Over the weekend, I heard on NPR that Lego has introduced a new line - The Architecture Series. The first available of this series is one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous buildings -the Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum.Available through the Guggenheim's online store. This set is a mere $40 or $36 for members. This is a Lego set one could look at for some time to come.
http://www.guggenheimstore.org/legomuseum.html
The next in the series will be Fallingwater.
All Things Considered on NPR ha
s an interview with the Architect for Lego, Adam Reed Tucker, who designed these sets.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104465622
Fallingwater will be an 800 piece interactive set. The house will be ... 'actually interactive," Tucker says. "It actually comes apart in a puzzlelike formation so you can get into the guts of the building and see the levels, understand his use of cantilever and how the forms play together."
Lego has created a piece where play and learning intersect. With this new line, Lego hopes to inspire a new flock of young designers!
http://www.fallingwater.org/
picture courtesy of Wikepedia
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