LEGO® Architecture 21064 Paris – City of Love is a homage to one of the most famous cities in the world, and is chock full of iconic locations as well as some appealing recoloured elements. Let's take a look in greater detail.
Products in this article were gifted by The LEGO Group; the author's opinions are their own.
This article contains affiliate links to LEGO.com; we may get a small commission if you purchase.
21064 Paris – City of Love
- Release date: 1 January 2026
- Pieces: 958
Price:
- US$ 79.99 on LEGO.com US
- CA$ 99.99 on LEGO.com Canada
- GB£ 69.99 on LEGO.com UK
- AU$ 129.99 on LEGO.com Australia
- NZ$ 149.99 on LEGO.com New Zealand
- 79,99€ on LEGO.com Deutschland, Nederland, France etc
- PLN 359.99 on LEGO.com Polska
- NOK 1099,90 on LEGO.com Norge
- DKK 699.95 on LEGO.com Danmark
Recolours
- 6x Tile Special 1x2 with Sloped Walls AKA Money/Gold Bar [Ingot] in Sand Yellow/Dark Tan (6575078 | 99563)
- 6x Plate Special 1x2 [Open O Top Clip] in Brick Yellow/Tan (6575079 | 44861)
- 1x Wheel Covers 5 Spoke and 10 Spoke - for Wheel 18976 in Tan (6575083 | 18978)
- 2x Plate Special 2x2 with Bar Frame Octagonal in Tan (6575077 | 30033)
- 2x Ladder 1x4 in Tan (6575080 | 7307) - only the second colour for this new element
Rare, returning and printed elements
- 1x Weapon Sword/Foil/Épée in Tan (6486889 | 37846) - also in 43247 Young Simba the Lion King
- 2x Plate Special 1x1 with Tooth in Dark Tan (6553752 | 49668) - seen in 10367 The Lord of the Rings: Balrog Book Nook
- 10x Tile 1x1 with Groove and White Star print in Earth Blue/Dark Blue (6576391)
- 1x Tile 1x8 with Groove with "City of Love" print in White (6576392)
- 13x Plate Round 1x1 with Hollow Stud and Underside Clip in Tan (6559240 | 5264) - in 3 other sets
- 17x Fence Lattice 1x4x1 Tan (4222910 | 3633) - in 4 other sets
- 9x Bracket 2x2 with 1x2 Vertical Studs in Black (6250020 | 41682)
- 11x Brick 1x10 in White (611101 | 6111)
- 11x Brick 1x6 in White (300901 | 3009)
- 13x Brick Special 1x2x1 2/3 with 4 Studs on 1 Side in White (6218823 | 22885)
The build
The first two bags of elements build the base of the model – which actually ends up being the back wall. This is largely covered with various dark blue tiles, but it also lays down some crucial SNOT modules which allow the firm attachment of sub-builds later on in the process.
The first of these, mounted sideways, will be used to connect the rear of Notre Dame, on the right of the frame. It is a compact method of stud reversal when you need antistuds on both sides of the module.
These two modules will be used to attach the Louvre submodels on the left of the scene.
The model can be stood on its long side even at this stage, which shows the placement of the two modules seen above. I'm not sure why some of the studs are still visible in the upper half of the sky, because they never get used for submodel attachments. I would have preferred there to be tiles in some of those locations instead.
Bag three builds up some more of the lower part of the frame, which allows attachment of the ground below the Louvre to the left, and the bottom legs of the Eiffel Tower. The side of the angled fences hover close to slopes, to create relatively gap-free legs. The recoloured flex tube helps to shape the curve of the underside of the legs, and frames the smaller builds below, which are an effective use of forced perspective buildings in semi-silhouette.
The additional bottom part of the frame makes the model a bit more stable at this point in the build.
Bag 4 completes four submodels representing more of the silhouetted skyline and the Arc de Triomphe. Initially it was a surprise that the Arc is built with dark tan elements, as regular tan is much closer to the actual colour of the stone. However, as the scene is set at dusk, and there will be a lot of other tan buildings in front of it when finished, I think it was the right decision. It helps the Arc to recede into the background and provides some contrast with the Louvre which will sit in the foreground.
