Lego House Update
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Sep 2009
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Last month, we featured a post about James May, a toy fanatic (and presenter of the television show James May’s Toy Stories), that built a house using LEGO bricks. The house was complete, but unfortunately, it’s now demolished after a deal to sell it didn’t quite go well.
Because the home didn’t have planning permission on its site, the builder was hoping to find a buyer to transport the house elsewhere. LEGOland theme park showed interest, but the high cost of transportation didn’t make seem like a good deal. The 3.3 million LEGO bricks used to build the home will be donated to charity once the home is teared down.
Seen at designboom. More images of James May with the completed house and demolition process after the break.
What a pitty ! :(
they destored the hole thing bra and that is pitty
i said it before and repeat it again… a waste of time and publicity stunt. I am amazed with the amount of people that fall for this non event and care to call it architecture… a fart has more architectural merit and serves some kind of purpose
TWAT!
Thats not the point. Wankers like you think they can say what architecture is. The very fact that you compare farts to the project shows your ignorance and naivety.
it is so sad they had to tear it down!
if they would have tour it down i would’ve went down there and took a pic of it and i’d try to tell them to make a football staduim so every one would be inpressed
why!!!
So Legoland would have bought it but it was too pricey to transport. So why on earth did the idiots not contact legoland before they built it? They probably could have built it in Legoland!
that guy is on top gear, right?
i like that show
i like that show too, but that’s not him.
yes it is.
is it?
isn’t that Capt. Slow?
it is him…i watch that show religiously
Yeah, dude, that’s totally James May (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May)! He does Top Gear *and* James May’s Toy Stories. Unfortunately…
“In early August 2009, May built a house out of Lego at Denbies Wine Estate in Surrey. Plans for Legoland to move it to their theme park fell through in September 2009 because transport costs were too high and despite a final Facebook appeal for someone to take it, it was demolished on 22 September, with the plastic bricks planned to be donated to charity.” (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8269479.stm)
It’s a shame really… oh well, Legos are designed to build and rebuild, I’m sure they will have no trouble looking for a new location, one to build on.
could be a market for lego block “stained glass” windows…
I’d feel very tiny living in a lego house
Bet it doesn’t have central heating…
nice work Capt Slow!
yes, hes mr slow :D on top gear.
Where is the Stig ?
EPIC FAIL.
What a beautiful project! Too bad they had to destroy it. If Chris Burden had done it it would be at LACMA or MoMA right now…
Nice try. Maybe next time…
James May should come and built this house in Prishtina, capital of Republic of Kosovo, for sure his project won’t be demolished…lot of illegal building still stand solid…:(
epic fail .. should have really figured out the details up front. This could have been genius.
OMG i didnt know it was Captain Slow
I love Top Gear
who paid for all those bricks of lego`s.
the inversionist commint suicide after d proyect went down
IT WAS A HOUSE MADE OF LEGO! It had no insulation, no drywall in the interior. I note there were no pictures of the kitchen or bathroom so i doubt it even had plumbing. It was a sculpture or maybe a folly, but not a building as it could not be occupied for a long period of time. Could you imagine the water penetration in each crack of the lego, where would the water go? I don’t think it was meant to be permanent, more a stunt.
How is that possible !!!!!
this is so disappointing. such a great idea, but it blew up in their face.
someone needs to make an off-the-grid lego house lol