It was 70 years ago that LEGO introduced the System in Play and its been at the heart of how we build today. LEGO has released a feature showing the different types of houses throughout the years using the LEGO System in Play from the first one being the Town Plan to one of the more recent ones with teh Modern House.

Houses built to last: 70 years of the LEGO® System in Play

70 years ago, the LEGO Group introduced the System in Play – a simple but revolutionary idea that means every LEGO® element, made generations apart, would fit together.

At its heart, the System in Play ensures that every element, from tiny hairbrushes to lightsabres, can connect. It’s why a LEGO astronaut can visit the LEGO Boutique Hotel, or a DUPLO giraffe can join a LEGO City adventure.

This versatility has made the LEGO System in Play the foundation for endless creativity. The same handful of bricks can be used to build anything from spaceships to castles to trains – limited only by imagination. And perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the houses that children around the world, and our LEGO designers, have been inspired to build from the System in Play over the last 70 years.

Houses have been a mainstay of LEGO sets since the LEGO System in Play was launched in October 1955. They have appeared in every conceivable shape and style, mirroring changes in society and the lives of the children who build and play with them.