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Toys 'n' Games: Mies van der Rohe's Famed Farnsworth House Now in Lego Version

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It must be Lego day here—first there was the world's tallest Lego building and now Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's renowned Farnsworth House (a National Trust Historic Site in Plano, Ill.) is the newest addition to Lego's Architecture series. Chicago architect Adam Reed Tucker is the man behind the miniature; he used simple 1x1-inch blocks to recreate the minimalist 1950s structure head to toe, including the built-ins inside, the roof deck, and the furnishings. The kit joins FLW's Fallingwater and the Guggenheim in the series, among others, includes 546 pieces, and retails for $59.99. small price to pay for a DIY slice of midcentury architecture!

· Six-Thousand Help Build World's Tallest Lego Tower [Curbed National]
· Lego Farnsworth House! [Edward Lifson via UnBeige]

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Reality TV: Joan Replaces Melissa's Furniture With Help of Famed Designer

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Wednesday, February 2, 2011, by Curbed Staff

Last night's episode of Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best? included a guest appearance by Sarah Jessica Parker's decorator, Timothy Corrigan—or at the very least his young female associate Julie. (Apparently Corrigan was "out of the country.") Rivers Sr. is outwardly unhappy about this: "When you look up the word 'decorator' in the dictionary," she claims, "you see 'homosexual.'"

Turns out, however, Julie is Julie Fullman, Corrigan's lead interior designer who was part of HGTV's reDesign series as an assistant designer. Guess the pedigree isn't too shabby!

Despite the substitute, Joan agrees to let Julie to take out Melissa's shabby beige California look and replace it with some color and formal pieces (a la her own NYC apartment). While Melissa's away for the night, Joan stages a design coup on the unassuming space, overhauling it completely and giving away all of her daughter's furniture to charity.

JOAN PERFORMS COSMETIC SURGERY ON MEL'S LIVING ROOM

JOAN REVEALS THE NEW LOOK

—Elana Frankel

· All Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best? coverage [Curbed National]
· Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? [official site]

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