Are these the coolest dolls’ houses you have ever seen? In a fabulous new charity auction named A Dolls' House, 20 architects and designers have created dolls’ houses that will be auctioned in aid of the charity KIDS. The houses also include miniature artworks by artists such as Grayson Perry and Chris Ofili, and have each been designed to include a feature that would make life easier for a child with a disability.

The project was inspired by the dolls’ house that Edwin Lutyens designed to showcase modern architecture for The British Empire Exhibition in 1922, and has been curated by Cathedral Group. In the same spirit as Lutyen’s original house, every architect was encouraged to collaborate with artists, designers and furniture-makers, so that the décor of each house is totally unique.

A selection of the dolls’ houses are currently on show at Senator in London, and will be auctioned at Bonhams on 11^th November.

KIDS is a UK charity that supports disabled children and young people and their families. They run home learning schemes, and provide nurseries, short-breaks and adventure playgrounds for disabled children.  They also offer services to parents of children with disabilities, and programmes for siblings and young carers.

For more information on the auction visit A Dolls House, or make a donation to KIDS and help them in the fantastic work they do, visit KIDS on Charity Choice.

Compass House by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris was been designed for children with visual impairment in mind, with a use of colour and texture to bring the house to life for them.

Multi-story by Duggan Morris Architects has been designed to aid early intervention strategies for children with autism. The house swaps the visually noisy cross section of a typical dolls house with a set of rooms arranged in either a stack or plan form. 

Play House by DRDH Architects is a toy theatre, with dressing rooms, scenery and working lifts that can be enjoyed as a dolls’ house for imaginative play, or as a true theatre for children to stage performances. 

Jigsaw House by Make Architects was inspired by the classic jigsaw puzzle. A large house is made up of many small houses, with each partner in the practice contributing their own piece with sensory expressions of play and colour.

Electra House by Adjaye Associates (in collaboration with artist Chris Ofili) is a flexible home that is designed to be accessible to all. Properties of light reflection, luminosity and movement provide the focal experience.

[Play]ce by HLM is an interactive tower with a series of unique environments to which the body will respond acoustically. The sounds generated by a marble running through the system highlights a responsive design that aids the visually impaired