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Building-A-Day 14: 1625 & 1725 Main St. - SkyHouse Houston
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The Michigan LEGO User Group (MichLUG) display at the Henry Ford Museum from November 12, 2017 to January 6, 2018. As usual, the display is on the east side of the museum past the giant Allegheny locomotive.
Mongolian/Turkic yurt, with the sort of trimmings and extras you might find on a particularly important one.
This historic precedent of Colonial Georgian Architecture sits at the heart of Philadelphia's old city center. Independence Hall also played a crucial role in the founding of the United States, as its storied assembly rooms witnessed the signing of both the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787.
Tigerās Nest is the popular name of the Paro Taktsang Monastery.
Itās a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site and temple complex, located in the cliff-side of the upper Paro Valley in Bhutan. The initial temple complex was built in 1692.
The monastery is located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) to the north of Paro and hangs on a precipitous cliff at 10,240 feet above sea-level, about 3,000 feet above the Paro Valley.
The monastery buildings consist of four main temples and residential buildings. They are ideally designed by adapting to the rock (granite) ledges, the caves and the rocky terrain.
This Lego Model of the Monastery has taken around eight months to build with approximately 200,000 parts.
This build is part of a larger display Iām developing for exhibition next year, where Iāll be revisiting and expanding on the concept of Neo Fabulandāa reinterpretation of the classic Fabuland aesthetic, much like how Neo-Classic Space draws inspiration from the original Classic Space theme. If youāre curious, you can read more about the goals of the project here.
I currently have several builds in progress for this display, and this is the first one to be completed.
While not directly based on any specific Fabuland set, this watermill draws loose inspiration from 3679 Flour Mill and Shop. It features a weathered stone-and-timber structure beside a millpond, complete with a working waterwheel, lily pads, reeds, and rounded rocks. The water cascades over the rocks to form a small waterfall. Iām especially pleased with the textures throughoutāthe flowing water, the stonework, and the building itselfāas well as a custom spreading tree technique I developed for this scene (and will likely reuse in future Neo Fabuland builds).
This build also showcases my approach to Neo Fabuland windows, using brick-built frames with vinyl-cut sticker panes to echo the distinctive charm of original Fabuland designs.
This cut-away model of the Ford Piquette plant attempts to show the construction techniques of old mill style factory buildings. The Piquette plant had load bearing brick walls with wooden beams supporting two layer wooden floors. Albert Kahn's reinforced concrete factory designs as exemplified in the Ford Highland Park factory complex soon replaced this older style of factory.
Historic photos of the interior showed work tables along the windows and car chassis with only the front wheels installed in the middle. The fire doors on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the model are "functional" in that they slide open or closed. The "front office" portion of the building was longer than just the two bays depicted here; I used selective compression so I could show a portion of the "shop floor". While a few experiments with a moving assembly line were conducted at the Piquette plant, most cars were built in place with the workers bringing the various parts to the chassis.
The "LES" on the top of the exterior is the tail end of the slogan originally painted on the building "THE HOME OF THE CELEBRATED FORD AUTOMOBILES".
The model measures 20" L x 15" W x 12.5" high (50.8cm L x 38.1cm W x 21.7cm high). If I modeled the entire length of the factory, the model would have to be 107 inches (273 cm) long.
LEGO scale model of three medieval towers and their surroundings in Ghent, Belgium. Featuring the Saint Nicholas church, medieval Belfry tower and Saint Bavoās Cathedral.
Scale 1:500
Combined dimensions: 116 x 32 cm
~10.000 parts in total
Building-A-Day 23 1401 St Joseph Pkwy - St Joseph Medical Center
I have some catching up to do... but this one took a bit more thought...
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This historic precedent of Colonial Georgian Architecture sits at the heart of Philadelphia's old city center. Independence Hall also played a crucial role in the founding of the United States, as its storied assembly rooms witnessed the signing of both the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787.
