LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide - book review
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I was able to get an early copy of LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide by Philip Wilkinson for review. This is quite an impressive coffee table type book.
The packaging itself of LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide let's you know what you are about to experience with this book. At just under 5 pounds in weight and over 200 pages, the book comes slips out of it's own hard case. The pages are heavy weight with black background and white font. (that is my one complaint I will address later).
Each of the over 20 chosen pieces of architecture are described in two parts. "The Original" is the pages with great pictures of the actual piece of architecture being built. "In Focus" breaks down the build of LEGO in a blown out model. See the sample images on the product page to get an idea of the detail and quality of the LEGO work.
LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide has artist profiles giving you an idea of who is behind each of these pieces of work. The time to model them before building must takes days alone. You can get an idea for scale by carefully noting the sizes listed in the descriptions. These are not tiny models being built.
I especially liked the scaled cityscape and some of the more difficult builds. I look back on how impressed I was with a simple house and today's LEGO abilities are endless. (See also the awesome books by Warren Elsmore that cover modern wonders and builds too)
One thing I did not like was the font they chose for the white on the black background. It does not stand out bold enough and was often hard to read. I had a few people agree with me when showing them the book. A bolder or larger font would have been perfect.
LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide book will be taking a permanent place on the bookshelf as a highlighted book for visitors. Great for any age LEGO fan as well.
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On Monday, August 25th, 2014 by Chris Miller
