This week the first six oversize Lego bricks were laid for the foundation of the Lego House in Billund, Denmark, the Lego Group’s hometown. Designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, the architecture of the Lego House is based on—what else but?—the iconic shape of the Lego brick. — slate.com
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Starchitecture at its finest.
This is the kind of project where this "starchitect" approach rocks. A sculptural folley that's basically a fun house. Looks great!
Thayer missed the sarcasm.
Sculptural in the sense that it's an object in the field, to be understood in the round unlike a space enveloping building. A folly in that it's a 'whimsical or extravagant structure built to serve as a conversation piece and lend interest to a view' beyond functional requirements.
Whatever you want to call it though, I like it and was noting that the object-building/modernist vs. fabric-building/traditionalist debate need not be a zero sum game. There's room for both approaches (and blended ones) if we allow them.
Yes, I did miss the sarcasm, sorry!
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