Big Ben latest in Lego Architecture series

www.stonexp.com  2012-04-21 11:19:04  Popularity Index:0  Source:Internet

London’s Big Ben has become the latest building in Lego’s Architecture series.

It is the fourteenth model in the series, which also includes the Sydney Opera House and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House in Chicago, and is the first designed by Rok Zgalin Kobe.

Kobe said: “The most challenging in creating this model was representing the richness of 19th century Gothic Revival architecture in a scale usually more appropriate for modern or contemporary architecture of smooth surfaces and clean lines.”

The clock tower at the Palace of Westminster was designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin, and completed in 1859.

Lego Big Ben is available to buy from June 1.