FREE Delivery in the UK. 40 used & new from & FREE Delivery in the UK. Includes 1210 white and transparent LEGO bricks, sorting trays and an inspirational 272-page guidebookGuidebook includes tips, techniques, features and intuitive hands-on exercisesUse the monochromatic bricks to help you learn the fundamentals of architectural design in a LEGO contextEndorsed by REX architecture, Sou Fujimoto Architects, SOM, MAD Architects, Tham and Videgard Arkitekter, and Safdie ArchitectsGuidebook written in collaboration with leading architects and edited by Christopher Turner Save £10 on your order of £50 or above on clothing & shoes for your child. LEGO 21050 Architecture Studio Playset Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.DetailsThe LEGO Architect FREE Delivery in the UK. DetailsLEGO® Architecture The Visual Guide FREE Delivery in the UK. Product Dimensions19.1 x 19.1 x 35.4 cm Manufacturer recommended age:16 years and up Main Language(s)Italian manual, German manual, French manual, English manual, Spanish manual, Italian, English, French, German, Spanish
Number of Puzzle Pieces1211 11,103 in Toys & Games (See top 100) in Toys & Games > Toddler Toys > Bricks & Blocks Date First Available24 Sept. 2014 LEGO 21050 Architecture Studio Playset. LEGO Architecture is a tribute to the world of architecture in the form of LEGO bricks, and is designed for anyone who is interested in design, architecture and history. Endorsed by top architects, Studio is your chance to create LEGO models that will leave friends and family in awe. This cutting edge set of 1210 monochromatic pieces comes with an inspiring coffee-table guidebook of architectural legends. Play, Fun and Facts Visit the LEGO Architecture site for even more information about the architecture and history of the individual buildings. Visit our LEGO Facebook page for more information and ideas. Visit our channel on YouTube and watch our Mini Movies and much more. Want to find out more? Then visit our LEGO Brand Shop here on Amazon.
21034 London Building Toy Set 21028 Architecture New York City Mixed Brick Model See all 32 customer reviews See all 32 customer reviews (newest first) on Amazon.co.uk Lots and lots of bricks but no wheels or lights which is my only quarm. The pieces are as advertised of a single colour except for the clear bricks and studs. A fabulous product that is so very useful and fun to enjoy with a great price to match. This took a much longer than promised to arrive, however, I still love this purchase. I love this thing. A friend bought this for his son. I burst out laughing when I saw it, and the boy's reaction was priceless. £120 for a box of grey bricks? You cannot go wrong with any Lego product, always great, never a dissapointment fast delivery I love the product Speedy delivery great product (or so my son says?) Very speedy delivery came before the estimated delivery date, it came within 4 days of purchasing it!! Going to make a great birthday present for my friend!
Great product matched ad description. Arrived very quickly, and as described, my gripe is no big base board and I hadn't realised when ordering its impossible to get them in the cream.... Toys & Games > Baby & Toddler Toys > Bricks & Blocks Includes 1210 white and transparent LEGO bricks, sorting trays and an inspirational 272-page guidebookGuidebook includes tips, techniques, features and intuitive hands-on exercisesUse the monochromatic bricks to help you learn the fundamentals of architectural design in a LEGO contextEndorsed by REX architecture, Sou Fujimoto Architects, SOM, MAD Architects, Tham & Videgård Arkitekter, and Safdie ArchitectsGuidebook written in collaboration with leading architects and edited by Christopher TurnerBe inspired by world-renowned architectsRelease your inner architect and explore a world of endless creative possibilities H19.1 x W26.2 x D72cm Model name / number Not suitable for children under 3 years Top 10 LEGO Article
The wonderful thing about LEGO is that they’re always coming up with great new ideas. With these latest sets there’s something for everyone to build, from classic bricks to fantasy worlds. More than 10 in stock Standard delivery within 5 working days Collect+ from a local shop from International delivery not available How we may still help you Returns are free -Please confirm you are not a robot by checking the box. 'Lego for adults' has always been a tricky concept, even as the Danish toy giant has embraced the nostalgia of its post-childhood fans for titanic financial gain. And since the release of the hyper-successful 'Lego Movie' - an intricate piece of art, whose central dilemma pits the beauty of creativity as a process against the value of fixed forms of beauty - it has become even more complicated. What, ultimately, is the point of Lego for adults -- and creative play as a whole, for anyone? Is it to simply embrace the inner child, and experience the freedom of building a Pirate Ship for unicorns which is also a petrol station?
Or is it to use play as a process, as a studious method to meet a serious goal? Are adults playing with toys pretending to be children? Or are children playing with toys learning to be creative adults? Which is where the Lego Architecture Studio - a new 1,200 piece kit aimed explicitly at adults - comes in. The set itself is essentially very simple. For your £149.99 (a clearly, er, 'bold' price, even for Lego) you get a beautiful, weighty box of all-white Lego, in a huge range of pieces from big blocks and plates to small fiddly transparent 'windows', curvy two-ers and arches, plus two organisation trays. While there are no 'instructions', in their place you get an utterly fantastic 272-page book on the history, process and study of architecture. This book is the real heart of the set -- from both a value standpoint, and an existential one. For the aim here is not just to build any old model. The aim is architecture, its study and its practice. Whether you're an interested amateur or an actual architect, the set is aimed specifically at making you think differently about building, and buildings.
To that end the book included in the set takes you on a journey through the kinds of questions, experiments, problems and methods that architects might use in their profession. Edited by Christopher Turner and written in collaboration with experts from REX architecture, Sou Fujimoto Architects, SOM, MAD Architects, Tham & Videgård Arkitekter, and Safdie Architects, it's a serious and beautifully designed tome. In one example you might start building a model of a bird, and then gradually turn it into a building of your own design. In another you reconsider scale, and learn how shapes can take on different forms when you adjust how 'large' they would appear in the real world. The result - if you follow the book, and embrace the spirit of the set - is a genuinely fun and instructive way to learn about architecture, and what it means to go from a point of initial inspiration to a functional, considered result. On its own terms, then, it's an expensive but attractive success.
But then there's that question we began with -- is it actually any more fun, or useful, than playing with toys? The blocks contained in the Lego Architecture Studio are varied and interesting in shape, and according to Lego fans actually pretty decent value if you were to buy the blocks individually. But let's be clear: there is a certain kind of madness at play here in terms of cost. Currently on sale at Asda is a box of Lego that contains 600 multicoloured pieces. For the same price as the Architecture Studio you could buy 6,000 Lego bricks. That also plays into the other criticism here -- which relates to the monochrome colour scheme. On a simple level, it's hard not to feel that even just a splash of blue or red might have really livened things up - especially for base plates, or for making grass, rivers and desert on which your models could stand. But the bigger point is that while Lego's reason for the all-white scheme is philosophical, it actually feels like a device designed to make adults think they're not playing with a toy.
Lego says that it wants specifically for its Studio customers to focus on shape, and form, not colour. That makes sense - and is consistent with the architectural theme. The reality -- which Lego acknowledges and celebrates in the set's Guide Book -- is that monochrome or not, this is a toy. It is designed to free up the imagination, to break your creative preconceptions. The central thesis of the book is to experiment, and try new things. It is the essence of Lego. But the truth is that the essence of Lego is also contained in... Colourful, awkward, children's Lego. The sort of Lego you can buy for much less than this Studio set, or any of Lego's other Architecture series. If you buy this kit and follow the guide through to its conclusion, the lesson you might end up with is that you didn't really need to buy it. All of which is not intended to play down how beautiful, fun and engaging this set really is -- it's fantastic to see Lego focus on process as much as product, and to include a book which really could stand alone as a worthy collector's item, or coffee-table keepsake.