We love this replica of the Olympic Park made from LEGO!

You’ll find this faithful reproduction (even down to the wild flowers!) at Visit Denmark’s “Imagination” exhibition, open until the 12 August at St Katharine Docks.

Other highlights of the Imagine Denmark exhibition include a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale world, more LEGO activities and a special visit to the docks by the Vikings complete with five Viking boats. Imagine Denmark is one of the many National Olympic houses open in London for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Read about more about the National Houses here

St Pancras Station has unveiled the tallest-ever Lego Christmas tree, constructed by professional Lego builder Duncan Titmarsh out of 600,000 Lego bricks.

Ever-fashionable Claridge’s boasts a tree by Lanvin’s creative director Alber Elbaz, complete with marionettes dressed in Lanvin-designed Claridge’s uniforms.

Covent Garden has a hand-picked British tree festooned with red and white lights, as well as topiary reindeer, giant mirror balls and a nativity art installation.

Giles Miller is creating the world’s tallest cardboard Christmas tree for the Design Museum. See it in the museum’s atrium from tomorrow, Friday 2 December.

And the lighting ceremony for Trafalgar Square’s famous Christmas tree – donated by the people of Norway every year since 1947 – will take place this evening, Thursday 1 December.

What’s your favourite Christmas tree in London this Christmas? Let us know below or add your photos to the Visit London Flickr pool

Last weekend’s London Design Festival saw hundreds of galleries, venues and temporary events across the city showcasing the best in architecture, art and design.

As part of the festival, Icon Magazine hosted the Icon Build Off, a temporary event in one of the vacant sites in Central St Giles.

Celebrating their 100th issue, the magazine asked several leading architectural firms to re-imagine famous landmarks in Lego. The results were varied, ranging from a Rockefeller Centre raised up 20 storeys, to a melted mass of Lego bricks that once resembled Frank Lloyd Wright‘s Fallingwater. All seven of these models were on display.

The main reason for attending, however, was the long trestle table piled with Lego where visitors were asked to create their own architectural marvels. Never underestimate the draw of Lego, whether to a three or 33 year old! After finishing, would-be starchitects were invited to upload a photo of their work to Facebook, or else put it on display with the other works. The results were on the whole impressive, and the process frenzied and highly addictive.

Despite the Icon Build Off having closed, many London Design Week events are ongoing, including David Chipperfield‘s Two Lines outside the Royal Festival Hall, and The Power of Making exhibition at the V&A.

See more London Design Festival pictures and add your own to the visitlondon.com Flickr pool.

We’re really impressed with this Lego Tower Bridge model. The attention to detail is incredible, and it’s great fun watching it grow on this video.

Even though we sit looking at this gorgeous piece of architecture all day (you can check out the view from our office windows on this live stream), there’s something really satisfying about seeing it recreated in Lego. Enjoy.

Build Anything from Studiocanoe on Vimeo.

“It uses pieces from the stash my brother and I used to play with when we were younger, so perhaps it looks a bit dated compared with modern day Lego. Dated, but still great.”

Here are a few suggestions to inspire your weekend plans…

• Admire photos of the natural world at Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year
• Watch scandalous burlesque and variety at Wam Bam’s birthday bash
• Head to the Ski and Snowboard Show to see exciting winter sports demos
• Pick up a reasonably priced artwork at the Affordable Art Fair
• Celebrate 100 Years of Magic at Disney on Ice
• Help break the Guinness World Record for the largest ever LEGO mosaic at Shoreditch Town Hall

What are you up to? Let us know in the comments!