Lego House

Lego House is an experience centre in Billund, Denmark. It is also known as Home of the Brick with reference to Billund, where Lego originates. Located near Legoland and the headquarters of The Lego Group, it is a 12,000-square metre building filled with 25 million Lego bricks. Lego House was designed to represent the playful and educational ethos that lies at the heart of the Lego brand, by providing a visitor experience that inspires creativity, imagination and learning through play.

레고 (Lego)

레고는 1932년에 덴마크의 목수 올레 키르크 크리스티안센이 조립식 블럭 제품을 내놓게 된 것이 그 시초다. 이름의 유래는 덴마크어로 '재미있게 놀다'라는 뜻을 가진 'LEG GODT'를 줄인 것이며, 회사 이름인 동시에 완구 이름이기도 하다. 초기에는 나무를 깎아 블럭을 제작했으나 1940년대에 플라스틱을 이용한 대량 생산이 가능해지면서, 블럭 완구 계열에서 지금과 같은 독보적인 위치에 오르게 되었다. 지금과 같은 형태의 블럭은 올레 키르크 크리스티얀센의 아들 고트프레드가 고안했다.

Lego

Lego is a line of plastic construction toys that are manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company's flagship product, Lego, consists of variously coloured interlocking plastic bricks accompanying an array of gears, figurines called minifigures, and various other parts. Lego pieces can be assembled and connected in many ways to construct objects, including vehicles, buildings, and working robots. Anything constructed can be taken apart again, and the pieces reused to make new things.