Ever fancied yourself a budding Frank Lloyd Wright, but don't much relish the prospect of undertaking years of hard study learning the trade? Of course you have, and of course you don't. LEGO knows this, so has produced the Architecture Studio Kit to save you the trouble.
Intended for creative minds of 16 years and over, the LEGO Architecture Studio contains more than 1,200 bricks, which are either colored white or transparent. It also contains a 272-page guidebook with tips, techniques, and features which were written in collaboration with leading architects to help you create your own LEGO-based architectural masterpieces.
The kit received endorsement by several architects which have frequented Gizmag's pages, including SOM, MAD Architects, and Sou Fujimoto Architects.
The LEGO Architecture Studio Kit is available now, directly from LEGO, at a price of US$149.99.
I was thinking of using Lego blocks to make a model of an idea for a really small house (500 square feet). I think this would make it easier since it is all in one or two colors and has a lot of blocks in the box. IMO; the price is reasonable for what one is getting. I will check online and at the Lego store not far from me.
Having lived in the Beautiful little Goetsch Winkler, there never was a leak. But maybe you never heard of a coal tar pitch roof.
Albert Kahn was a huge champion for that approach and that is why Mies appreciated his work.
You can build the structure and import more intricate things like furniture from the library.
Another possibility with an even lower learning curve than sketchup is Minecraft in creative mode. Minecraft is kind of the video game Lego should have made and is definitely the Lego of this generation.
It would be neat to do it in Sketchup then try it in Lego.