LEGO Architecture 21064 Paris - City of Love revealed!
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A new kind of LEGO Architecture set has been created for 2026, taking a novel approach to the Skylines format. A short press release follows:
21064 Paris - City of Love
958 pieces, rated 18+
$79.99 / £69.99 / €79.99
Available at LEGO.com from 1st January 2026
Embrace your fascination with Paris and its iconic landmarks with this collectable LEGO Architecture Paris – City of Love (21064) home decor building set for women, men and adults aged 18 and over. Create a display piece that makes a stunning architectural gift idea for you or any history or travel lover. Explore the starry sky and cityscape as you build.
Discover the details of the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, the Arc de Triomphe and the Louvre. Finish the set with the decorated ‘City of Love’ brick and the brick-built frame, then hang it on a wall or display it on a shelf in your home or office.
Are you impressed with this format for LEGO Architecture and the model itself? Let us know in the comments.
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Another One!
I love this!
Hmmmm, this is a concept.
If this line takes off, I wonder if Lego would consider releasing a blank frame and an assortment of pieces for a generic architecture creativity set. There's lots of cities people would probably like to build that wouldn't sell well in a larger market. AFOLs might enjoy making custom kits of Philadelphia or Kansas City or Miami and it'd be nice to give them the opportunity.
The colored background contrast is what makes this so different from the old skylines, and I think it works well here to have a night sky. (which explains the tan Eiffel Tower over grey)
I especially like how the Louvre Pyramid is built really nice for that scale and parts.
Nice concept, and I'm generally a big fan of Paris and architecture in general, but this feels a bit kitsch to me (and the tan Eiffel Tower is just odd). Would have to see it in the flesh to make a real judgement
This is more of an artistic piece than an architectural one. I like it but I'm more interested in the cold archtectural side of modelling.
Also, Paris again?
This looks pretty cool and would love to see this design with different cities like Tokyo and Singapore.
Its great in concept.
Flame pieces and police lights optional?
I think it looks great, but it doesn't really look like other Architecture sets. Maybe they could have used a new name to describe them. No doubt they will re-do London, New York, etc. You can still buy the Paris skyline set!
I'm not sure how I feel about this, to be honest. I don't necessarily mind the form factor, although I really hope that this is in addition to the standard Architecture sets, not instead of them going forward. As for the set itself, I think it looks pretty good, although they could have been a tad more adventurous with the landmarks they chose, since they just decided to go with the four that we've already gotten full sets of in the past.
This really isn't Architecture set but more an Art set. When I noticed 2026 had multiple Architecture sets I was hopeful the theme was returning to it roots. I'm guessing there will be multiple Skylines done in the fashion in 2026 and beyond
I miss the days that Architecture line was also about famous houses too.
Those black "trees" really should be dark green. Even if it's supposed to be night, the color choices are really strange. With the black "trees" looking like metal objects and predominance of tan colors, this looks like Mad-eye-Moody's classroom.
Art and Architecture got together and had a baby.
The nameplate says "City of Love" rather than Paris. I haven't got any of the skylines, but this is different. I like it. If they do London and New York the same way I would buy all 3.
I like it, but I've just finished off my wall display of the old skylines and world map, Paris was one of the last sets I brought. I'm not sure I'm ready to start collecting another style. And I can't help but feel the tower should be darker or lit differently.
RIP Architecture, again.
How many Eiffel Towers do we need...
Ahh yes, hot on the heels of Legends: ZA. Looks like LEGO Pokemon can come early for you!
I like this a lot, and at least it will take up a bit less space than 10307!
TAN MINECRAFT LADDERS * U *
Yes, i like it. The black trees look a bit odd, but nevertheless very beautiful set. I like the backdrop too with the sacre coeur
I'm not particularly interested in a Paris set, but as a concept, this looks interesting. Some of the later Skyline sets (like Tokyo and Singapore) already tried to tie the buildings together with some simpel landscaping, and this takes it to the next level. Also nice that you can hang it on a wall.
I'll likely skip this one, but I'm already looking forward to more sets like this for, say, Hong Kong or Tokyo....
Damn! Was my first impression. So well done, looks Incredible.
Looks like the postcard series got an upgrade. :D
It looks nice, but I don't know if I need a third Paris skyline after 21044 and 40568
What are the odds we see New York City and London as the next cities in this scale?
The star print tiles, however, are amazing.
Hmmmm, the city of love.
@Huw said:
"How many Eiffel Towers do we need..."
@Huw The same number than Big Bens? ^_^
I love it. A melding of Architecture series and Art series.
Lego needs to produce more sets that can be hung on a wall - in a normal home there is generally a limited number of flat surfaces to display our creations. This could be an exciting new artistic series.
I LOVE this!
I have almost all the Frenchie architect sets (except for the big huge Eiffel Tower and that office freebie but will be getting that soon).
Looks great, great design and forced perspective build.
Need one of NYC like this Lego!
And maybe Petra too in this style.
You can even do all the Marvel buildings, NYC skyline in this fashion.
