The next LEGO Architecture sets

[Natman8000]

Falling Watter looks like it has many parts, so it will most likely be 30-40$. It looks very nice, and well built. I have to admit, the Guggenhiem or whatever it is disappointing, its an odd industrial looking thing.

[kill will]

I've been to Falling Water, it's very pretty.

Toilet buildings rock on!

[just2good]

Yuk. Should be on FAILblog...

And it DOES look like a toilet!

~A.S.

Agreed!

I (Like most people) won't get this set. If it was MF scale, then defently. But its not..

But the falling water looks decent, and it has a baseplate. So I might get that one.

Edited May 18, 2009 by just2good

[Mr Hobbles]

I want them both. Like I want all the previous LEGO Architecture sets. It's just a shame you can't get them anywhere normal.

[ILikePi]

That "Fallingwater" set looks amazing. I wonder how many pieces there are?

[Natman8000]

I wonder why falling water is made up of so many plates. Who ever has been there, is there a reason for this?

[frogstudio]

I will surely get these!!!! :) (happy architect here)

Edited May 19, 2009 by frogstudio

[WisrthanU]

Eh, I would love to buy these, but this theme is too far overpriced for me.

[JimBee]

I suppose these both look nice, especially the Fallingwater one, but I think Adam needs to focus more on the "big" world landmarks. So far he's only done the Sears Tower, John Hancock Center (which was a little unnecessary, considering the Sears is much more known and we don't need two buildings from Chicago), the Empire State Building (which was colored wrong), and the Seattle Observation Tower. I would like to see world-wide landmarks such as the Bregenz Opera House, the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, and so on.

Considering the prices on past Architecture sets, I'm willing to bet that the Fallingwater is over 50 USD...

[Hinckley]

I hope they let Adam Tucker design minifig scale stuff one of these days...

[Pellaeon]

I wonder why falling water is made up of so many plates. Who ever has been there, is there a reason for this?

I think the plates are meant to reflect the stonework and the narrow windows. It's odd that the stone parts aren't in gray...

[starstreak]

I studied to be a architect for a few years before changing professions. I love the buildings that Frank Lloyd Wright made.

Here is the actual floorplans for fallingwater. Consider this. The building was planned back in 1935. That's 74 years ago! And yet, if someone built it today, it could be still be considered a modern house. Back then it was around $155k to build and furnish. Muhaha! Only if we could build it that cheap now. I think the cost is close to $3 Million in US dollars by 2009 standards.

[prateek]

i like the falling water

[Tung T. Le]

I love the Architecture series. I have 2 sets of the first four sets, Sears Tower, John Hancock Center, Empire State Building, & the Space Needle. I also have 2 sets (One signed by Adam Tucker, and one unsigned) coming in the mail, should be here within the week. Can't wait for the new editions. And speaking to Adam briefly, he said that Fallingwater would be released in July and has a piece count of 811.

Some new pictures in the meantime:

[ILikePi]

The Guggenheim Museum Architecture set is going to be $40 US, according to this link provided by Eilif (in the BSTF forum):

http://www.brickworld.us/view/preorder/

Just scroll down until you see the set.

EDIT: There's also a huge (1280 x 967) picture of the set:

http://www.brickworld.us/_images/_preorder...nheim-large.png

Edited May 21, 2009 by ILikePi

[Svelte]

Well, you can order the Guggenheim now from Adam's own site.

I love Fallingwater, I will definitely get that one at some point. I like that the series is a success and becoming more detailed.

[starstreak]

I wish the scale was a little larger. As it is, it makes a decent copy. But not like a 1:1 scale. Too bad too considering his work should be easly copied by Lego. :)

Well, you can order the Guggenheim now from Adam's own site.

I love Fallingwater, I will definitely get that one at some point. I like that the series is a success and becoming more detailed.

[ACCURATEin]

Someone should build Fallingwater in minifig scale!

[Eilif]

I wish the scale was a little larger. As it is, it makes a decent copy. But not like a 1:1 scale. Too bad too considering his work should be easly copied by Lego. :)

You realize that a 1:1 scale is full scale, as in lifesize, right?

Someone should build Fallingwater in minifig scale!

It's been done. Here's a version from brickshelf http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=122844 . I'm pretty sure I saw an even better one a while back, but I can't seem to find it. Having almost exclusively right angles, it lends it'self very well to LEGO and its surprising that it hasn't been done more often.

Here's a very nice miniscale version http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=RH