If it were a real house, it would sell for about around $3.5 million. Does Barbie actually live in Manhattan Beach? That wouldn't be far from Mattel's El Segundo headquarters.
(Business Insider) Barbie's notoriously extravagant lifestyle doesn't exactly make her the spokeswoman for Greenpeace. But a new eco-friendly mansion (well this kind of sounds like an oxymoron) could turn the tide for one of America's most iconic conspicuous consumers.The American Institute of Architects (AIA) teamed up with Mattel to hold a design competition for a dream house for the leggy doll in conjunction with the release of Architect Barbie, which hits stores
Unfortunately, Mattel has no intention of turning Li and Paklar's vision of pink into either a dollhouse or a real mansion -- the house would sell for around $3.5 million if a life-sized version were built -- but will instead make a $1,000 donation in the designers' names to the Charter High School for Architecture and Design in Philadelphia.
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