{"id":8558,"date":"2012-05-17T14:36:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T18:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=8558"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:26:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:26:25","slug":"urban-planet-legos-california-modern-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2012\/05\/17\/urban-planet-legos-california-modern-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Lego&#8217;s California Modern Paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?attachment_id=30108\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30108\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"villa-hillcrest\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/villa-hillcrest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/?attachment_id=25153\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve dreamed of living in LEGO paradise since you were a child, <a href=\"he challenge was to construct a model of an original home inspired by iconic California mid-century modern architecture only using LEGO bricks. N  Read more: http:\/\/www.dwell.com\/articles\/lego-modern-home-design-compeition-five-finalists.html#ixzz1v9ZBIVm1\">Dwell<\/a> has the home for you. In partnership with Pacific Standard Time, the magazine launched a challenge to architects and lego-tects alike to construct a model of an original home inspired by Californian mid-century modern architecture using only using LEGO bricks. The results are well worth checking out.<\/p>\n<div><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dwell.com\/articles\/lego-modern-home-design-compeition-five-finalists.html\">Dwell<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em><\/em><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Planet is\u00a0a daily roundup of\u00a0\u00a0blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. If you&#8217;ve dreamed of living in LEGO paradise since you were a child, Dwell has the home for you. 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