An awesome exhibition, Lego Architecture: Towering Ambition, is currently on display at The Henry Ford Museum. It features scaled-down lego versions created by Lego pro Adam Reed Tucker. Among the thirteen structures you will find the Empire State Building, Falling Water, Chicago Spire, Jin Mao Tower, and the St. Louis Arch + Ford Field which Tucker created during the opening days of the exhibition.
Tucker recreates renown architectural masterpieces. Its focus is heavy on the skyscrapers, [hence the "towering" title] but there are some "modest" reproductions included as well. And if you thought these structures to be amazing in real life- you have to check out the miniature versions- totally stellar! By using the unconventional construction materials we view as "toys-" we are able to view these buildings in a different way.
Special Lego Events offered at the Henry Ford Museum
LEGO® Create
Create a building from one of the four categories- residential, commercial, institutional and industrial- and then place the LEGO® models on a large-scale city map.
Daily through February 24, 9:30am–5pm
LEGO® train
Don’t miss our LEGO® train created by Michigan LEGO® User Group.
Daily between November 20, 2012, and January 6, 2013, 9:30am–5pm
Duplo® & Soft LEGO® Play Area
1- to 5-year–olds.
Daily through February 24, 9:30am–5pm
Free Learn-to-Build Saturdays!
Learn to create a specially designed miniature of the museum’s Clocktower.
Recommended for ages 10 and up with adult chaperone.
Every weekend, December 1–30, 10am–4pm
Brick Challenge with Nick Brickly
A double-dare-style LEGO® challenge.
Every Saturday, January 5–26, shows at 11:30am and 2pm
Build Demonstrations
Watch members of the Michigan LEGO® Users Group, an organization of adult fans of LEGO®, build a model of Detroit’s Renaissance Center.
January 5, 12, 19 & 26, 3pm-5pm
Adam Reed Tucker Returns!
Last time to see and meet architecture artist Adam Reed Tucker.
February 23–24
All event info retrieved from The Henry Ford Museum website.
LEGO® Create
Create a building from one of the four categories- residential, commercial, institutional and industrial- and then place the LEGO® models on a large-scale city map.
Daily through February 24, 9:30am–5pm
LEGO® train
Don’t miss our LEGO® train created by Michigan LEGO® User Group.
Daily between November 20, 2012, and January 6, 2013, 9:30am–5pm
Duplo® & Soft LEGO® Play Area
1- to 5-year–olds.
Daily through February 24, 9:30am–5pm
Free Learn-to-Build Saturdays!
Learn to create a specially designed miniature of the museum’s Clocktower.
Recommended for ages 10 and up with adult chaperone.
Every weekend, December 1–30, 10am–4pm
Brick Challenge with Nick Brickly
A double-dare-style LEGO® challenge.
Every Saturday, January 5–26, shows at 11:30am and 2pm
Build Demonstrations
Watch members of the Michigan LEGO® Users Group, an organization of adult fans of LEGO®, build a model of Detroit’s Renaissance Center.
January 5, 12, 19 & 26, 3pm-5pm
Adam Reed Tucker Returns!
Last time to see and meet architecture artist Adam Reed Tucker.
February 23–24
All event info retrieved from The Henry Ford Museum website.
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