ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ: #10259 Winter Village Station
The Creator Expert Winter Village keeps growing! Now that it has a festive Winter Train, it needs a great Train Station. Let’s find out if this set is up to the task.
ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ: #21043 San Francisco Skyline
Can the LEGO Skyline series capture the spirit of the city best known for bridges and hills, rather than the buildings? Let’s find out!
ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ: #42083 Bugatti Chiron
The Bugatti Chiron presents itself as the marriage of performance and luxury—can LEGO make a set which feels premium enough to live up to this high standard?
Brick Architect Holiday Gift Guide
Find the perfect gift for the LEGO Lover or Architecture Aficionado in your life, in our Holiday Shopping Guide. We’ve included special selections for any budget, and any skill level.
Retiring Soon
An unprecedented number of LEGO Architecture sets are retiring soon. Don’t miss your chance to add these great sets to your collection.
The LEGO Shop online in Germany was recently updated to reflect 12 sets of interest to LEGO Architecture builders which are retiring soon—many are already sold out in Germany. Fortunately, other global LEGO stores have not been updated to reflect that they are being discontinued soon, so most of the sets are still available.
Sets in the LEGO Architecture theme:
- #21035 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum® – Buy at Amazon, Buy at LEGO.com.
- #21033 Chicago Skyline – Buy at Amazon.
- #21036 Arc de Triomphe – Read the Brick Architect Review, Buy at Amazon, Buy at LEGO.com.
- #21019 The Eiffel Tower – Buy at Amazon, Buy at LEGO.com.
- #21029 Buckingham Palace – Read the Brick Architect Review, Buy at Amazon, Buy at LEGO.com.
- #21032 Sydney – Buy at Amazon, Buy at LEGO.com.
Sets in the Creator Expert theme:
- #10214 Tower Bridge – Buy at Amazon, Buy at LEGO.com.
- #10253 Big Ben – Buy at Amazon, Buy at LEGO.com.
- #10251 Brick Bank – Buy at Amazon.
- #10246 Detective’s Office – Buy at Amazon.
Sets in other LEGO themes:
- #21310 Old Fishing Store – Buy at Amazon.
- #75827 Firehouse Headquarters (Ghostbusters) – Buy at Amazon, Buy at LEGO.com.
More hair & skin colors for #41597 Go Brick Me
Why did LEGO include only three skin tones and four hair colors in the amazing #41597 Go Brick Me set? A closer look at the data offers some hints, as well as revealing which colors you can easily add to your set.
Welcoming contributor Jonathan Jonas
Please help me in welcoming Jonathan Jonas to the Brick Architect team!
Jonathan is a lifelong LEGO devotee, joining us from nearby Portland, Oregon.
In addition to collecting and building LEGO, Jonathan has collected a diverse set of skills and interests which include a degree in Architecture and a degree in Culinary Arts from Le Cordon Bleu. He is involved in a local LEGO User’s Group, and organizes the Architecture theme at Bricks Cascade, Portland’s annual LEGO convention which takes place in March.
Brick Architect Website Improvements
I’ve made some improvements to the Brick Architect website. It should look great on your PC, Tablet or Phone!
Brick Architect runs on WordPress, which can be customized using themes. Because there are so many different devices and web browsers out there, I can’t test every possible configuration.
Noteworthy improvements:
- Support for short articles (asides), which are displayed in their entirety on the homepage rather than requiring you to click to see the whole article. (This post is an aside.)
- Updated header image, which is now indented correctly on small screens.
- Improved Author byline, with photo of author shown on both homepage and articles.
- Categories are now shown on homepage and articles, but only on large screens.
- Font sizes scale more predictably to larger and smaller screen sizes.
If something looks wrong, please send a screenshot and description of the issue to tom@tomalphin.com. Thanks!
ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ: #5005359 Minifigure Collector Frame
Is the latest free with purchase promotional item a cheap gimmick, or a high quality way to show off your favorite LEGO Minifigures? Let’s find out!
ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴠɪᴇᴡ: LEGO Friends with David Tauzia
LEGO Designer David Tauzia takes Brick Architect on a guided tour of Heartlake City. Let’s learn how sets in the LEGO Friends theme incorporate architecture and storytelling…
ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ: #21047 Las Vegas Skyline
The long-awaited Las Vegas skyline set is finally here (after re-designing the set following tragic events at the Mandalay Bay.) Should you take home this celebration of the cities glamour, or should what happens in Vegas stay in Vegas?
Welcoming contributor Amy Alphin
Please help me in thanking my ever-patient wife for supporting my LEGO hobby!
Amy is an elementary school teacher who has built the occasional LEGO set over the years, and keeps a large bag of LEGO bricks in her classroom to help her students survive rainy day recess (which is pretty common in rainy Seattle.) She loves to travel to see natural beauty and visit historic landmarks, and is slowly learning to appreciate architecture too.
