Lego Architecture

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title: "Lego Architecture" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lego-themes", "products-introduced-in-2008"] description: "Lego theme" topic_path: "general/lego-themes" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Architecture" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Lego Architecture
image	[[File:Lego Architecture.svg
subject	Buildings
subthemes	Landmark series
Architect series
Skyline series
licensedfrom	The Lego Group
from	2008
to	present
sets	66
website	https://www.lego.com/en-my/themes/architecture
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| name = Lego Architecture | image = [[File:Lego Architecture.svg|200px]] | subject = Buildings | subthemes = Landmark series Architect series Skyline series | licensedfrom = The Lego Group | from = 2008 | to = present | sets = 66 | website = https://www.lego.com/en-my/themes/architecture

Lego Architecture (stylized as LEGO Architecture) is a Lego theme that aims to "celebrate the past, present and future of architecture through the Lego Brick". The brand includes a series of Lego sets designed by "Architectural Artist" Adam Reed Tucker, and each contain the pieces and instructions to build a model of a famous architectural building or city skyline in micro-scale.

Development

Adam Reed Tucker earned a degree in architecture at Kansas State University in 1996. While there, he sought a method to join his two passions of art and architecture, and hit upon the idea of using Lego bricks. From this, he founded Brickstructures, Inc., and began to design and build models of famous landmarks. His work was noticed by The Lego Group, and together they formed a partnership to release some of his models as commercially available Lego sets under the Lego Architecture brand.

Architecture sets

According to BrickLink, The Lego Group has released 64 playsets as part of the Lego Architecture theme.

Sets in the product line contain a premium booklet, that – besides the build instructions – also includes various information and pictures of the building itself.

By the beginning of 2009, six sets had been released in the range, under two 'series'. Within the 'Landmark Series' are models of the Sears Tower (21000), John Hancock Center (21001), the Empire State Building (21002), and the Space Needle (21003). Within the 'Architect Series' are models of the Guggenheim Museum (21004) and Fallingwater (21005).

In the beginning of July 2010, a seventh set, the White House (21006), was released. An eighth set (21007) was released in November 2010: New York's Rockefeller Center. The ninth set (21009), Farnsworth House (Plano, Illinois), was released in April 2011. A tenth set (21008), The Burj Khalifa, was released in June 2011. The Willis Tower (21000) was also released in 2011, this kit was a re-issue of the original Sears Tower kit; the only change was the printed tile to reflect the building's renaming.

An eleventh and twelfth set, the Robie House (21010) and the Brandenburg Gate (21011) were released in September 2011.

In January 2012, it was announced that the next Architecture set would be 21012 Sydney Opera House. The set was released in March 2012.

In June 2012, Big Ben (21013) was released. In July 2012, the Namdaemun Gate (renamed Sungnyemun Gate) (21016) was released. In September 2012, the Villa Savoye (21014) was released. The Eames House (21015) and Glass House were scheduled and then canceled, as it never came out as a set. The company tried to add the Eames House in again with set number (21025), but nothing could be done to put it in production.

In June 2013, the Leaning Tower of Pisa (21015) was announced for the Lego Architecture series. Its set number (21015) replaced the original Eames House after it was canceled. United Nations Headquarters (21018) came out next. In October 2013, Marina Bay Sands and the Eiffel Tower were both announced.

