2024-05-03T14:49:18-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/80144656/delaware-students-have-just-built-world-s-tallest-lego-tower Archinect 2013-08-23T14:24:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/00/009cec76947fb7a202c694aff60cea72?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>[...] after months of blood, sweat and tears a team of students from Wilmington, Delaware, broke the Guinness World Record and built the world's tallest Lego tower. For the students, this victory was personal. They struck a powerful blow to their Lego arch-rivals, previous record-holder, the city of Prague. The American Lego tower stands over 112 feet tall, and is made of more than 500,000 bricks!</p></em><br /><br /><p> Previous happy Lego tower world record breakers:</p> <ul><li> <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/48432631/record-breaking-lego-tower-in-seoul" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Record breaking lego tower in Seoul</a></li> <li> <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/2816602/children-build-world-s-tallest-lego-tower-in-brazil" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Children build 'world's tallest' Lego tower in Brazil</a></li> </ul><p> Get started with your own (architecturally sophisticated) tower <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/78469173/lego-architecture-studio-now-in-stores" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>