News: LEGO Huntsman Cancer Institute Model Featured at The Leonardo
On Saturday March 17th, The Leonardo unveiled to the public a new exhibit entitled “City Blocks”. This exhibit celebrates some of Salt Lake City’s most iconic architecture built from LEGO bricks. Included in the exhibit are two models created by Arch Nexus artist Josh Allred: The Huntsman Cancer institute and Temple Square.
The HCI model features all four phases of the treatment and research center and was painstakingly built from 48,000 individual bricks and took 250 hours to complete. On building the model, Josh said “Of course, I loved LEGO as a kid so building this model brought back some nostalgic emotions. Both my Grandmother and Aunt have received treatment at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and I have worked on the design of the facility as a visualization artist over the past decade. I feel a strong connection to the building and it is an honor to have this on display at The Leonardo.”
Of the Temple Square model, LDS Church representative Jake Olmstead said the model is an “outstanding” representation the most iconic LDS architecture.
The exhibit will be open for the next several months. For news coverage of the event please see the following links: