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Travel through the history of architecture in The LEGO Architect. You’ll learn about styles like Art Deco, Modernism, and High-Tech, and find inspiration in galleries of LEGO models. Then take your turn building 12 models in a variety of styles. Snap together some bricks and learn architecture the fun way!

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	The LEGO Architect	The LEGO Architecture Idea Book	The LEGO Neighborhood Book	The LEGO Neighborhood Book 2	LEGO Micro Cities	Beautiful LEGO
Author	Tom Alphin	Alice Finch	Brian Lyles and Jason Lyles	Brian Lyles and Jason Lyles	Jeff Friesen	Mike Doyle
Suggested age range	10+	10+	10+	10+	10+	10+
Description	Learn the history of architecture via stunning LEGO models, and try your hand at building your own models in a variety of architectural styles.	Clever building tips provide endless inspiration for creating impressive structures with realistic architectural elements.	Best-selling introduction to creating a LEGO neighborhood complete with houses, shops, and apartment buildings.	Step-by-step instructions show how to build detailed LEGO models of neighborhoods in this best-selling second volume.	Build beautiful LEGO cities in the palm of your hand with the help of stunning photos, detailed instructions, and ideas for customization.	A collection of striking LEGO art ranging from real life models to mythical creatures. Includes interviews with dozens of artists.
Builds include	St. Paul's Cathedral, Gamble House, art deco movie theater, air traffic control tower, university building, and a train station	Brickwork, wall cladding and shingles, framing, curved and patterned walls, molding, windows, columns, towers, doors, and roof design	Corner café, drugstore, apartments and houses, exterior detailing, and interior design	Italianate row house, toy store, embassy, war monument, city houses, emergency services, and a harbor	Subway, city hall, dragon crossing, hyperloop, hydro dam, and trains	Famous monuments, motorcycles, animals, mythical creatures, and spaceships
Product description	192 pp. full color book; hardcover	232 pp. full color book; hardcover	204 pp. full color book; paperback	192 pp. full color book; paperback	200 pp. full color book; hardcover	280 pp. full color book; paperback

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"Stunning...be the Corbusier of LEGO."—Wall Street Journal

"As educational as it is fun, The LEGO Architect is full of bite-sized portions of architectural history, beginning with the first use of columns in ancient Egypt, back when they weren’t tiny and plastic."—The Huffington Post

About the Author

Tom Alphin is a UX Program Manager at Microsoft and a passionate LEGO fan. He maintains a blog about LEGO and other things at tomalphin.com

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Item Weight : 1.73 pounds
Hardcover : 192 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781593276133
ISBN-13 : 978-1593276133
Dimensions : 9.25 x 0.6 x 9.25 inches
Publisher : No Starch Press; 1st edition (September 1, 2015)
Reading level : 10 and up
Language: : English
ASIN : 1593276133

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K. Irvine

More Please!!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2016

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THIS is the book that SHOULD HAVE come with my LEGO Architecture Studio set! This is the BEST Lego book I have come across. It not only gives a brief, yet concise history of different architectural styles in each chapter; plenty of beautiful pictures of famous buildings and LEGO model creations; great tips and ideas; BUT, it also gives you this: at the end of each chapter the author gives you a detailed model to build (with your LEGO Architecture Studio set) that represents that chapter's architectural style! I want more books like this one - perhaps an entire series?!?
Definitely a must-have for anyone who loves small scale modeling with LEGO; especially if you too have the LEGO Architecture Studio!

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Rob in Seattle

A deeper survey into architectural styles than expected!

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2015

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I'm a life long LEGO fan and bought the book because it was a cool concept. I was expecting some photos of famous buildings constructed with a blurb here and there. What I got is an exquisite Coffee Table book with a delightfully deeper survey of architectural styles than anticipated and step by step guides on how to build realistic multi-scale scale versions of each There is real re-reading value here, which is a nice surprise.

To those reviewers complaining about the models requiring the architecture LEGO set and the book being useless without it, I would like to re-read the prologue where the author explicitly states the all white models were used for clarity, but any colors will work and he encourages creativity continually throughout the book. Besides, not having the exact right piece is a cornerstone of the LEGO experience! If you don't have a slope piece, use your imagination and engineer something similar with what you do have... that's the Magic of LEGO and this book encapsulates it well.

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Veritas

Nice presentation, but most models have no instructions.

Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2020

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Yep, it's one of those Lego books again with very little instructions for 70% of the models pictured. So what happens is, once I've read it, or saw a model I am particularly interested in, I google to find instructions, but for this particular book, this is pretty hopeless as the best models are massive pieces of construction with 10,000+ pieces made by professional builders WHO DO NOT SHARE their instruction materials. With this said, I like it fwiw.

