NEWS: LEGO® Archiecture 20162 Trevi Fountain
by LEGO Architecture Designer - Mary Wilson | LEGO Group
April. 4. 2025
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Meet LEGO Designer: Mary Wilson
Video Review by Tiago Catarino
Reviewed by David Vi Boi Huynh, BOI DESIGN STUDIO
LEGO’s Architecture line is back in grand form with the reimagined Trevi Fountain (21062). Following the towering success of Notre-Dame de Paris, this set continues LEGO's focus on architectural fidelity, emotional storytelling, and intricate craftsmanship for adults.
But this isn’t just a re-release. It’s a total reinvention. With 1,880 pieces, three minifigures-as-statues, and a refined sculptural approach, 21062 Trevi Fountain aims to not only represent architecture, but to evoke it. As a formgiver, this is a set that speaks your language — giving shape to historical memory through physical form.
1. Design and Build
This new Trevi Fountain takes the iconic Roman landmark and translates it into miniature with astonishing clarity and reverence. Here’s what stands out:
This new Trevi Fountain takes the iconic Roman landmark and translates it into miniature with astonishing clarity and reverence. Here’s what stands out:
Facade Depth: The use of subtle depth layering makes the Palazzo Poli’s Baroque facade feel alive. You get multiple planes: recessed arches, protruding columns, and a colonnade topped by statues — all in under 20 studs deep.
Water Movement in Static Form: LEGO has made still water feel dynamic through clear bricks, trans-blue tiles, and innovative splashing techniques. Water seems to erupt from the base and pool with a sense of weight and clarity.
Minifigures as Statues: This is a radical new direction for the Architecture line. Traditionally devoid of characters, 21062 uses three pearl-white minifigures to represent Oceanus and his allegorical companions. The result feels like LEGO meets neoclassical sculpture — unexpected and brilliant.
Sculptural Grammar: It’s as if Bernini met a brick separator — dramatic statuary, framing arches, and cascading water feel like a baroque opera in stone, staged in 1:300 scale.
Verdict: 10/10 – An architectural sculpture that reads like music in stone.
2. Display Value
Display is where this set commands attention:
Monumental Presence: Though compact in footprint (approx. 32 cm wide, 22 cm deep, 20 cm high), the visual impact is massive thanks to the tall columns, dynamic water, and stark color contrasts (white façade, blue base, dark frame).
Display is where this set commands attention:
Monumental Presence: Though compact in footprint (approx. 32 cm wide, 22 cm deep, 20 cm high), the visual impact is massive thanks to the tall columns, dynamic water, and stark color contrasts (white façade, blue base, dark frame).
360° Display Optionality: While not technically a full 360° build, the rear is cleanly enclosed, and the angled layout means it photographs beautifully from three sides — making it excellent for desks, shelves, or even under lighting domes.
Statue Integration: The presence of the three minifigs-as-statues gives viewers an emotional focal point — a human (or divine) element that’s often missing in traditional Architecture sets.
Verdict: 9.5/10 – Bold, clean, and surprisingly emotive for a small-scale model.
3. Build Experience
Designed for adult builders (18+), this is no simple stacking exercise. The experience unfolds like architectural sketching with bricks:
Challenging Techniques: Expect SNOT (studs-not-on-top) work for the façade, symmetry tricks, and hidden subassemblies that make the statuary feel like freestanding sculptures.
Designed for adult builders (18+), this is no simple stacking exercise. The experience unfolds like architectural sketching with bricks:
Challenging Techniques: Expect SNOT (studs-not-on-top) work for the façade, symmetry tricks, and hidden subassemblies that make the statuary feel like freestanding sculptures.
Material Transitions: Transitioning from the dry stone of the palazzo to the wet fluidity of the fountain uses different parts vocabularies — satisfying for both architectural and sculptural minds.
Pacing: The build has a natural crescendo, starting with the base pool and working upward into ornate façades, before ending with the placement of the minifig-statues. It's paced like a narrative — water first, gods last.
Zen-like Focus: The precision and repetition are meditative, not tedious. It’s like chiseling out a marble block, one plate at a time.
Verdict: 10/10 – The build teaches you how to sculpt with LEGO.
4. Value and Pricing
At $159.99 for 1,880 pieces, that’s roughly $0.085 per piece, slightly above average. But let’s break it down:
- Architectural Premium: Licensed architecture always comes at a markup due to new molds and fidelity demands.
- Minifig Innovation: These aren't typical figs. They’re sculptural tools used to redefine a product line. That’s R&D dollars well spent.
- Compare to Notre-Dame: The Notre-Dame set had 4383 pieces at $229.99 (~$0.052/piece), but this set offers a much more concentrated architectural impact in less space — perfect for urban living or display-limited collectors.
At $159.99 for 1,880 pieces, that’s roughly $0.085 per piece, slightly above average. But let’s break it down:
- Architectural Premium: Licensed architecture always comes at a markup due to new molds and fidelity demands.
- Minifig Innovation: These aren't typical figs. They’re sculptural tools used to redefine a product line. That’s R&D dollars well spent.
- Compare to Notre-Dame: The Notre-Dame set had 4383 pieces at $229.99 (~$0.052/piece), but this set offers a much more concentrated architectural impact in less space — perfect for urban living or display-limited collectors.
Verdict: 8.5/10 – Slightly high in cost, but justified by its innovation and elegance.
5. Overall Impression
LEGO Architecture 21062 Trevi Fountain doesn’t just replicate a monument — it reinterprets it with modern formgiving sensibilities. This set speaks in stone, water, and light, and evokes something close to reverence for the original structure.
It’s also a turning point for LEGO Architecture:
Introducing sculptural figural elements
Prioritizing emotive storytelling through form
Blending historical fidelity with abstracted realism
Pros
✔ Stunning architectural fidelity
✔ Innovative use of minifigs as sculpture
✔ Display-worthy from multiple angles
✔ Incredibly satisfying, challenging build
✔ Stunning architectural fidelity
✔ Innovative use of minifigs as sculpture
✔ Display-worthy from multiple angles
✔ Incredibly satisfying, challenging build
Cons
✖ Slightly premium pricing
✖ Back isn’t as detailed (but clean)
✖ Slightly premium pricing
✖ Back isn’t as detailed (but clean)
6. Final Rating Based on Formgiving
Design & Build 10/10
Design & Build 10/10
Display Value 9.5/10
Build Experience 10/10
Value & Pricing 8.5/10
Overall Impression 9.5/10
Final Rating 9.5/10 ⭐
7. Conclusion
LEGO® 21062 Trevi Fountain is a formgiver's dream; a bridge between physical architecture, historical memory, and personal storytelling. It’s more than a model; it’s a meditation on permanence, beauty, and human craft in miniature.
If Notre-Dame was an architectural epic, this is a poem in limestone and water, and it belongs on the shelf of every LEGO builder who sees bricks not just as parts, but as possibility.
