Category: Interviews

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April 5, 2017

LEGO Skylines Interview and Guide, Blocks Magazine #30

Learn more about the LEGO Skyline series in Issue #30 of Blocks Magazine. I wrote three articles which teach you how to build your own LEGO Skyline.

Exhibits / Featured / Interviews

September 2, 2016

‘Brick by Brick’ by Adam Reed Tucker

This exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, IL features models of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Disney Castle, and more.

Urbana LEGO Model. (Photo by Carlo Sese.)

Featured Models / Interviews

December 17, 2015

Urbana, by Architects Orange

I am really excited to share this great story about how Serafin Maranan of Architects Orange collaborated with LEGO Artist Christina Griffin Hull to build a beautiful LEGO model of his firm’s latest project....

Featured Models / Interviews

October 27, 2015

National Congress of Brazil / Unity Temple

My upcoming book The LEGO Architect includes 50 different LEGO models by 38 different LEGO artists. I’m excited to talk with many of the artists featured in the book and share their stories here....

Featured Models / Interviews

September 7, 2015

Oklahoma Landmarks

I am excited to share the collective works of LEGO artist Ricardo Montoya, who is re-creating the landmarks of Oklahoma in a minimalist style. His interest in LEGO was rekindled by the LEGO Architecture...

Maggie's Centre (2013) in Newcastle, UK, by Cullinan Studio. LEGO Model by Steve Mayes.

Featured Models / Interviews

August 31, 2015

Maggie’s Centre Newcastle

We can thank LEGO Artist Steve Mayes for creating this intricate LEGO model of Maggie’s Centre Newcastle. His LEGO model warrants a deeper look, but first, what is Maggie’s Centre? Maggie’s Centre is a...

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July 30, 2015

Bauhaus Dessau

I am excited to share another great LEGO Architecture creation: The Bauhaus Dessau. The building was designed by the influential early Modernist architect Walter Gropius. LEGO Artist Gary Garvin didn’t just build one LEGO...

Featured Models / Interviews

July 19, 2015

LAX Theme Building

I am excited to share one of the most unique new LEGO Architecture models proposed on the LEGO Ideas site, the iconic ‘Theme Building’ at LAX Airport (1961) in Los Angeles, California by Pereira...

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April 28, 2015

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wingspread

One of my great joys in seeing large-scale LEGO re-creations is when the LEGO artist gives us a chance to see how it is built. Unfortunately, this is not very common, and usually limited...

3 days ago by tomalphin Lost Island. A quick LEGO 'sketch' using parts from #21050 #LEGOArchitectureStudio set. I keep this small LEGO collection at work for lunch breaks, stressful days, or boring meetings. It's also great when my colleagues need to keep their kids busy for a few minutes. — Do you have a portable LEGO collection? — #LEGO #Architecture #ArchitectureStudio #LEGOArchitecture #Design #Island #Creativity #Lunch #Relax #Sketch — Photo October 17, 2017 ©Tom Alphin.
1 month ago by tomalphin Have you attended a LEGO Convention? If Seattle is your home, be sure to join us in two weeks for BrickCon — it’s one of the best conventions in the country! There are two ways to participate: Anyone can come see the amazing models at the Public Exhibition on Sat. October 7th or Sun. October 8th. Serious Adult fans of LEGO can attend the whole 4-day convention which includes games, contests, talks, and the ability to display your models to the public. — If you are attending the 4-day convention, be sure to join me at 4pm on Friday for…
1 month ago by tomalphin First impressions of #75192 Millennium Falcon… It comes in a huge, well-designed box (LEGO Architecture box for scale). The box contains four smaller boxes and a massive spiral-bound instruction manual. The parts bags are numbered 1 – 17 (!), so they know it's going to take a long time to build it. I’m only about halfway through that first step; so far we’ve built the beginnings of a substantial Technic substructure. — #LEGO #Technic #LEGOStarWars #StarWars # MillenniumFalcon #engineering #STEM #Design
1 month ago by tomalphin I'm 5th in line to purchase #75092 ultimate Collectors Edition #LEGO Millennium Falcon. Can't wait to start building the largest LEGO set ever created! — #LegoStarWars #waitinginline #bellevue
1 month ago by tomalphin ‘Crystalline sunshine’ — Harpa, 2011, in Reykjavik, Iceland, by Henning Larsen Architects. — I spent most of the month of August in Iceland, learning about the island nation’s architectural heritage. I will be sharing stories and architectural highlights as I sort through over 3000 photos. — #Iceland #Ísland #Reykjavik @arkitektafelagid @henninglarsenarchitects #icelandarchitecture #contemporary #HighTech #Architect #Architecture #Design #modern — Photo July 29, 2017 © Tom Alphin.