Unbelievable Lego Brick Creations
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Amazing Two-Story Lego Brick House
A truly outstanding build that took 1'200 volunteers to construct the two story building with a little help from: structural engineers, design consultants, 3.3 Million Lego bricks! and one very enthusiastic James May.
The house took approximately eight weeks for the team to construct, the two story structure proudly stood 20ft tall in Dorking, Surry, UK, before its forced demolition in 2009. The house when finished came complete with a fully functioning front door that actually locked with a over-sized Lego key!. It also included a working toilet, sinks and hot shower!. Everything in the entire house was made of Lego bricks, from the walls and windows, furniture and staircase, toilet, shower, bed, even everyday items such as cups, plates, toothbrush, bread-bin and slippers were all carefully crafted from these wonderful little building bricks. This truly is a breathtaking Lego build to end all Lego builds!.
A truly outstanding build that took 1'200 volunteers to construct the two story building with a little help from: structural engineers, design consultants, 3.3 Million Lego bricks! and one very enthusiastic James May.
The house took approximately eight weeks for the team to construct, the two story structure proudly stood 20ft tall in Dorking, Surry, UK, before its forced demolition in 2009. The house when finished came complete with a fully functioning front door that actually locked with a over-sized Lego key!. It also included a working toilet, sinks and hot shower!. Everything in the entire house was made of Lego bricks, from the walls and windows, furniture and staircase, toilet, shower, bed, even everyday items such as cups, plates, toothbrush, bread-bin and slippers were all carefully crafted from these wonderful little building bricks. This truly is a breathtaking Lego build to end all Lego builds!.
Amazing Inspirational Lego Building Block Creations
ABOVE: JAMES MAY'S LEGO BRICK HOUSE IN CREATION
The project was made possible with the careful planning from the BBC, James May and his team of architects, structural design engineers, and of course Lego, for kindly donating the 3.3 million Lego bricks required for the construction. The work on the project started on Saturday the 1st of August 2009, were 1'200 volunteers eagerly started assembling the ambitious build, and it took until the 17th of September 2009 until its completion.
The main structural walls of the building were made up of Lego made hollow blocks, each one were hand made by volunteers (before the actual build started) and consisted of 272 standard 2x4 or 8 stud Lego blocks. Each hollow building block was 12 bricks long by 6 bricks wide and 8 bricks high and were made to replicate actual building bricks.
The main structural walls of the building were made up of Lego made hollow blocks, each one were hand made by volunteers (before the actual build started) and consisted of 272 standard 2x4 or 8 stud Lego blocks. Each hollow building block was 12 bricks long by 6 bricks wide and 8 bricks high and were made to replicate actual building bricks.
ABOVE LEFT: IN THE LEGO KITCHEN - ABOVE MIDDLE: THE BATHROOM/WET-ROOM - ABOVE RIGHT: JAMES MAY PROUDLY STOOD OUTSIDE THE LEGO HOUSE
INSIDE THE INCREDIBLE LEGO BRICK HOUSE - THE DINING AREA
The house that took the 1'000+ strong team just over 6 weeks to complete was a breathtaking site in the backdrop of the Surrey countryside.
James May then spent a night living in the house using the Lego creations and appliances, also the incredibly hard Lego brick bed!. When all filming for the BBC programme was complete, the programme-makers tried to save the amazing creation by donating it to the Legoland theme park in Windsor, but unfortunately the overall cost of dismantling and reassembling of the whole structure was estimated at roughly £50'000!, and deemed too costly to proceed. This meaning the house had to be destroyed, as the land it was built on, at Denbies was required for vines (as the project had run roughly one month over project length), also there was no planning permission granted for the structure. Which all seems like a great shame, this marvelous creation should really belong in a museum.
James May then spent a night living in the house using the Lego creations and appliances, also the incredibly hard Lego brick bed!. When all filming for the BBC programme was complete, the programme-makers tried to save the amazing creation by donating it to the Legoland theme park in Windsor, but unfortunately the overall cost of dismantling and reassembling of the whole structure was estimated at roughly £50'000!, and deemed too costly to proceed. This meaning the house had to be destroyed, as the land it was built on, at Denbies was required for vines (as the project had run roughly one month over project length), also there was no planning permission granted for the structure. Which all seems like a great shame, this marvelous creation should really belong in a museum.
ABOVE LEFT: THE LAST FEW ROWS TO GO UNTIL THE COMPLETION OF THE EXTERIOR - ABOVE RIGHT: WONDERFULLY COLOURFUL LEGO BRICK HOUSE
AN AMAZING ARIEL VIEW AS THE LAST ROW OF BRICKS TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE ARE TO BE LAID