2024-12-22T06:00:12-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149974598/the-brief-and-wondrous-life-of-modulex-lego-s-building-system-for-architects Julia Ingalls 2016-11-03T11:52:00-04:00 >2024-07-08T05:21:46-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3v/3vju7mhncygheuam.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A success among urban planners but a failure among architects (with the exception of <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/149964899/the-visionary-workaholic-an-intimate-luscious-documentary-portrait-of-eero-saarinen" target="_blank">Eero Saarinen</a>, who used them in his prototype modeling stages), Modulex&mdash;the architectural modeling Lego-offshoot&mdash;was largely shuttered by the 1980s, almost revived in 2015, and now serves as an XS cult classic in architecture.</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/109650817/working-out-of-the-box-adora-lo-architect-turned-pro-lego-builder Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-09-24T15:47:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/nn/nn22opcu3ika4hp5.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="http://archinect.com/features/tag/1149/working-out-of-the-box" target="_blank"><strong>Working out of the Box&nbsp;</strong></a>is a series of features presenting architects who have applied their architecture backgrounds to alternative career paths.</p><p>In this installment, we're talking with&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/adoralo" target="_blank"><strong>Adora Lo</strong></a>, LEGO model designer.</p><p><em>Are you an architect working out of the box? Do you know of someone that has changed careers and has an interesting story to share? If you would like to suggest an (ex-)architect,&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/contact_us" target="_blank">please send us a message</a>.</em></p>