The Burj Khalifa currently holds 18 world records, including the ever-coveted “tallest building in the world” honor. The United Arab Emirates’ 2,717 feet tall behemoth of a structure has held that title since its completion in 2009. Because of that, it seems only fitting that a replica of the skyscraper should hold the record for world’s tallest Lego building.
Built by a team of experts at Legoland Dubai, the Lego Burj Khalifa, which Architzer has also referred to as the Brick Khalifa, stands a whopping 56 feet high and took 439,000 Lego pieces to complete. Weighing in at 1 ton, it took the team around 5,000 hours to complete. As a kid, I never imagined that someone would ever need fall protection while working on a Lego building.
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You’re on your own if you want to recreate the masterpiece that the team at Legoland built, but you can, however, buy a kit that allows you to build a 15” tall model of the record-breaking structure, which is available on Amazon for around $32. It’s incredibly impressive what artists and other Lego enthusiasts have been able to create out of Legos, such as this 1:23.5 scale working model of a Liebherr mobile crane.
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