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Set 21035 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Architecture

LEGO® Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Set 21035 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is part of the LEGO® Architecture range, recreating Frank Lloyd Wright's museum building in New York. With 744 pieces and no minifigures, the model centres entirely on the building's distinctive spiral form.

Set number
21035
Year
2017
Pieces
744
Minifigures
0
Theme
Architecture
Different parts
143
What can I build with it?

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Parts list 143

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Spare parts (14)

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Description

A spiral built from bricks

The real Guggenheim Museum is known for its spiralling, upward-tapering façade, a radical design by Frank Lloyd Wright that stands well apart from the rectangular museum buildings of its era. At 744 pieces, the model translates that curved form into stepped, circularly arranged building sections, calling for a different building technique than the mostly straight façades found in other LEGO® Architecture sets. For fans of modern architecture, the museum is one of the range's most recognisable subjects, since its unusual shape is identifiable even from a distance.

Tan and white as base colours

Tan is the dominant colour in the model, matching the real façade's pale sandstone tone, with white covering additional sections and black and light bluish grey used for the base and surrounding details. That limited colour range is typical of the LEGO® Architecture line and lets the museum's geometric form stand out more clearly than a brighter palette would allow. Sorting the pieces by colour makes it easy to separate spiral façade elements from the base. The colour breakdown on this page shows how these tones are distributed across the 143 parts.

A pure architectural model

Like LEGO House, the Guggenheim Museum skips minifigures entirely, since the range is built around recreating real buildings rather than play scenes. With 744 pieces across 143 unique parts, the build focuses on precisely reproducing the curved form, making it a calm, concentrated project rather than a varied one. Once finished, the model works particularly well as a display piece, keeping the building's striking architecture clearly recognisable even at miniature scale.

A parts list for comparing Architecture sets

With 143 unique parts, the Guggenheim Museum's parts list gives a clear overview, useful for anyone who owns several LEGO® Architecture sets and wants to compare pieces across them. The full list on this page breaks down every element individually, handy for tracking down specific curved or base pieces. Since many Architecture models reuse similar basic elements, the list also helps locate a replacement part without having to search back through the whole set again.

FAQ

Who designed the real Guggenheim Museum shown in set 21035?
The museum in New York was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and is known for its spiralling façade.
Does the set include minifigures?
No, like most LEGO® Architecture sets, the focus is entirely on the building model.
How many pieces does the set contain?
The model consists of 744 pieces across 143 unique parts.

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