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LEGO at 80 years “Remains Architecturally Awesome” permalink

Source: www.archdaily.com

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Happy 80th birthday to The LEGO Group, founded in 1932.

“...The LEGO Group, which turns 80 today, can boast that there are approximately 62 LEGO bricks for ever person on earth.  However, it wasn’t until 1958, when the newly-plastic LEGO bricks incorporated the classic knob-and-tube-connecting-system, that they overtook the Froebel block (Frank Lloyd Wright’s toy of choice) to become the massively popular architectural inspiration...” —arch daily

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