LEGOs for Grownups

1. LEGO Villa Savoye

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Swiss-born architect Le Corbusier built this modernist residence for Pierre and Emilie Savoye outside of Paris in 1931. "The biggest challenges of the LEGO model construction," said Michael Hepp, designer of the LEGO model, "were the pillars and the complex roof design. I was amazed again and again by Le Corbusier’s art...."

^{Source: LEGO Architecture website, accessed Nov.25, 2012.}

2. LEGO Robie House

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Artist Adam Reed Tucker developed this LEGO model of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie style Robie House. With 2,276 pieces, the LEGO Robie house ranks among the most sophisticated and most detailed of the construction models from LEGO's architecture series.

3. LEGO Rockefeller Center

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Designed by architect Raymond Hood, the Rockefeller Center is a masterpiece of Art Deco design. The LEGO model includes all 19 buildings, including the famous Radio City Music Hall.

4. LEGO Eiffel Tower

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Assemble all 3,428 pieces and create a model Eiffel Tower in 1:300 scale. Based on the original blueprints, the completed model is more than three feet tall.

5. LEGO Guggenheim

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Do you think LEGO construction models are made with square blocks? Not always! This LEGO kit captures all the curves of Frank Lloyd Wright's beautifully organic Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

6. LEGO Empire State Building

This easy kit quickly assembles into an attractive replica of New York City's most famous landmark, the record-breaking Empire State Building.

7. LEGO Burj Khalifa

8. LEGO Willis Tower (Sears Tower)

Once known as the Sears Tower, the Willis Tower is another Chicago landmark by architect Bruce Graham. Easy to assemble, this 69-peice set makes a handsome black and white collectible model.

9. LEGO John Hancock Center

Designed by Bruce Graham of Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill, the John Hancock Center is noted for the interesting grid pattern on its facade. The LEGO kit is a relatively simply one with sixty-nine pieces and a short booklet about the Chicago landmark.

10. LEGO Fallingwater

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This model of Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Fallingwater house is one one the more complex (and more expensive) of the LEGO architecture toys. The completed model stands 6 inches tall by 10 inches wide with intricate detailing.