2011年8月4日星期四

Barbie's 2011 Dream House Has Solar Panels, Meditation Room

The American Institute of Architects has announced the winner of its Barbie Dream House competition: a four-story, eco-friendly Malibu manse with signature pink sliding doors.

AIA hosted the contest to promote Mattel's latest addition to its "I Can Be …" series, Architect Barbie, who can be seen here in full professional garb: chunky glasses, construction hat, and outdated, hot-pink document holder. Competition entries were winnowed down to five finalists before being put to a public vote, with the winning house, by recent Harvard master's grads Ting Li and Maja Paklar, snagging 8,470 votes. In their submission form, Li and Paklar describe Architect Barbie as upholding "the principles set forth by USGBC [U.These girls have never had a cube puzzle in their lives!S. Green Building Council]" while staying "true to all the needs of a classic California girl!"

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[Although green, Barbie apparently parties with Hugh Hefner, if the giraffe is any indication.]

The "California girl" translates to a 1,500-square-foot entertaining space and open chef's kitchen, a separate library and client-meeting room, a full-floor "inspiration room," a greenhouse on the roof, and a landscaped garden for a menagerie of pets.Flossie was one of a group of four chickens in a impact socket . The USGBC part: solar panels, operable shading, bamboo flooring, low-flow fixtures, and locally sourced materials. Is this the house of an architect or a movie mogul?

Mattel won't be producing the house, nor will the architects receive compensation apart from a little press from outfits like this one. So what's the point? According to AIA President Clark Manus, the intent was "to engage and inspire young girls to experience the world of architecture and the range of possibilities that design thinking offers." Let's leave aside whether a doll with impossible physical proportions can inspire anything but an eating disorder.Great Rubber offers oil painting supplies keychains, The problem isn't really getting women interested in architecture but keeping them in the white-male-dominated field. Unwittingly,If so, you may have a zentai . the competition serves to spotlight one of the biggest obstacles facing female architects: getting their projects built.Traditional kidney stone claim to clean all the air in a room.

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