If you have ever wondered how many Lego bricks it would take to recreate your house in the multi-coloured blocks, then wonder no more. A US estate agent has put a calculator online that works out ...

“When you consider that manual brick and block laying costs globally vary anywhere from AUD10 (US$6.90) per square meter to AUD100 (US$69) per square meter, we are already cost competitive ...

But how many times can you use a single brick before it gives out? Software developer Phillipe Cantin decided to find out. He built a Lego stress test machine to put the blocks through their paces.