It is not explicitly mentioned in the building instructions, but I suspect the dark tan quarter round tiles making the three arched tops just below the Arc de Triomphe are meant to represent the 1970s remodelling of the Forum des Halles.
Bag 5 gives us a nice little Easter Egg in the form of two French flags hiding in the basement of the two wings of the Louvre.
The iconic glass pyramid in the courtyard is of course a mandatory addition. The other submodel constructs more of the skyline for the right side of the model.
Once in place, the skyline is coming along nicely - even showing us a silhouette of the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre which sits high on a hill above the city.
Bag 6 completes the righthand side of the foreground with five different modules. The first gives us a little bit more skyline to frame the right side of the Eiffel Tower. The second dark tan building is not mentioned in the instructions, but I wonder if it is supposed to represent the Brutalist apartments of La Maison du Brésil, designed by architects Le Corbusier and Lúcio Costa in 1959.
The final three modules represent the magnificent Notre Dame cathedral.
These modules neatly slot into place by means of rear-mounted studs which attach to the anti-stud array made in bag 2.
I'm particularly impressed with the details which have been included in Notre Dame's iconic facade, especially the rose window represented by the tan wheel hub. I'm sure it will be an excellent element for other microscale recreations of sandstone buildings.
The final bag, number seven, completes the lower side of the frame and the upper stages of the Eiffel Tower, which does indeed end up towering above the rest of the model.
Once finished, I think it makes a lovely vignette of the City of Love on a starry night. The buildings on each side are well balanced and include all of the sights you would expect to see if you have ever visited Paris. I like the way that the Eiffel Tower bursts out of the frame and dominates the scene. It also helps to hide the loop for hanging the model on a wall, which protrudes above the frame behind the top section.
The model looks equally good mounted on the wall or sitting on a table.
I thought I would provide you with a side-by-side view with the LEGO Architecture Skyline set, 21044 Paris. Released in January 2019, it is due to retire at the end of 2025, so I wonder if we will be seeing other famous cities being released in this new format in future?
The older set can be a bit awkward to display on a narrow shelf with the other Skyline sets, as the base of the Eiffel Tower in that incarnation sits a whole 8 modules behind the bulk of the model. It is also about six modules deeper and two modules wider than the City of Love, although the latter wins on height and has more detail in each building.
Conclusion
I enjoyed the building experience of this set, and the clever layering and SNOT built components come together to give us a very stylish finished product. The slim footprint will mean it does not take up too much room on your display shelves; even less if you choose to hang it on the wall!
I would have preferred a handful of the visible studs scattered around the sky to have been replaced by tiles, but that is an easy modification I can make myself. There are some interesting new unique elements included in the inventory – some in large quantities – so it may also make an attractive parts pack for those looking to acquire pieces to seed their own creations.
At US$79.99/ £69.99/ 79.99€/ AU$129.99, it offers acceptable value for money, given that it contains approximately 50% more pieces than the 2019 Skyline model, and is only marginally more than 150% of the original's RRP. Seven years after the initial model, I would say that that is not bad at all.
READ MORE: Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2025 LEGO® GwP and deals
Help New Elementary keep publishing articles like this. Become a Patron!
A huge thank you to all our patrons for your support, especially our 'Vibrant Coral' tier: London AFOLs, Antonio Serra, Beyond the Brick, Huw Millington, Dave Schefcik, David and Breda Fennell, Gerald Lasser, Baixo LMmodels, Sue Ann Barber and Trevor Clark, Markus Rollbühler, Elspeth De Montes, Megan Lum, Andy Price, Chuck Hagenbuch, Jf, Wayne R. Tyler, Daniel Church, Lukas Kurth (StoneWars), Timo Luehnen, Chris Wight, Jonathan Breidert, Brick Owl, BrickCats, Erin and Dale, Thunderdave, Jake Forbes and our newest top-tier patron, H.Y. Leung! You folks are better than inverted cheese slopes.
All text and images are ©2025 New Elementary unless otherwise attributed.
Nice. Looking forward to the wheels!
ReplyDelete