LEGOLAND on the whole was not overly impressive as a theme park (the rides and shows were just OK), but the things that they did with LEGO bricks... cars, boats, animals... you name it… oh yeah, my childhood LEGO fantasies were realized. Especially in the Miniland section which was by far the highlight of the park. Here they have recreated seven regions of the United States out of 20 million LEGO bricks.

A fair amount of modern architecture was represented, especially in the New York scene including the yet unbuilt Freedom Tower. So, what the heck. Here is a Land+Living modern tour of LEGOLAND California.

Link: Legoland


Lever House, 1952 - Gordon Bunshaft (SOM)

Guggenheim Museum, 1959 - Frank Lloyd Wright
Guggenheim Tower addition, 1992 - Gwathmey Siegel and Associates Architects

Seagram Building, 1958 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with Philip Johnson

Freedom Tower - Davis Childs (SOM) with Daniel Libeskind

Hollywood Bowl, 1929 - Elliott, Bowen and Walz version based on Llyod Wright's design with accoustic spheres by Frank Gehry (now replaced by 2004 shell designed by Hodgetts + Fung Design Associates)

San Francisco scene with giant gardener rampaging the city
Transamerica Tower, 1972 - William L. Pereira & Associates