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Press Release: June 10, 2004

Call for Entries:

Green Dollhouse Project Competition
Start Small. Think Big. Build Green.

Create a doll's eye-view of a healthier world. The Green Dollhouse Project Team is calling on design professionals and design students to create dollhouses that inspire both kids and adults to take steps to make their own homes a little healthier and easier on the environment.

The dollhouses will be judged by two simple criteria: Are they "dishy doll dwellings" that hold up to active play and delight both children and adults? And do they offer "great green guidance" about one or more aspects of sustainable home design?

Many people still think of green building — energy efficiency, water conservation, the use of nontoxic building materials and other sustainable practices — as a bewildering subject best left to the experts. The Green Dollhouse Project Competition aims to help change that perception.

The winning dollhouses will be selected by a distinguished panel of jurors, including David Arkin of Arkin Tilt Architects; Topher Delaney of SEAM Studio; Elizabeth Hennings from Coyote Point Museum; Shellie Kazan of Shellie's Miniature Mania; Sharon Refvem from Hawley Peterson & Snyder Architects; Jennifer Roberts, author of Good Green Homes; Katie Sosnowchik from Interiors and Sources magazine; and Peter Whiteley from Sunset Magazine. Following the competition, the dollhouses will be featured at a green-building exhibition at Coyote Point Museum in San Mateo, CA in the fall of 2005. The exhibit will then tour nationally in 2006.

Applications to participate, along with an entry fee of $25 for students and $50 for professionals, must be submitted no later than October 15, 2004. Dollhouses need to be completed and delivered by December 15, 2004. To obtain a registration packet, please visit www.greendollhouse.org.

Each dollhouse must come mounted on a strong material that is no larger than 23-inches by 35-inches. This is the one rule that cannot be stretched. Participants can create any type of dwelling on that size "lot" as they like – single-doll homes or dolly condos in whatever style appeals. The scale is the traditional one inch equals one foot.

The Green Dollhouse Project partners include Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility (ADSPR), American Institute of Architects (AIA) San Francisco and San Mateo County chapters, Coyote Point Museum, the Northern California Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, San Mateo County RecycleWorks, Sustainable San Mateo County, and media partners Interiors and Sources and Sunset.