I-Beam Design LEGO Apartment

I-Beam Design Uses 20,000 LEGOs to Create a Playfully Pixelated New York City Apartment

02/16/2012

I-Beam Design LEGO Apartment

When the son of Melissa Marks and Vicente Caride got too old not to have a door on his bedroom, they decided it was time to make some renovations to their New York loft apartment. So they called in<a href="http://i-beamdesign.com/about.html" target="_blank"> I-Beam Design</a> for help, and together with LEGO artist <a href="http://www.seankenney.com/" target="_blank">Sean Kenney</a>, they built a new stair railing and wall out of 20,000 <a href="http://www.lego.com" target="_blank">LEGO</a> bricks. Colorful, flexible, and very fun, this renovated space beautifully showcases everyone's favorite building block.

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I-Beam Design LEGO Apartment

Using mostly primary colors, the child's room is minimal and playful. <em>(Photo by Thomas Loof, <a href="http://nymag.com/homedesign/greatrooms/melissa-marks-2012-2/">New York Magazine</a> Art Department)</em>

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I-Beam Design LEGO Apartment

I-Beam designed the 20,000 <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/lego-animals-invade-the-bronx-zoo/" target="_blank">LEGO</a> blocks staircase, while artist Sean Kenney worked with the family to create a pleasant flow of receding or intensifying color up and down the stairs.

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I-Beam Design LEGO Apartment

The apartment's color palette offers a soft background for the LEGO-inspired touches of colors and the iconic furniture placed throughout the space.

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I-Beam Design LEGO Apartment

The modern kitchen was made using another Nordic classic, IKEA cabinets, and features some splashes of colors, like the Blu Dot red chairs and shiny blue backdrop.

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I-Beam Design LEGO Apartment

Sliding walls also serve as exhibition walls to reveal or conceal different areas of the house, like the modern looking dinning room.

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I-Beam Design LEGO Apartment

Playful, colorful, modern and very arty, this wonderful New York apartment shows that <a href="http://inhabitat.com/worlds-first-functioning-lego-greenhouse-unveiled-at-the-london-design-festival/" target="_blank">LEGOs</a> are good for much more than child's play. <em>(Photo by Thomas Loof, <a href="http://nymag.com/homedesign/greatrooms/melissa-marks-2012-2/">New York Magazine</a> Art Department)</em>

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When the son of Melissa Marks and Vicente Caride got too old not to have a door on his bedroom, they decided it was time to make some renovations to their New York loft apartment. So they called in I-Beam Design for help, and together with LEGO artist Sean Kenney, they built a new stair railing and wall out of 20,000 LEGO bricks. Colorful, flexible, and very fun, this renovated space beautifully showcases everyone's favorite building block.

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