From castles to cottages, everything is possible in miniature. We warmly welcome you to this unique portfolio of original, hand-crafted miniature houses and rooms, where variety is one of our favorite traditions.
View Mark's newest houses and structures:
Birch Hill, Palisades, Paradisum, Symphony, Stonegate, and a brand new storybook cottage named Mayfair, now available.
The doors are open at our brand new modern house – Palisades – available now in our Contemporary Gallery. Palisades was featured in the March/April 2019 issue of Dollhouse Miniatures Magazine.
History
Twenty-six years ago, Mark Turpin started production on Chateau du Bois and launched a new series of one-of-a-kind miniature houses and structures. Mark expanded his initial plan for houses and mansions in miniature to include miniature art museums, shops, orangeries, conservatories and room settings. Mark's work is now displayed in private collections and exhibited in museums.
We have welcomed miniature collectors and enthusiasts from more than seventy countries to this website since 1999. The volume of work contained herein demonstrates Mark's imaginative and innovative designs and craftsmanship.
Please enjoy the various galleries and visit again soon for the latest updates.
Information & News
Write to us via Email:
or markturpindesigns@icloud.com.
Visit New Studio Work to view inventory, or click here for Index.
Houses & Structures
Le Pavillon des Étoiles (2001)
Palladium (2019)***
Pinnacle (2020)***
*Available For Sale
**Currently in Production
***In Design Review
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Collecting miniatures opens a world of possibilities unlimited by style or period.
Since 1999, Mark has produced one-of-a-kind, architecturally themed structures and spaces, for collectors and miniaturists to furnish according to their dreams.
The gallery pages above, Classical, Traditional, and Contemporary, along with our Room Settings, reveal some of the interiors furnished by owners.
Birch Hill is featured in the July 2019 issue of Dollshouse World Magazine in the UK.
Palisades is a dramatic new four-story design of seven rooms including a double-height living room.
Dimensions: 29.5" wide, 20" deep, 41" high; 1:12 scale. For Sale.
Miniatures give collectors and hobbyists a chance to furnish exciting new houses or rooms of their own – and then redecorate or rearrange the furniture on a whim.
Rather than replicating existing houses, we offer unique new designs and adaptations of various styles. Available scales are 1:12, 1:18, 1:24, 1:48.
For do-it-yourselfers, we offer completed structures with finished exteriors and unfinished interiors, ready to decorate and furnish.
We also produce limited original Room Settings for collectors who have an economy of display space.
"Aqualina, Mark's extraordinary museum structure, challenged my artistic senses to furnish it with the best. Therein: Replicas of Picasso, Botero, Fornasetti, Sabino and originals of contemporary sculptors and painters. As patrons of miniature art circulate through the galleries, they can rest in the members' lounge on the top floor." 
On Bridgeview:
"This is the most beautiful place I have ever seen. I love it so much and the roof top is to die for. I could never have imagined how wonderful it would turn out. I knew I would love it but this is more than I ever expected. Thank you so much!"
"Mark Turpin's stunning creation, Limelight gratified this interior designer's fondest themes — Art Deco, a curving staircase and a mirror. Mark created the perfect stage for my exact replica of the piano in Savoy Hotel, London.
"As always, his structures are a joy on which to work."
"My pride and joy, Mark Turpin's City Loft, was furnished with personal enjoyments in mind.
A piano keyboard, many books, recliner, pizza... and on the work table near a window, we show a miniature work-in-progress of my most cherished structure, Aqualina."
"Sarayi became a reality after I bought a harem group of Jamie Carrington's figures and called Mark with a plea to design something Moroccan to house them. I never dreamed he would create such a magnificent and appropriate dwelling, but I was more than thrilled with the final structure. Mark's inimitable vivid imagination has housed the sheik and his women admirably."
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Magazine Features & Articles
Birch Hill is featured in the July 2019 issue of Dollshouse World Magazine.
To order a copy, visit: dollshouseworld.com and request issue 322.
Mark's work was featured in the May 2019 issue of DollsHouse & Miniature Scene.
To order a copy, visit: https://www.hobbies-and-crafts.co.uk/dolls-houses-miniatures/
Palisades was featured in the March/April 2019 issue of Dollhouse Miniatures Magazine.
To order a copy, visit: dhminiatures.com. Request DHM 68.
Birch Hill was featured in the November/December 2018 and January/February 2019 issues of Dollhouse Miniatures Magazine.
To order copies, visit: dhminiatures.com. Request DHM 66 & DHM 67.