@Huw said:
"How many Eiffel Towers do we need..."
They must be selling well.
@Huw said:
"How many Eiffel Towers do we need..."
Just one which looks like the real thing.
Come on though, we haven’t even had a minifig version yet … ;-)
@Huw said:
"How many Eiffel Towers do we need..."
There's a complex formula.
{Halls of Armour - X-Wings)/ATVs = .37 Eiffels (^2)/BDP Castles
It’s a great looking set. Think it would’ve been better suited in the art or icons theme though not architecture…
I try to get every architecture set but this one doesn’t feel like it fits in very well…
I think it's beautiful! But a "city of..." Or even a nickname line does limit future options. Prague is The City of Spires I guess. London - The Big Smoke, NYC - The Big Apple?
I really appreciate the gap in the windows where the theives cut their way out. Well done!
@samsz3 said:
"I think it's beautiful! But a "city of..." Or even a nickname line does limit future options. Prague is The City of Spires I guess. London - The Big Smoke, NYC - The Big Apple?"
For London they could do "I guarantee you'll either be mugged or not appreciated."
I was interested in this, until I remembered that I already have 21044. If they do a city I don't already have or want the Skylines version of, I'll be more interested.
@xccj said:
"The star print tiles, however, are amazing."
Those were previously in 21340, which even included instructions for rebuilding it to show different constellations on the background of the one depicting a rocket launch (the default is the Big Dipper).
@TheOtherMike said:
"I was interested in this, until I remembered that I already have 21044. If they do a city I don't already have or want the Skylines version of, I'll be more interested.
@xccj said:
"The star print tiles, however, are amazing."
Those were previously in 21340, which even included instructions for rebuilding it to show different constellations on the background of the one depicting a rocket launch (the default is the Big Dipper)."
They're similar, but I think the sky in this one is dark blue instead of black.
@yellowcastle said:
" @Huw said:
"How many Eiffel Towers do we need..."
There's a complex formula.
{Halls of Armour - X-Wings)/ATVs = .37 Eiffels (^2)/BDP Castles"
I see that you accounted for the Halls of Armour multiplier, but you missed the Hulibuster coefficient.
@Lyichir said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"I was interested in this, until I remembered that I already have 21044. If they do a city I don't already have or want the Skylines version of, I'll be more interested.
@xccj said:
"The star print tiles, however, are amazing."
Those were previously in 21340, which even included instructions for rebuilding it to show different constellations on the background of the one depicting a rocket launch (the default is the Big Dipper)."
They're similar, but I think the sky in this one is dark blue instead of black."
They've printed the same design on different colors many times before. But you're right, those are on dark blue, unless the render *really* screwed something up.
The part that had me in stitches was
"...building set for women, men and adults..."
So, women and men and adults.
And there was me thinking that women and men WERE adults, instead of girls and boys, who can be babies, toddlers, kids, preteens or teens.
But hey, you learn something new every day. Apparently there's men and women, and in addition there's adults.
ROFL
But wait, this means LEGO has now officially made it clear that they don't want me as a customer of their overpriced high end products, since those explicitly state "adults welcome". Unfortunately I happen to be a man, so bad luck, no welcome.
Ah well, can't be helped. Now I have to find other ways to spend my money.
What a cruel world.
;-p
so the black things are trees ? that's what made the most sense, but I wasn't sure because of the color.
Missing the point, the adult categories appears a lot on questionnaires now to allow inclusiveness for those who don't feel their identity fits within the narrow definition of either choices or don't want to disclose.
Returning to the article, the 3D effect is well done, and should look great from a distance across the room. Something for the tourists visiting the Lego Paris store.
I’d be a bit tempted to just leave the City of Love tile off, honestly, because it feels a bit… I don’t know. Twee? Over the top? Unnecessary? Interrupting the vibe? But this is basically a very large version of the Postcard builds and I like those very much, so of course I like this.
Plus, Nanoblock has covered most of my architecture interests extremely thoroughly already (and relevant to this set in particular I’ve built nanoblock versions of the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, the Arc de Triomphe and the Louvre already), so the Lego take only ever really works for me when they go for a more stylised approach, and I’ll be interested to see if they explore it further in future.
@ambr said:
"Missing the point, the adult categories appears a lot on questionnaires now to allow inclusiveness for those who don't feel their identity fits within the narrow definition of either choices or don't want to disclose."
Or they could simply have ended the sentence after "building set". Because if they are truly interested in inclusiveness, why explicitly exclude people under 18 years of age? Hardly any of the 18+ sets feature building techniques an average kid of say 10 years and up couldn't handle. Particularly with LEGO's dumbed down instructions that cater for even below the lowest common denominator.
Sure, not every kid might want to handle a build with thousands of pieces, but this particular one is just a couple of hundred and shouldn't take too long to put together.
I like this a lot. A nice new take on architecture series.
@Huw said:
"How many Eiffel Towers do we need..."