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Set	Series	Name	Location	Released	Number of pieces	Retired	Image
21000	Landmark	Sears Tower	USA Chicago	2008	69	2014	[[File:Sears Tower Lego.jpg
Willis Tower	2011	[[File:Lego Architecture 21000 - Willis Tower (7134946351).jpg	243x243px	alt=]]
21001	Landmark	John Hancock Center	USA Chicago	2008	69	2012	[[File:Lego Architecture John Hancock.jpg
21002	Landmark	Empire State Building	USA New York City	2009	77	2015	[[File:Lego Architecture 21002 - Empire State Building (6981132780).jpg
21003	Landmark	Seattle Space Needle	USA Seattle	2009	57	2016	[[File:Space Needle Lego.jpg
21004	Architect	url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715000539/http://aboutus.lego.com/en-us/news-room/2009/may/release-of-two-frank-lloyd-wright-collection-sets-from-lego-architecture/	date=2014-07-15 }}. Lego.com. May 9, 2009	USA New York City	2009	208	2014
21005	Architect	Fallingwater	USA Mill Run, Pennsylvania	2009	811	2015	[[File:Lego Architecture 21005 - Fallingwater (7331205756).jpg
21006	Architect	The White House	USA Washington, D.C.	2010	560	2017	[[File:White House Lego 1.jpg
21007	Architect	Rockefeller Center	USA New York City	2010	240	2014	[[File:Rockefeller Center Lego.jpg
21008	Landmark	Burj Khalifa	UAE Dubai	2011	208	2014
21009	Architect	Farnsworth House	USA Plano, Illinois	2011	546	2015	[[File:Lego Architecture Farnsworth House.jpg
21010	Architect	Robie House	USA Chicago	2011	2,276	2014	[[File:Lego Architecture Robie House.jpg
21011	Landmark	Brandenburg Gate	GER Berlin	2011	363	2016	[[File:Brandenburg Gate Lego.jpg
21012	Architect	Sydney Opera House	AUS Sydney	2012	270	2015	[[File:Sydney Opera House Lego.jpg
21013	Landmark	Big Ben	GBR London	2012	346	2017	[[File:Big Ben Lego.jpg
21014	Architect	Villa Savoye	FRA Paris	2012	660	2016	[[File:Villa Savoye Lego.jpg
21015	Landmark	The Leaning Tower of Pisa	ITA Pisa	2013	345	2016	[[File:Leaning Tower of Pisa Lego.jpg
21016	Landmark	Sungnyemun	KOR Seoul	2012	325	2014	[[File:Sungnyemun Lego.jpg
21017	Architect	Imperial Hotel	JPN Tokyo	2013	1,188	2016	[[File:Imperial Hotel Lego.jpg
21018	Landmark	United Nations Headquarters	USA New York City	2013	597	2016	[[File:United Nations Lego.jpg
21019	Landmark	The Eiffel Tower	FRA Paris	2014	321	2019	[[File:Eiffel Tower Lego.jpg
21020	Landmark	Trevi Fountain	ITA Rome	2014	731	2017	[[File:Trevi Fountain Lego.jpg
21021 (limited edition)	Landmark	Marina Bay Sands	SIN Singapore	2014	602	2016	[[File:Marina Bay Sands Lego.jpg
21022	Landmark	Lincoln Memorial	USA Washington, D.C.	2015	274	2017	[[File:Lego_Architecture_21022_Lincoln_Memorial.jpg
21023	Landmark	Flatiron Building	USA New York City	2015	471	2017	[[File:Lego 21023 flatiron building.jpg
21024	Landmark	Louvre	FRA Paris	2015	695	2019	[[File:Louvre Lego.jpg
21025	Architect	Eames House	USA Los Angeles			Never released
21026	Skyline	Venice	ITA Italy	2016	212	2018	[[File:Venice Lego.jpg
21027	Skyline	Berlin	GER Germany	2016	289	2018	[[File:Berlin Lego.jpg
21028	Skyline	New York City	USA United States	2016	598	2025	[[File:New York City Lego.jpg
21029	Landmark	Buckingham Palace	GBR London	2016	780	2019	[[File:Lego_Architecture_21029_Buckingham_Palace.jpg
21030	Landmark	United States Capitol Building	USA Washington, D.C.	2016	1,032	2020	[[File:U.S. Capitol Lego.jpg
21031	Landmark	Burj Khalifa	UAE Dubai	2016	333	2018
21032	Skyline	url=https://brickset.com/sets/theme-Architecture/year-2017	title=Architecture 2017	access-date=2016-09-11}}	Australia Australia	2017	361
21033	Skyline	Chicago	USA United States	2017	444	2019	[[File:Chicago Lego.jpg
21034	Skyline	London	United Kingdom United Kingdom	2017	468	-	[[File:London Lego.jpg
21035	Landmark	Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum	USA New York City	2017	744	2019	[[File:Lego_Architecture_21035_Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum.jpg
21036	Landmark	Arc de Triomphe	France Paris	2017	386	2019	[[File:Arc_de_triomph.jpg
21037
(Lego House exclusive)	Landmark	Lego House	Denmark Billund, Denmark	2017	774	2020	[[File:Lego Architecture Lego House.jpg
21038	Skyline	Las Vegas	USA United States	2018	487	Replaced
21039	Skyline	Shanghai	China China	2018	597	2021	[[File:Shanghai Lego.jpg
21041	Landmark	Great Wall of China	China China	2018	551	2020	[[File:Great Wall of China Lego.jpg
