2024-12-11T17:01:45-05:00 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>