LEGO® London Early 20th Century Review Architecture Meets History

Picture a London caught between two heartbeats. One beats with Victorian restraint. The other flirts with Edwardian flair. Bricky_Brick’s latest LEGO® Ideas project, London: Early 20th Century, captures that pulse perfectly, and with 10,000 votes already secured, it’s officially in review to become a LEGO® set. The decision lands around May–June 2026. 

A Tale of Two Centuries

This isn’t the shiny London of double-decker buses and glass towers. It’s the in-between version, when electric lamps were novelties and letters still ruled communication. The build’s four-story structure blends Victorian craftsmanship with Edwardian optimism, giving fans a layered cityscape of transition.

The ground floor houses life’s essentials: a Post Office sorting letters under a ticking wall clock, a grocery store with wooden shelves of tea and bread, a poster workshop painting the city’s pulse onto its walls, and a vaulted passage where cobblestones whisper stories of daily hustle. Every tile and sack tells of industry, ambition, and the smell of fresh ink.

Tea, Tools, and Timeless Warmth

Move up one level and London’s warmth takes over. A luthier’s workshop hums with violin parts and varnish. The kitchen glows with copper utensils and the comfort of cake and conversation. A dining room flickers under the soft light of a radio’s hum and the promise of evening tea.

The Art of Quiet Rooms

The second floor slows everything down. Bedrooms draped in carved wood, a freestanding bathtub that preaches relaxation, and a reading corner.

Then there’s the attic, old suitcases, dusty bottles, and a telescope pointing toward a starlit London sky. It’s poetic. Every attic hides a story, and this one’s waiting for you to build it.

A Cast of Twelve and One Cat

Twelve minifigures inhabit this city within a city. A post clerk, a shopkeeper, a luthier, a policeman, even a photographer armed with a box camera. Their clothing spans decades, echoing the slow drift from corsets to collars. A cat naps by the carpet while a rat schemes upstairs.

A Love Letter to London

What makes London: Early 20th Century remarkable isn’t just its precision but its empathy. Each brick nods to the city’s evolution, from gaslight to electricity, from handcraft to modernity. You don’t just build this set. You build the moment London became itself.

Now it’s up to LEGO®. The project has done the hard part: reaching 10K supporters on the Ideas platform. If approved, it could become one of 2026’s standout releases.

The review results are due between May and June 2026. Until then, London waits. Not for fog to lift, but for the future to click into place.