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Wired Asks SOM to Go Crazy with Legos

When you open the Lego Architecture Studio set you’ll find 1,200 white and translucent bricks. What you won’t find are instructions for what to do with them. Instead, the set includes a 200-page guidebook filled with architectural concepts, Lego exercises, and insights from several renowned firms, all intended to give budding builders a resource for developing their understanding of real world architecture. It’s a brilliant concept: A Lego product that doesn’t just encourage imagination but demands it. But it got us wondering: What if we put all those bricks in the hands of actual architects?