{"id":18369,"date":"2012-08-27T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=18369"},"modified":"2012-08-27T10:00:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T14:00:42","slug":"dc-final-week-of-lego-architecture-towering-ambition-at-the-national-building-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/08\/dc-final-week-of-lego-architecture-towering-ambition-at-the-national-building-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"DC: Final week of LEGO\u00ae Architecture: Towering Ambition at the National Building Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWASHINGTON, D.C. — <\/strong>There is only one week left of the National Building Museum’s LEGO\u00ae Architecture: Towering Ambition<\/a> exhibit. We went the previous weekend.<\/p>\n

While the models of the Empire State Building, Sears Tower (what you talking about Willis?), Burj Khalifa and other landmarks are well done, they have a flaw — too many custom pieces. Those Lego models have been so customized that you barely recognize that they are Legos; a problem with Lego in general these days. Also, the entire exhibit isn’t the same scale either which would have added some perspective. It is still interesting, but a bit disappointing.<\/p>\n

The highlight of the exhibit is…playing with Legos. The Building Zone has several stations with a few hundred thousand Lego bricks. Kids and adults were building away. That imagination on display was more fun that most of the models. Coming up with a design and assembling it out of the typical 2 x 4 blocks is quite a bit more challenging. I did not have much success with idea — a Washington Nationals curly W, but my wife did a pretty good job.<\/p>\n

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Another highlight:<\/p>\n

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Now, isn’t that a lot more creative than putting a bunch of custom pieces together?<\/p>\n

[flickr<\/span><\/strong> : Photos tagged with lego%C2%AEarchitecturetoweringambition<\/span><\/a>\/slideshow<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n

The Lego exhibition runs through Labor Day, September 3. The Building Zone is open until 4 p.m. Adult admission to the NBM is $8, kids $5. My advice — pick a time an hour or two after you arrive for your Lego exhibit entry and see another NBM exhibit first.<\/p>\n