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The LEGO Architect Hardcover – Illustrated, September 1, 2015
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- Print length192 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions9.38 x 0.71 x 9.25 inches
- PublisherNo Starch Press
- Publication dateSeptember 1, 2015
- ISBN-109781593276133
- ISBN-13978-1593276133
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'Sure to Motivate'For many budding architects the first step on the road to blueprints and T-squares is a trip to the toy store. The models are sure to motivate future architects—or future LEGO artists—to get building." —Architectural Digest |
'Sucked Me In'"The LEGO Architect has sucked me in for hours, and I can’t wait to build all of the plans." —GeekDad |
'One of the Most Useful Books'"This is likely one of the most useful books that I will ever own. Any of the LEGO-themed books from No Starch Press are as beautiful as they are practical." —Forbes |

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
Who Should Read This Book
Fans of other No Starch Press LEGO titles and The LEGO Ideas Book (DK Children). Over 300 million LEGO fans worldwide. LEGO builders of all experience levels, parents, educators, kids.

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No Starch Press has published the finest in geek entertainment since 1994, creating both timely and timeless titles like Python Crash Course, Python for Kids, How Linux Works, and Hacking: The Art of Exploitation. An independent, San Francisco-based publishing company, No Starch Press focuses on a curated list of well-crafted books that make a difference. They publish on many topics, including computer programming, cybersecurity, operating systems, and LEGO. The titles have personality, the authors are passionate experts, and all the content goes through extensive editorial and technical reviews. Long known for its fun, fearless approach to technology, No Starch Press has earned wide support from STEM enthusiasts worldwide.
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"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
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- ASIN : 1593276133
- Publisher : No Starch Press; 1st edition (September 1, 2015)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 192 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9781593276133
- ISBN-13 : 978-1593276133
- Reading age : 7+ years, from customers
- Item Weight : 1.73 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.38 x 0.71 x 9.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #46,043 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #6 in Miniatures
- #7 in Model Building
- #10 in Children's Model Building Books
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About the author

Tom Alphin is the author of 'The LEGO Architect' which teaches 7 popular architectural styles using LEGO. Each style is explored through amazing LEGO models, photos of famous buildings of each style, and instructions to build one or more models at home. When you're done, you can continue learning more about LEGO Architecture, LEGO Storage, and more at Tom's website: https://brickarchitect.com
Tom is also User Experience Program Manager at Microsoft, an enthusiastic traveler, photographer, hiker, and lover of the outdoors.
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The only shortcoming of the book is that I finished them all and wanted MORE.
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.
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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For best results, I think you should have the LEGO Architecture Studio box though I don't think the company sells this anymore. All the how-to-make models are shown as mono photos and the Architectural box only has white pieces (but with clear acrylic window pieces).
The book is also a sort of primer about architecture but very superficial I thought the colour photos of the building were rather well chosen and they are all captioned. Many of the buildings are also LEGO models made by professionals and using thousands of pieces.
I think it's well worth getting if you can find a cheap, good copy, say, less than eight pounds.


Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 26, 2022
For best results, I think you should have the LEGO Architecture Studio box though I don't think the company sells this anymore. All the how-to-make models are shown as mono photos and the Architectural box only has white pieces (but with clear acrylic window pieces).
The book is also a sort of primer about architecture but very superficial I thought the colour photos of the building were rather well chosen and they are all captioned. Many of the buildings are also LEGO models made by professionals and using thousands of pieces.
I think it's well worth getting if you can find a cheap, good copy, say, less than eight pounds.


























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.


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.
