Land+Living does LEGOLAND


Modern LEGO architecture
When my niece and nephew are visiting there is always a flurry of activities… I get to go places I would never otherwise go… and yesterday we had LEGOLAND California on the agenda.

LEGOLAND on the whole was not overly impressive as a theme park (the rides and shows were just OK), but the things that they did with LEGO bricks... cars, boats, animals... you name it… oh yeah, my childhood LEGO fantasies were realized. Especially in the Miniland section which was by far the highlight of the park. Here they have recreated seven regions of the United States out of 20 million LEGO bricks.

A fair amount of modern architecture was represented, especially in the New York scene including the yet unbuilt Freedom Tower. So, what the heck. Here is a Land+Living modern tour of LEGOLAND California.

Link: Legoland


Lever House, 1952 - Gordon Bunshaft (SOM)


Guggenheim Museum, 1959 - Frank Lloyd Wright
Guggenheim Tower addition, 1992 - Gwathmey Siegel and Associates Architects


Seagram Building, 1958 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with Philip Johnson


Freedom Tower - Davis Childs (SOM) with Daniel Libeskind


Hollywood Bowl, 1929 - Elliott, Bowen and Walz version based on Llyod Wright's design with accoustic spheres by Frank Gehry (now replaced by 2004 shell designed by Hodgetts + Fung Design Associates)


San Francisco scene with giant gardener rampaging the city
Transamerica Tower, 1972 - William L. Pereira & Associates


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Freedom Tower LEGO version
Posted by William Webb on 3/18/2006 11:30:00 AM

Go to www.williamwebbdesign.com for more information on the designer of the Lego Freedom Tower.

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hey
Posted by ingrid on 3/22/2007 1:05:00 PM

this is awesome, the similarities are amazing.

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