Rowan Moore 

From the Taj Mahal to Olympic Park, Lego rebuilds the world

From Olympic Park to the Taj Mahal, Warren Elsmore has used the classic Danish bricks to build architectural masterpieces – and written a definitive book about it, says Rowan Moore
  
  


Lego architecture: Olympic Park stadium, east London
The Olympic Park stadium in Stratford, east London Photograph: Octopus Publishing
Lego architecture: Roman theatre
Action at a Roman theatre Photograph: Octopus Publishing
Lego architecture: Chicago Tribune Tower
The gothic-deco Chicago Tribune Tower Photograph: Octopus Publishing
Lego architecture: Tour de France at Arc de Triomphe, Paris
The Tour de France passes through the Arc de Triomphe, Paris Photograph: Octopus Publishing
Lego architecture: St Basil's Cathedral Moscow
The onion domes of St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow, rendered in rectangular bricks Photograph: Octopus Publishing
Lego architecture: red telephone box
A version of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's famous red telephone box Photograph: Octopus Publishing
Lego architecture: Amsterdam street-scene with canal
An Amsterdam canal and street-scene Photograph: Octopus Publishing
Lego architecture: Westminster Abbey, interior
The interior of Westminster Abbey, London Photograph: Octopus Publishing
Lego architecture: Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal, Agra Photograph: Octopus Publishing
Lego architecture: Burj Al Arab, Dubai
The Burj Al Arab hotel, Dubai Photograph: Alex Mandrila/Octopus Publishing
 

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