Many, many more.
https://leparisdepatrick.com/en/2020/11/30/eiffel-tower-all-around-the-world-are-there-any-other-eiffel-towers-in-the-world/
Still the wrong color for the tower, but at least we moved away from dark gray after more than a decade.
I modded my Paris Skyline set with a Notre Dame so it's nice to see the facade here (even if the steeple is way too short). Still overall a nice feel, but I liked the former Skyline format much better for the Architecture line.
@n_11 said:
"Nice concept, and I'm generally a big fan of Paris and architecture in general, but this feels a bit kitsch to me (and the tan Eiffel Tower is just odd). Would have to see it in the flesh to make a real judgement "
The Eiffel Tower is tan in real life.
If you're referring to the Eiffel Tower, the Eiffel Tower is tan in real life.
@medleyj said:
"Still the wrong color for the tower, but at least we moved away from dark gray after more than a decade. "
It might surprise you to learn that every seven years or so, the Eiffel Tower gets a new coat of paint, and it's switched colours more often than you might think. That also means that if you want to rebuild this in basic red or bright yellow, that's still well within canon.
https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/the-monument/painting-eiffel-tower
The current shade, which it has had since 2023, is pretty close to this set's use of tan.
I am aware that I'm tansplaining, and I'm not sorry.
@AustinPowers said:
" @ambr said:
"Missing the point, the adult categories appears a lot on questionnaires now to allow inclusiveness for those who don't feel their identity fits within the narrow definition of either choices or don't want to disclose."
Or they could simply have ended the sentence after "building set". Because if they are truly interested in inclusiveness, why explicitly exclude people under 18 years of age? Hardly any of the 18+ sets feature building techniques an average kid of say 10 years and up couldn't handle. Particularly with LEGO's dumbed down instructions that cater for even below the lowest common denominator.
Sure, not every kid might want to handle a build with thousands of pieces, but this particular one is just a couple of hundred and shouldn't take too long to put together. "
It's SEO. Including those terms specifically (even if some of them are redundant) helps ensure that the set shows up in internet searches like "Lego sets for men", "Lego sets for women", and "Lego sets for adults". Kids can certainly build the set too but this isn't particularly aimed at them and even kids who are capable of building a set like this might prefer something more colorful or with more playability.
@medleyj said:
"Still the wrong color for the tower, but at least we moved away from dark gray after more than a decade. "
I actually thought it was pearl gold from the render, which would have been cool and shiny, and the colour it’s supposed to be since it was repainted for the olympics.
It kind of looks like a postcard set massively overgrown to me. Maybe the Paris postcard set has been very successful? It’s not for me, but I wouldn’t mind it on my wall and I like that they’re trying new things.
As for doing a London one, London hasn’t justified being called the Big Smoke since they sorted things in the 50s, and there are many many far more polluted cities now, but I don’t know that it ever got another name?
@stefwaffles said:
" @medleyj said:
"Still the wrong color for the tower, but at least we moved away from dark gray after more than a decade. "
I actually thought it was pearl gold from the render, which would have been cool and shiny, and the colour it’s supposed to be since it was repainted for the olympics.
It kind of looks like a postcard set massively overgrown to me. Maybe the Paris postcard set has been very successful? It’s not for me, but I wouldn’t mind it on my wall and I like that they’re trying new things.
As for doing a London one, London hasn’t justified being called the Big Smoke since they sorted things in the 50s, and there are many many far more polluted cities now, but I don’t know that it ever got another name?"
Admittedly I *am* a Londoner born and bred if currently unwillingly displaced, and so I suppose not generally inclined to refer to it by nickname, but I don’t think so? Unless people want to resurrect “The Great Wen”, which I would very much prefer they do not and would require educational explanations of old names for cysts anyway, Big Smoke is basically the main one. We don’t even get to be one of the many City of Lights. Still, some excellent work tackling pollution - that hasn’t ended yet, ULEZ has made a remarkable difference to air quality - aside, we do still get called The Big Smoke so I suppose it could be used. Not quite as complimentary, admittedly, but it has some oomph to it.
@AustinPowers said:
" @ambr said:
"Missing the point, the adult categories appears a lot on questionnaires now to allow inclusiveness for those who don't feel their identity fits within the narrow definition of either choices or don't want to disclose."
Or they could simply have ended the sentence after "building set". Because if they are truly interested in inclusiveness, why explicitly exclude people under 18 years of age? Hardly any of the 18+ sets feature building techniques an average kid of say 10 years and up couldn't handle. Particularly with LEGO's dumbed down instructions that cater for even below the lowest common denominator.
Sure, not every kid might want to handle a build with thousands of pieces, but this particular one is just a couple of hundred and shouldn't take too long to put together. "
I think it is more that most kids would be bored with this as there are no play features, rather than the difficulty level. I think most kids with some LEGO experience would be able to build most 18+ sets. For the large adult sets, there is the price and the time required to take into account. Aside from that, the typical main difficult bit is aligning the stickers but they are used to doing that in a wonky way in the kid aimed sets.