# Modernist Gingerbread Houses The Vancouver Collective Creative Room Charity Auction By Shelby Lee Walsh | Published 2009-12-07 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/modernist-gingerbread-houses References: [creativeroom](http://creativeroom.ca/gingerbread/houses/) & [core77](http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/gingerbread_houses_go_modernist_15426.asp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20core77/blog%20Core77.coms%20design%20blog) Forget regular gingerbread houses, this Christmas it's all about modernist gingerbread houses. With designs that rival well-known feats in architecture, the Vancouver collective [Creative Room](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lakrids-by-blow-cherry-sour) has gotten some super talented submissions for their Gingerbread Competition and Charity Auction. The competition challenges architecture firms to create the most unique and innovative [edible abode](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gingerbread-house-kit). The submissions are then auctioned off to the portion of the public that likes a good treat, architecture and a good cause. This year the proceeds go to Architecture for Humanity. These modernist gingerbread houses are the perfect way to spread holiday cheer! ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.5/10 - Popularity: 47% | Activity: 20% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Food](https://www.trendhunter.com/food) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Innovative Gingerbread Houses:** Architecture firms are exploring innovative ways to design gingerbread houses, presenting an opportunity for culinary and design industries to collaborate and create unique holiday centerpieces. - **Charitable Auctions for Artistic Creations:** Charitable auctions are becoming more creative, such as auctioning off gingerbread houses created by architecture firms, signaling an opportunity for artists, bakers, and charities to collaborate in unique ways. - **Fusing Food and Architecture:** As designers create gingerbread houses that rival famous architecture, this presents an opportunity for the culinary and architecture industries to collaborate to create unique edible art and modernist buildings. ### Who This Affects Most - **Architecture:** Architecture firms have an opportunity to explore creative design options for gingerbread houses, creating unique holiday centerpieces. - **Baking:** Bakers can collaborate with architecture firms to create designer gingerbread houses, presenting an opportunity to explore the fusion of culinary and architectural design. - **Charity:** Charities can collaborate with designers and bakers to create unique fundraising events through the auction of designer gingerbread houses, presenting an opportunity for new and creative forms of fundraising. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Gingerbread Architecture Kits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/holiday-house-kits.md) - [Unconventional Gingerbread Houses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/unconventional-holiday-houses.md) - [Haunted Gingerbread Houses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/haunted-gingerbread.md) - [Edible Pastry Holiday Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pastry-holiday-homes.md) - [Edible Pastry Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/poptarts-gingerbread-lodge.md) - [Festive Meat-Made Holiday Houses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/charcuterie-chalet-kit.md) - [Refurnished Concrete Shingle Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gingerbread-house-1.md) - [Festive Cereal Houses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cingerbread-house-kit.md) - [Functional Gingerbread Cameras](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gingerbread-camera.md)