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Лего, наконец-то, выпустило правильный строительный набор, прямо вот мечта моего детства - не реплика и без пошаговых инструкций, но с книжкой идей на двести страниц нарисанной хорошими архитектурными компаниями. Но, похоже, мне придется будущих внуков ждать - дети мои не хотят, не себе же самой такое счасть покупать. 

 Here’s something architecture nerds can finally geek out on. Lego has launched its Architecture Studio kit, part of its popular Architecture series. Unlike other kits in the series, which let users build replicas of structures like Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, the new Studio kit has 1,210 all-white pieces that let builders create their own architecture

It's geared toward ages 16 and up, and the hope is that young design lovers or even college students studying architecture or design can use it for creating design prototypes and models. “We don’t see it as a professional toolkit, but it can serve as an inspiration for budding architects or as a fun sketching opportunity for real-time design ideas,” says Michael McNally, brand relations director at Lego Group.

In addition to letting you create prototypes, the kit, which retails for $150 and is available starting August 1, comes with a 272-page book that provides case studies of six professional firms and their creative approaches to original design, anchored by building inspirations and concepts for brick assembly that mirror their approaches.  For example, users can build replicas of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s projects, like the Willis Tower or the Burj Khalifa Dubai, then peruse building inspiration based on the principles of modules and repetition, which the company used in designing its buildings.