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Frank Lloyd Wright architecture Lego sets

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I'll be honest, I've not played with Lego blocks since I was 9 or 10, but I might just be tempted back into it when these Frank Lloyd Wright architecture Lego sets land.

Two sets are incoming, the The Guggenheim Museum and Fallingwater, the first of those dating from the mid-1950s and the second one being the stunning 1930s residence that the architect designed for businessman Edgar Kaufmann Sr. Both sets will also include glossy booklets that feature traditional building instructions along with exclusive archival historical material and photographs of each building.

See over for another image of the new sets. No news of a shelf date or indeed price as yet, we'll let you know as soon as we track them down.

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Villa Sibi Modernist Doll House by Wolfgang Sirch

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A doll's house doesn't have to look like a country cottage – check out the Villa Sibi Modernist Doll House by Wolfgang Sirch.

Yes, even if dolls just aren't your thing, this is a seriously cool piece of design for your home – and quite possibly a good place to store all those Vitra miniatures (although you might want to compare the dimensions first). Inspired by the architecture of Mies van der Rohe, the house comes with plexiglass sliding doors, beech furnishings, a kitchen island, indoor swimming pool and shower. Sadly you don't get a pair of hipsters to live in it.

It's sized around 45 inches long, 25 inches wide and 11 inches high, selling in the US for $855 (around £565). We've not seen it available in the UK, but as it's made by the German-based Sirch company, it should be in some stores around Europe. More close-up images over the page.

Find out more at the Nova 68 website

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Categories / Architecture, Property

For sale: Bauhaus-inspired Manden House in Alderley Edge, Cheshire

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A fairly new build house that takes its inspiration from a pre-war German design house – this Bauhaus-inspired Manden House in Alderley Edge, Cheshire.

Yes, we're in the land of form and function, as well as one of the more desirable parts of Cheshire, so don't expect this to come cheap. Designed and built by Bluerock Developments, it offers up 5,800ft of open plan space, plenty of cutting-edge design and all the technology you can handle, including underfloor heating, an integrated audio system with touchscreen control, video entry and electronically-operated gates.

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For sale: 1970s-designed Lantic House in Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire

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We continue to be amazed by the number of weird and quirky period properties throughout the UK as well as the number currently on the market – like Lantic House in Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire.

Designed by architects Saunders Boston in 1975, the house offers a country setting, a third of an acre of land and a design that could only have come out of the 1970s. Check out that double-height central space for something typically of its time, not to mention the spiral staircase and a concrete open fire place.

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Categories / Architecture, Design and Interiors

Special edition Trellick Tower plate by People Will Always Need Plates

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This Trellick Tower design by People Will Always Need Plateshas been featured on this site before on both cushions and as a print. Now, perhaps inspired by the name of the Tower's architect, Erno Goldfinger, it's available in a special edition gold and black design. These colours seem to work especially well and make the building look even more monumental.

While these plates cost £40 there's also a mug on sale for £15.99 showing either this illustration or the equally loved/loathed Barbican centre. 

Buy it from the Magma Books website

Categories / Architecture, Kids

Villa Julia by Magis – mid-century cardboard house for your kids

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Forget the old wendy house, if you want your kids' first home to come with added cool, invest in the Villa Julia by Magis.

It's a cardboard house for little people, ideally kids, but if you happen to be under just over 4ft tall, it's good for you too. For your money, you get a cardboard house complete with windows and opening door, not to mention a mid-century style style chimney and a set of stickers for a bit of authenticity.

See over the page for another view and if you want to buy one, you can bag the Villa Julia for £147.

Find out more at the Panik Design website

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