LEGO Architecture Brings your Favorite Buildings into your Home

Designed by architect Adam Reed, Lego has come out with line of Legos to build some of America’s most famous buildings. These Lego versions aren’t going to give you an exact diorama of the building. They are going to give you Lego stylized versions of some of America’s most famous Architecture. If you looking to combine your love of architecture with your love of Legos then these Lego Architectures are the right toy for you. The pieces in the Lego Architecture line are small.   Besides Fallingwater, these buildings are easy to assembly, so if you looking for a challenge buy Fallingwater or choose another LEGO collection. This collection is great for a architect enthusiast and will look great on any bookshelf.

This feat of architecture sits on top of a waterfall and seamlessly melds with the water and trees. Frank Lloyd Wright built this house as a vacation home for the Kaufmann family. In 1963, it was given to the Pennsylvania Conservatory and they maintain it to this day. Fallingwater is open for tours and over 4 million have visited.

Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright

Built: 1936 to 1939

Location: Mill Run, Pennsylvania

Purpose: Mountain Vacation Home

Construction Material: Local Sandstone, Reinforced Concrete, Steel, and Glass

Size: Main House 5,330 square feet, Guest house 1,700 square feet

Price: $99.99

Pieces: 811

Age: 16 and Up

Size: 10” wide and 5” tall

• Includes booklet with history and design details
• Complex structure build, contains long instruction book
• Architect Adam Reed helped to develop and design this Lego version of Fallingwater
• Lego version capture signature features and even has clear blocks to portray waterfall

Built to be the centerpiece to the World’s Fair in Settle this famous building started out a sketch on a napkin. Inspired by Stuttgart Tower in Germany artist Edward E. Carlson came up with the Space Needle concept. It took Architect John Graham and team of architects to turn Carlson drawling into a building. The restaurant located inside rotates giving guests a 360-degree view of the city. The Space Needle currently has tours, contains a restaurant, is an observation tower, and host private events.

Architect: John Graham (Edward E. Carlson concept)

Built: 1961 to 1962

Location: Seattle, Washington

Purpose: Centerpiece to the World’s Fair, Observation tour and restaurant

Construction Material: Steel and Concrete

Size: 605 ft tall

Price: $24.99

Pieces: 57

Size: 8.7” tall and 3.1”wide

Age: 10 and Up

• Includes booklet with history and design details
• Architect Adam Reed helped to develop and design this Lego version of the Settle Space Needle
• Easy to Build

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright in 1943 to build an epic building to house the Museum of Non-Objective Painting. Architect Wright drew more than 700 sketches, when creating the famous museum. Due to variety of factors the museum took sixteen years to be completed and neither Wright nor Guggenhiem saw the building completed. Wright designed the museum to be “a curving wave that never breaks.” The museum currently is home to large collections of early modern, impressionist, post-impressionist, and contemporary art.

Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright

Built: 1956 to 1959

Location: New York City

Construction Material: Gunite or Sprayed Concrete, Steel, and Glass

Purpose: Museum

Price: $44.99

Pieces: 208

Size: 4” tall

Age: 10 and Up

• Includes booklet with history and design details
• Architect Adam Reed helped to develop and design this Lego version of the Guggenheim
• Relatively Easy to Built
• Depiction simplifies spiral feature into stacks of circles

The Rockefeller family built this complex of commercial buildings located in heart of Manhattan.  Buildings composing the Rockefeller Center:

• Radio City Music Hall
• GE Building (Formally know as the RCA building, nick named ’30 Rock’)
• One Rockefeller Plaza
• Ten Rockefeller Plaza
• 1240 Avenue of the Americas
• Bank of America Building or 50 Rockefeller Plaza
• Simon & Schuster Building or 1230 Avenue of the Americas
• 1270 Avenue of the Americas
• 600 Fifth Avenue
• 610 Fifth Avenue or the La Maison Francaise
• 620 Fifth Avenue or the British Empire Building
• 626 Fifth Avenue or the Palazzo d'Italia
• 630 Fifth Avenue or  the International Building
• 636 Fifth Avenue or the International Building North
• 1271 Avenue of the Americas or the Time-Life Building
• 1251 Avenue of the Americas or the Exxon Building
• 1221 Avenue of the Americas or the McGraw-Hill Building
• 745 Seventh Avenue
• 1211 Avenue of the Americas

Architect: Raymond Mathewson Hood

Built: 1920 to 1939

Location: New York City

Style: Modern, Art Deco

Construction Material: Limestone

Purpose:Complex of Commercial Buildings

Price: $44.99

Pieces: 240

Size: 5” tall

Age: 10 and Up

• Includes booklet with history and design details
• Architect Adam Reed helped to develop and design this Lego version of Rockefeller Center
• Relatively Easy to Built
• Only one in the Architecture series to show complex of buildings

Sear & Roebuck Co decided to build the Sears Tower in Chicago to consolidate many office buildings. This tall sleek black building stands out against the Chicago skyline. When the building was completed it was the tallest building in the world, and stayed that way for 25 years. In 2009, it was renamed the Willis building and is currently used as offices.

Architect: Skidmore, Owings and Merril

Built: 1965 to 1970

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Height: 1132 ft

Construction Material: Aluminum, Concrete, Glass, and Steel

Purpose: Office building

Price: $24.99

Pieces: 69

Size: 9” tall and 3.1” wide

Age: 10 and Up

• Includes booklet with history and design details
• Architect Adam Reed helped to develop and design this Lego version of the Sears Tower
• Easy to Built

Architect James Hoban’s White House designed was chosen above 8 other designs in a design competition. Washington did make some changes to Hoban’s original drawing, which made the White House larger and grander. In 1792, the construction was started and completed into 1800. John Adams was the first president to live in the White House. The White House is currently home to 44^th President Barrack Obama.

Architect: James Hoban

Built: 1792 to 1800, rebuilt in 1814 after the fire

Location: Washington, DC

Construction Material: Aquis Sandstone

Style: Neoclassical

Purpose:Official Residence of America’s President

Price: $49.99

Pieces: 560

Size: 9” wide

Age: 12 and Up

• Includes booklet with history and design details
• Architect Adam Reed helped to develop and design this Lego version of the White House
• Relatively Easy to Built

The Empire State building was designed by Architect William Lamb and apart of a fierce competition to build the tallest building in New York. Lamb relied heavy on the design of the Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem. When it was completed it was the worlds tallest building and it stayed that way for 40 years. Currently, the Empire State Building is undergoing as massive renovation.

Architect: Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon (William F. Lamb)

Built: 1930-1931

Location: New York City

Height: 1,470 ft

Construction Material: Steel, Limestone, Concrete, and brick

Style: Art Deco

Purpose:Office

Price: $24.99

Pieces: 77

Size: 7.4’ tall and 3.1” wide

Age: 10 and Up

• Includes booklet with history and design details
• Architect Adam Reed helped to develop and design this Lego version of the Empire State Building
• Easy to Built

Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merril

Built: 1965 - 1970

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Height: 1132 ft

Construction Material: Aluminum, Concrete, Glass, and Steel

Purpose:Offices, Condos, and Restaurants

Price: $24.99

Pieces: 69

Size: 7.5’ tall and 3.1” wide

Age: 10 and Up

• Includes booklet with history and design details
• Architect Adam Reed helped to develop and design this Lego version of the John Hancock Center
• Easy to Built