This is one of my favorite pieces-- a 1/144 scale miniature crafted to pay tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water House. This is a dollhouse for the dollhouse sized miniature. It's signed Steve, but I'm not sure who Steve is.
I once inquired with a dollhouse maker what it might cost to get a 1:12 version of Falling Water (complete with the built-ins and the water) and the price quote came back at $40,000 plus. That's a down payment on a real house (well, not where I live, but...) or in some places the full cost of a house. I could never justify that expenditure even if it would absolutely rock to have a mini Frank Lloyd Wright dollhouse.
UPDATE 01/20/08
I just found my journal of every dollhouse item I purchased between 2001 and 2003. In it, I discovered that the person who built the 1/144 dollhouse was named Steven Bebe.
I'm fond of the Dollhouse Emporium which is located in the UK. Not only because they have quality dollhouses but because they have put up with my "wish you would make this and this" lists over the years. They've recently unveiled their latest modern dollhouse called the Lake View. It's a medium size dollhouse with five rooms, lovely curved staircases, decks and floor to ceiling windows. No pictures of the inside are available as of yet, but I'll post them as they come available. It appears that the house has two stories and a loft with an optional garden level addition. I own their fabulous Malibu Beach House and have admired the 1,2,3 Waterside Way, but I may have to add this Lake View to my collection...hmm