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A. Saar

Detailed and great resource

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2019

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I really appreciated the detailed pictures of the models that were included in this book. There are so many creative builds that were included, all representing various architectural styles. Pictures were taken from various angles which helps you see what tiles were used and the various building techniques used as well. There is a good overview of the main architectural styles, and although this is a broad overview of each style, there is enough detail to give you an appreciation for the major distinguishing features of each style. But all in all, this book is about the pics, and hopefully the ideas that will be spawned from looking at them! I was inspired the moment I opened the book! I also enjoyed how the individual builders that were featured gave their own perspective and tips and tricks when creating buildings or structures in various styles. A great resource and must have book.

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Will C

Great book, getting pieces is not seamless

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2020

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This is an excellent, beautiful book with great content and well-designed instructions.

I withheld two stars because getting the pieces is a bit of a hassle. I had the Architecture Set and there are many critical pieces needed to build any of the sets. The author goes to some lengths to make it easy to order the pieces through his web site, but it’s not perfect and it seems there are better ways he could have done this. If you’re an AFOL your experience will help. If you’re an educator or a parent, it’s very possible you will start building and realize that you lack some pieces.

Tips:
- Order the pieces when you buy the book (go to Tom’s site for instructions how to do so).
- Inspect the order in your cart and once you receive it.

That said, the book is highly worth the effort and time.

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HughSimpson

An Interior Designer & Newbie to LEGO!

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2020

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Just finished reading this fascinating book on the history of architeture as related to the world of LEGO.

Tom does an excellent job describing the history of architeture which as a long ago history major I knew little about! He also has excellent photos of the different styles of architecture and then gives easy to follow step by step instructions on how to create a model representing each style.

As an interior designer and manufacture of my REAL SIZE dome kits I became inspired to see if I can create one of my dodecahedron domes using LEGO pieces!

I plan to use the pieces to also create my new Sea Yacht House!

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Patricia Ogden

A must have to go with Lego Architectural Studio - great for kids.

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2017

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A nice book for kids and adults learning to work with architectural Lego. Tom Alphin supports Lego products intelligently with his blog and website too. Fun to build his designs. I wish there were more of them, or a way to adapt them. Teaches modern architectural styles knowledgeably.

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Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2018

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My son has been obsessed with Lego’s since he could crawl. He is now 14, and while he still LOVES everything Lego, we needed something more challenging. This book was awesome, in that it got his little brain working again. The finished products are beautiful. Would highly recommend for all ages.

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Chris

Solid gift for the more mature Lego fan!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2018

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Really interesting high quality book, would make a great gift. The book mixes a combination of background information of different architecture styles, images of master builds and instructions on how to build 10 buildings. There is also a useful builders guide at the back of the book providing some tips on making your own creations.

The only issue is economically getting hold of the required blocks to build the models. Although the book itself only costs £15, you will likely end up shelling out a lot more to get the pieces. Even if you have quite an reasonable Lego collection you would be unlikely to have all the pieces required to make even one of these models. A quick google brings up a couple of really useful websites providing information on the bricks required and guides to getting hold of them. The Lego Architecture Studio set is a good place to start, however it has been discontinued and is not cheap to get hold of.

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cheesemonster

Surprised by all the positive reviews

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2020

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I bought this specifically because of the building on the cover - Le Corbusier's Unite d'habitation. I assumed that it would tell you how to build it inside. It doesn't.

Instead, it has photos of all sorts of well-made Lego models of famous buildings, all built by people who are NOT the author, including the Acropolis, Notre Dame, St Pauls cathedral, Habitat 67 in Montreal, Taipei 101 etc. but it doesn't tell you how to build any of them! Instead it tells you how to build lots of small random models including an 'office' building, a 'university' building, an air traffic control tower, an art deco movie theatre, Lever House in NYC - wait, what? We could have had the Empire State building, Rockafeller, Guggenheim, the Ghost busters fire station, 55 Central Park West, Flat Iron, Chrysler building, One World Trade centre, Grand Central station, St. Patrick's cathedral etc. but instead we get Lever House. I'd never even heard of Lever House until buying this book!

This book is a great big disappointment as it doesn't explain how to build ANY famous buildings just random things that you wouldn't want to build. I suggest the author builds a giant Lego prison out of grey bricks only and places himself inside.

S.S.

My 16yrs old loved it but wished for more smaller size illustrations

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 27, 2018

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My 16 years old daughter loved it. Great book about LEGO architecture and nice introduction for older kids to the architecture world. Her only complaint was that she wished if there was in the book more illustrations of not so big builds that she can emulate. The huge builds illustrations are useful but may need parts out of reach of most people in quantities. They also cannot be created using only the given illustration. But overall thumbs up!

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Doug Boston

Styles and plans

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2018

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A guide to the styles, as well as how to make them in Lego.
Interesting from the architectural point of view and with plans so you can make them.No bricks with the book though!

Not just for those who like Lego

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VauMos

If you like lego, get this book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2019

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I bought this book after getting a couple of architecture sets for christmas.

Its a great book showing what is capable by using thought and lego bricks to create unique architecture.

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