Frank Lloyd Wright LEGO sets!

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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW LICENSEE

The LEGO Group and Brickstructures, Inc. to produce and distribute Frank Lloyd Wright Collection? LEGO? Architecture Building Sets

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation announced today that The LEGO Group is now the exclusive licensed manufacturer of Frank Lloyd Wright Collection? LEGO Architecture sets.

The LEGO Group and Adam Reed Tucker of Brickstructures, Inc. officially introduced the LEGO Architecture line in 2008. The line currently consists of six buildings ? now including two of Frank Lloyd Wright?s most famous and recognizable buildings, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and ?Fallingwater.?

With models developed in collaboration with architects, LEGO Architecture works to inspire future architects, engineers and designers as well as architecture fans around the world with the LEGO brick as a medium. Builders of all ages can now collect and construct their favorite worldwide architectural sites through these artistic replicas.

Both exclusive Frank Lloyd Wright LEGO Architecture sets contain booklets that feature traditional building instructions along with exclusive archival historical material and photographs of each iconic building.

The LEGO Group will release the first of the LEGO Architecture Frank Lloyd Wright Collection? sets at the opening of the Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibit: From Within Outward at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on May 15, 2009.

Doug Volker of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation:
According to Director of Licensing and Product Development, Doug Volker, ?The LEGO product was one that the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation had considered pursuing for several years. It was the vision, passion and creative desire of Adam Reed Tucker to capture the essence of Mr. Wright?s most famous buildings using the medium of the LEGO brick that brought this partnership into being.?

Another exciting aspect of the Architecture Series is the capability to use them for education, team building, or other formats that make the LEGO Architecture series more than just a toy.

?The LEGO Group is known for its creative approach to brick models and now, with its Architecture Series, it will reach even further, to individuals of all ages,? Volker concluded.

Adam Reed Tucker of Brickstructures and the LEGO Group:
?Mr. Wright?s buildings are a treasure trove of possibilities,? says Adam Reed Tucker, innovator of the Architecture Series for The LEGO Group. ?I wanted to create these marvelous buildings for years, so I?m thrilled to be working with the Foundation in order to include Mr. Wright?s timeless buildings in this series, which conceptualizes the very essence of each building in LEGO bricks.?

As is well known to PrairieMod readers, I have a great love of LEGOs, so merging both Wright and LEGO together is a dream come true. So, what do you think of the new sets? What future buildings would you like to see? Leave a comment below and let us know!

Images copyright LEGO, Brickstructures and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation

There is also going to a be a LEGO Architecture brand.

[kennedy]

OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING!

I credit my early childhood obsession with LEGOs (as well as wooden building blocks) for my interest in architecture. This is probably the best news I've ever heard.

[underground]

Frank Lloyd Wright reserves the right to come back from the dead to rearrange all your blocks after your done building.

[kennedy]

I have some weird feeling he would HATE his work being used like this...allowing people to change everything as they like and what not. But those pieces are probably all very unique and it's doubtful anyone could significantly change the designs.

[TikiNYC]

Thats just awesomeness for toddlers.

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[PlanBoston]

Sure, one can critique the accuracy of Lego's representation of Wright; but they get major kudos for even attempting. Most architects that attempt to replicate Wright don't do so well. I know my little one will have a Lego Fallingwater to admire (after I have the fun of assembling it)!