Seven realistic candidates for the biggest LEGO modular building ever

The biggest LEGO modular building of all time is said to be arriving on shelves in 2024 – but what could it be? Here are seven strong candidates that could justify its piece count…

Anticipation for the next modular building is one of the best bits of being invested in this series, as speculation runs rampant around what the LEGO Group might have up its sleeve next. And the only rumoured details on 2024’s set so far are even more tantalising, as it’s said to include 4,014 pieces – dwarfing even the enormous 10th-anniversary instalment 10255 Assembly Square, which is retiring this year.

That kind of budget opens the doors to all sorts of ideas that might not have been possible at the same size and price point as 10312 Jazz Club, 10297 Boutique Hotel and 10278 Police Station. Here are seven possible sets that could best take advantage of 10326’s inflated size – if its rumoured piece count and price tag (£259.99 / $299.99) are true, that is.

7 – A train station

We know the LEGO community loves train stations – a quick glance at the BrickLink Designer Program and MOC Pop-Up Store are proof enough of that – but as the models featured in those programs also show, you need a slightly bigger footprint than a 32×32 baseplate to really do one justice.

Yet while the likes of Studgate Train Station and Brick Cross Train Station have given us a template for a potential modular train station, they may also be reason enough for the LEGO Group to avoid this one for now. Nobody needs three stations in a city of 18 buildings, after all…

6 – A school, college or university

There are only a handful of locations common to most towns and cities that are missing from the Modular Buildings Collection at this point, with staples including a bank, garage, restaurants, hotel, town hall, police station, fire station, cinema and more all ticked off the list. One of the biggest remaining omissions is a place for your minifigures to learn – and when was the last time you saw a school squeezed into the footprint of a jazz club?

A 48-stud-wide model like 10255 Assembly Square, opened up by 10326’s supposed 4,014 pieces, would offer just enough space for a school, college or university building that could credibly sit alongside the rest of your modular collection.

5 – An apartment building

Most of the suggestions on this list are examples of what the LEGO Group could do with a wider building, but consider for a second that it might push in the other direction: what if those 4,014 pieces were devoted to a much taller structure? Our last residential building (one half of 10270 Bookshop) is retiring this year, so 2024 would be a great time to introduce a replacement.

And while an apartment building might not immediately conjure up the most novel aesthetics if you’re used to glass-fronted inner-city skyscrapers, there are ways the LEGO Group could make it interesting. For example: pop a couple of shops or cafés on the ground floor; move the building out into the suburbs to open it up to more unique architecture; and offer completely unique interiors to each apartment. The flats could even be interchangeable to truly embrace the modular format.

4 – A library

One that could arguably either go tall or wide, a library is another essential public service we’re yet to see in the Modular Buildings Collection. It might be too close to 10270 Bookshop for comfort – you’re essentially building shelves of books, whether in a building selling them or lending them – but that modular building is retiring at the end of 2023, so you never know…

3 – A museum

A building collectors have long been clamouring for, a museum would definitely need to take advantage of a wider footprint. But it’s the kind of subject matter that would lend itself really well to this series, particularly inside, where the designers could incorporate all sorts of fascinating brick-built exhibitions (with plenty of nods to classic LEGO themes like Adventurers).

2 – A hospital

Perhaps the most-wanted LEGO modular building – at least if Brick Fanatics’ Facebook followers are anything to go by – is a hospital, and again it’s one that would arguably only be possible by expanding the current template of the subtheme. More than 4,000 pieces is certainly enough to accomplish that, as 10255 Assembly Square has already proven, so a hospital could well be on the cards.

It’s also the only emergency service the LEGO Group has yet to tackle in the Modular Buildings Collection, following 2009’s 10197 Fire Brigade and 2021’s 10278 Police Station. The timing feels right – but like many of the other ideas on this list, it would require devoting the entire set to one building, and that’s something the LEGO Group hasn’t done in a little while…

1 – An entire streetscape

In fact, every LEGO modular building since 2019’s 10264 Corner Garage has combined more than one business, service or building into a single set: 10270 Bookshop includes its eponymous book store and a townhouse; 10278 Police Station also includes a doughnut shop next door; 10297 Boutique Hotel sits next to an art gallery; and 10312 Jazz Club is twinned with a pizzeria.

That consistent approach arguably makes the most realistic prospect for 2024’s set a combination of multiple buildings, in the same vein as 10255 Assembly Square. The LEGO Group may be able to combine one or two of the ideas presented here into that format – a library and apartments, for example – but it would be a shame to pass up the fresher opportunities afforded by a bigger budget and piece count.

So while this feels the most likely candidate, here’s hoping the LEGO Icons team has broken the mould for 2024. For now, click here for everything we know about the 2024 LEGO modular building so far, and remember that those details are still just rumours for now.

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