Gallery: We Asked Three World-Class Architects to Go Crazy With Legos

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    Gregg Pasquarelli, co-founder and partner at SHoP Architects in New York, built this futuristic cityscape. *Photo: Gregory Reid*
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    Snohetta found a delicate equilibrium with this boomerang-shaped tower. *Photo: Gregory Reid*
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    SOM froze its unique LEGO infrastructure in a solid block of ice. *Photo: Zack Burris*
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    The buildings were inspired by the postwar Japanese movement Metabolism, which fuses architecture with concepts of organic growth. *Photo: Gregory Reid*
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    One of the building's elegant spires. *Photo: Gregory Reid*
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    A view from above. *Photo: Gregory Reid*
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    Some of the custom, 3-D-printed bricks made for the job. *Photo: Gregory Reid*
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    The set includes translucent blocks as well as white ones. *Photo: Gregory Reid*
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    Curves. *Photo: Gregory Reid*
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    Drone's eye view of SHoP's cluster. *Photo: Gregory Reid*
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    A close-up of the tip of Snohetta's knotted tower. *Photo: Gregory Reid*
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    SOM's ice box mid-melt. *Photo: Zack Burris*
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    Another view of SOM's icy creation. *Photo: Zack Burris*
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    The Architecture Studio set. *Photo: Gregory Reid*
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    A sampling of the pieces included. *Photo: Gregory Reid*
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