Launched to mark the centenary of Antoni Gaudí's death, the Sagrada Familia set is the largest ever created by toy brand Lego.

Made as part of Lego's architecture series, the replica of the cathedral in Barcelona will be made from 12,060 pieces.

Sagrada Familia is the most significant building designed by Catalan architect Gaudí, who died 100 years ago in 1926.

Construction of the building began in 1882 and has progressed ever since, with the building set to be completed this year.

Images of the 62-centimetre-high set show a detailed recreation of the iconic building in predominantly pale beige bricks.

The set will be able to be split into sections, revealing the interior, which will be lit by recreated stained glass.

According to the Lego design team, recreating the building to honour Guadí was an "immense responsibility".

"We felt an immense responsibility to do justice to the Sagrada Família through this design," said Lego Architecture designer Rok Žgalin Kobe.

"Our goal was to honour Gaudí's vision with the utmost respect, capturing the rhythm of the basilica's construction, its extraordinary complexity and ambition, and translating that into an immersive building experience."

"This is not only the largest Lego set ever, but a model of one of the most ambitious architectural works in the world", he continued.

"Balancing scale and precision, while remaining faithful to a living monument that has been evolving for more than a century, was a unique design challenge – and one we're incredibly proud of."

The set is the latest created as part of Lego's Architecture series. Other significant buildings recreated in Lego as part of the series have included the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum and Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright, Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier.

The photography is courtesy of Lego.