Mattel has teamed up with the AIA (American Institute of Architects) to unveil the "Architect Barbie Dream House Design Competition" - where architects have the opportunity to design a new Green Dream Home just for Architect Barbie! Oh, you didn't realize there was an Architect Barbie? Well, there is. She's new! And stylish...with her skyline dress, ankle boots, and trendy black glasses (which she doesn't seem to actually wear on her face). She's also got a hard hat, a scale model Dream Home, and a blueprint holder.
So what does Architect Barbie want in her new Green Dream Home? Well, along with the most sophisticated sustainable design principles, it's also got to be stylish. (She is Barbie, after all.) She has some other pretty specific demands, though - including:
- A spacious home office with hi-tech gadgets, where she can practice her 125 other careers.
- A ginormous closet for her "unlimited fashions".
- A top-of-the-line kitchen and huge entertaining space where her friends can mingle.
- A backyard big enough for her five pets (which include a giraffe).
- And finally, her house must be on the ocean. (Location, location, location!)
Any architect willing to take on all of those demands AND make it sustainable will have to be a miracle-worker, I think. But it's not like this is the real world, right? As the AIA reminds the contestants, "Remember not to take it too seriously — Barbie is a doll after all! Just think pink and you’ll do fine."
