LEVER HOUSE

LEVER HOUSE (28547)

by HA Studio

Designer: David Huynh

Photography: David Huynh

HA Studio @huynh_arch_studio

I'd like to share Lever House which was recreated with a small realistic Lego bricks model, with over 392 pieces.

Lever House is a seminal glass-box skyscraper at 390 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Built in the International Style according to the design principles of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the building was designed by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. Completed in 1952, it was the second curtain wall skyscraper in New York City after the United Nations Secretariat Building. The 307-foot-tall (94 m) building features an innovative courtyard and public space.

H.A Studio (H.A 創作室), (as known as V.Boi Design Studio) is a small studio where specializes in the design and development of architectural models and as well as the re-design of famous icon landmark buildings, houses, and skylines in the world with small scales by Lego bricks. I always love architecture and Lego. As a designer, I'd like to bring whole historical and cultural knowledge in architecture, and life into the Lego world for all ages in order to achieve the term "Play & Learn."

Lever House (Lego) measures:

h (height) = 5.3 inches/ 134.62 mm

l (length) = 4.2 inches/ 106.68 mm

w (width) = 3.0 inches/ 76.2 mm

The construction of Lever House marked a transition point for Park Avenue in Midtown, changing from a boulevard of masonry apartment buildings to one of the glass towers as other corporations adopted the International Style for new headquarters.

In 1959, the building's design was copied as the Emek Business Center in Ankara.

In 1961 as the Terminal Sud of Paris-Orly.

In 1965 as the highrise of the Europa-Center in Berlin.

The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1982.