ House by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris:

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Dolls’ House by Coffey Architecture:

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Dolls’ House by DRDH Architects:

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Dolls’ House by dRMM:

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Dolls’ House by Duggan Morris Architects:

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Dolls’ House by FAT Architecture:

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Dolls’ House by Glenn Howells Architects:

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Dolls’ House by James Ramsey RAAD Studio with Lara Apponyi:

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Dolls’ House by mae:

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Dolls’ House by Make Architects:

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Dolls’ House by Shedkm:

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Dolls’ House by Zaha Hadid Architects.:

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In the same spirit as the Edwin Lutyens dolls’ house, the architects and designers have been encouraged to collaborate with their own artists, designers and furniture-makers. Among others, FAT 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.

A selection of the dolls’ houses are on show at Senator, 11-13 Melton Street, London, NW1 2EA, Monday to Friday, 9-‐5pm.

3 Sep 2013

Doll’s House for KIDS

20 of the world’s best architects and designers build a Doll’s House for KIDS

Design: various architects

A DOLLS’ HOUSE

20 OF THE WORLD’S BEST ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS BUILD A DOLLS’ HOUSE FOR KIDS

On the 11 November 2013, 20 of the world’s best contemporary architects and designers will present their version of a dolls’ house in an exhibition and auction at Bonhams in aid of KIDS.

The project has been curated by Cathedral Group Plc, an innovative and forward-thinking property developer and is inspired by the dolls’ house that Edwin Lutyens designed for The British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1922 – using a very traditional children’s toy to display the very best of modern British architecture, craftsmanship, art and interior design.

Sketch by FAT Architecture of their dolls’ house design:

picture from architect

Participating architects and designers include: Adjaye Associates, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, AMODELS, Coffey Architects, Dexter Moren, DRDH Architects, dRMM, Duggan Morris Architects, FAT Architecture, Glenn Howells Architects, Guy Hollaway Architects, HLM Architects, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, mae, Make Architects, Morag Myerscough & Luke Morgan, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, shedkm, Studio Egret West and Zaha Hadid Architects.

In the same spirit as the Edwin Lutyens dolls’ house, the architects and designers have been challenged to work with their own artist, designer and furniture-maker collaborations to make the end products even more special. Among other collaborations FAT will be working with Grayson Perry and Studio Egret West with Andrew Logan. Each dolls house – which will fit on a 750mm x 750mm plinth will also include a unique feature to make life easier for a child who is disabled.

Sketch by MAE of their dolls’ house design:

picture from architect

A selection of the dolls’ houses will be exhibited during the London Design Festival (14 – 21 September 2013) in partnership with sponsors Domus Tiles. The exhibition at the Domus show room is opened throughout the festival and is free to visit from Mon to Fri: 10am to 6pm and Saturdays: 10am to 5pm. There will be an official launch of the online auction during an invitation only event on Wednesday 18 September from 6pm at the Domus West-One show room.

Cathedral Group has pledged to raise £100,000 for KIDS to support their valuable work. 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.

A Dolls House has been kindly sponsored by Bonhams, Alno, Marley Eternit, Greenberg Traurig Maher, Realise Creative, Development Securities, Quatro PR, ING Media and Cadogen Tate.

For more information, visit www.adollshouse.co.uk

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Doll’s House Auction for KIDS – Background Information

Cathedral Group is one of the most exciting, innovative and forward thinking mixed- use regeneration property developers in the UK with a driving ambition to create sustainable economic growth by making great community places. Cathedral is delivering a number of mixed-use schemes across London and the south east with a current pipeline of £2.4bn.

www.cathedralgroup.com

KIDS is a UK charity supporting disabled children, young people and their families. Each dolls’ house will be designed with one unique feature to make life easier for a child with a disability.

www.kids.org.uk

Doll’s House Architecture images / information received 3 Sep 2013

Location: 101 New Bond St, London W1S 1SR, UK