21042	Landmark	Statue of Liberty	USA New York City	2018	1,685	-	[[File:Statue of Liberty Lego.jpg
21043	Skyline	San Francisco	USA United States	2019	565	2021	[[File:San Francisco Lego.jpg
21044	Skyline	Paris	France France	2019	649	2025	[[File:Paris Lego.jpg
21045	Landmark	Trafalgar Square	United Kingdom London	2019	1,197	2022	[[File:Trafalgar Square Lego.jpg
21046	Landmark	Empire State Building	United States New York City	2019	1,767	2022	[[File:Empire State Building Lego.jpg
21047	Skyline	Las Vegas	USA United States	2018	501	2021	[[File:Las Vegas Lego.jpg
21050		url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203053938/http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=21050-1	date=2013-12-03 }}. Brickset. June 29, 2013		2013	1,210	2019
21051	Skyline	Tokyo	Japan Japan	2020	547	2022	[[File:Tokyo Lego.jpg
21052	Skyline	Dubai	UAE United Arab Emirates	2020	740	2022	[[File:Lego Architecture Dubai Skyline.jpg
21054	Landmark	The White House	USA Washington, D.C.	2020	1,483	2023	[[File:White House 2 Lego.jpg
21055 (European markets only)	Landmark	Burj Khalifa	UAE Dubai	2019	333	2022
21056	Landmark	Taj Mahal	India Agra	2021	2,022	2024	[[File:Taj Mahal Lego 2.jpg
21057	Skyline	Singapore	Singapore Singapore	2022	827	2024	[[File:Lego Singapore Set.jpg
21058	Landmark	Great Pyramid of Giza	Egypt Cairo	2022	1,476	-	[[File:Great Pyramid of Giza Lego.jpg
21060	Landmark	Himeji Castle	Japan Himeji	2023	2,125	-	[[File:Himeji Castle Lego.jpg
21061	Landmark	Notre-Dame de Paris	France Paris	2024	4,383	-	[[File:Lego Notre-Dame De Paris 21061.jpg
21062	Landmark	Trevi Fountain	ITA Rome	2025	1,880	-
21063	Landmark	Neuschwanstein Castle	GER Germany	2025	3,455	-	[[File:Lego neuschwanstein castle 122925.png
21064	TBD	Paris – City of Love	FRA Paris	2025	958	-
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::data[format=table title="Special editions"] | Set | Name | Location | Released | Number of pieces || Comments | Image | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 4000002 | LOM Moulding | MEX Monterrey | 2011 | 174 | Given to employees. | | 4000005 | KOM Moulding | DEN Billund, Denmark | 2012 | 315 | Given to employees. Kornmarken Factory is the first and largest LEGO moulding and production factory. | | 4000006 | Kladno Campus | CZE Kladno | 2012 | 250 | Given to employees. | | 4000009 | HMV Production | DEN Billund, Denmark | 2013 | 285 | Given to employees. HMV is the name of the packing factory at LEGO Billund, which this set is based on. | | 4000010 | LEGO House | DEN Billund, Denmark | 2014 | 250 | Only sold at the LEGO House in Billund. Lego House opened in Billund in 2017. | | 4000011 | Nyíregyháza Factory | HUN Nyíregyháza | 2014 | 327 | Given to employees. Lego model of the Nyíregyháza Factory. | | 4000015 | LOM Moulding B | MEX Monterrey | 2014 | 215 | Given to employees. Additional packing building, which expands the footprint of the existing facility. | | 4000016 | Billund Airport | DEN Billund, Denmark | 2014 | 281 | Only sold at Billund Airport. This set was made for the 50th anniversary of the Airport. | | 4000018 | Kladno Campus | CZE Kladno | 2015 | 412 | Given to employees. Kladno campus is the name of building C at the Czech Lego factory, which this set is based on. | | 4000023 | Jiaxing Factory | CHNML China | 2016 | 407 | Given to employees. Set of the Lego factory in Jiaxing, China. | | 40199 | Billund Airport | DEN Billund, Denmark | 2018 | 286 | Only sold at Billund Airport. New edition from 4000016, only 10,000 units sold, no longer available. | | 4000038 | LEGO Campus | DEN Billund, Denmark | 2022 | 1,494 | Given to employees. Released to celebrate the grand opening of the LEGO Campus on April 5, 2022. | ::

Impact

The product range has been reviewed favorably by many commentators. Journalist Jenny Williams said "The scale on these kits is pretty small, though, so don't expect exquisite detail. But creating with Lego bricks is quite a fun way to pay homage to great architects".

In popular media

A near-exact replica of set 21006, The White House, appears in the eight story arc of the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, JoJolion, where it used by the villain character Poor Tom to activate his "stand" power, "Ozon Baby".

References

References

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