Basis Design

We all remember LEGO fortresses, castles, ships, planes trains and automobiles, don’t we? In fact, you may even say that they were the building blocks of many gen-x and y (and millennial) households.

Anyway, for those of you too proud to continue building the ingenious little Star Wars vehicles and rugged desert outposts with 7+ printed on the corner of the box, LEGO has something new, and entirely cool: LEGO architecture.

That’s the Guggenheim, designed by the legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Here’s the real thing:

Here’s a slightly more accurate, and equally cool, Frank Lloyd Wright piece: Fallingwater, the most beautiful private home anywhere in the world (IMO).

The real deal:

When I say canti, you say levered!

Don’t act like you’re not impressed. In addition to just the building blocks and instructions, LEGO also provides biographical and historical information and booklets on the buildings. And there’s more; for your edification, the long-legged lasses of the LEGO Architecture skyscrapers!

Two of these buildings reside in the world capital of urban architecture, Chicago, Illinois. Or, if you prefer, the Chi.

What I’m saying is, Chicago FTW.