Modular buildings, based (loosely) on the free plans, provided by Kristel, on the Rebrickable site (rebrickable.com/mocs/kjw010/white-picket-fences), as well as on Kristel's site, (<a href="https://modularsbykristel.com/"
ļø SPQR - Phase I ļø
ā¶ļø Watch the Model Film in 4K on YouTube:
ā¶ļø Intro to SPQR Project:
Support this unprecedented project on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/RoccoButtliere
Parts: 104,000+ (~1,700 unique)
Scale: 1:650
Dimensions: 57in x 289in (143cm x 231cm)
Research Time: 2,000+ hours since 2019
Design Time: 1,000+ hours in 200 days
Build Time: 600+ hours in 90 days
Photography: EClarke Photo š·
Ā© MMXXIII - Rocco Buttliere, LLC
ļø SPQR - Phase I ļø
ā¶ļø Watch the Model Film in 4K on YouTube:
ā¶ļø Intro to SPQR Project:
Support this unprecedented project on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/RoccoButtliere
Parts: 104,000+ (~1,700 unique)
Scale: 1:650
Dimensions: 57in x 289in (143cm x 231cm)
Research Time: 2,000+ hours since 2019
Design Time: 1,000+ hours in 200 days
Build Time: 600+ hours in 90 days
Photography: EClarke Photo š·
Ā© MMXXIII - Rocco Buttliere, LLC
This build is a LEGO replica of Charing Cross, the very centre of my home town of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Each year for Bendigo Bricks, Bendigo LEGO User Groupās annual brick show, I like to display something from Bendigo built out of LEGO bricks (in the past I have exhibited my Former Bendigo Fire Station and the Shamrock Hotel) and I decided that for Bendigo Bricks 2020 I was going to tackle a streetscape incorporating multiple facades. There are a number of places in Bendigo I could have chosen but I settled on Charing Cross this time as it has a good mix of different building styles.
Charing Cross is the intersection of View Street and Pall Mall and effectively stands at the centre of the city and is one of Bendigoās busiest and most prominent intersections, check out the real place on Google StreetView here. In my build I wanted to capture Charing Cross on an average day featuring Bendigonianās going about their daily lives.
My build includes four distinct facades, starting from left to right they are the Former Commercial Bank of Australia which stands at 11 View Point, 13-15 View Point, the beautiful art nouveau Former Royal Bank Building at 17 View Point and the Former Australian Mutual Provident Society Building at 21 View Point. I have tried to show these buildings as they appear today in their current uses.
Other features include Bendigoās cenotaph, as well as a couple of elements that I built in the past, namely my Bendigo Bus and my Alexandra Fountain (though I have given it a new base in this build, one that is much more representive of its actual location).
I also wanted to include an iconic Bendigo Tram in this build and settled on No. 84. You can find out more about this historic tram here.
The living room is the heart of the house connecting the bedrooms with the kitchen and bathroom. The architecture is inspired by atrium houses and winter gardens.
House of Three is a contemporary Scandinavian family home. I've tried to catch contemporary Scandinavian architecture in colours, floor plan and roof design. The interior and furniture in inspired by IKEA and other Scandinavian designs. Comfortable living suitable for a small family.
On a recent trip to the coast, I noticed the many ways in which Land meets Water.
This MOC is an attempt to mimic rockwork as arches using plates. The result was a bowl shaped island which I made into a self sustained island village.
Modern living inspired by old open-air-bath architecture as the house is standing on pillars in water and is offering an open space for bathing in the middle.
You enter the terrace through the rock on the backside of the house. On the terrace you find a small outdoor kitchen and table with chairs made of ladders and steering wheels. Kitchen, reading corner, livingroom and sauna with shower on first floor.
The house is entered from the terrace. A high plated wall goes though this floor leading from the hallway to the master bedroom and bathroom. Here you sleep with a 180 degrees sea view.
The floor below is reached by a floating staircase attached to the wall. A corridor with a resting chair (made of life preservers) and glass cabinet combines two parts of the house. One of them is hosting a kitchen and dining area. The other one is hosting a livingroom. Here you also find a small sauna and shower room with a ladder leading directly down to the water.
This is my third house built into a rock. The other two are called "Green Rock House" and "Calmwater Cliff House".
Christmas is over and summer is in mind. So I built this small seaside villa where you can feel the sea breeze, watch the boats pass by and enjoy the sun beams dancing on your skin...
The boat was the trickiest part of this build. I hope no one eats it.
Tigerās Nest is the popular name of the Paro Taktsang Monastery.
Itās a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site and temple complex, located in the cliff-side of the upper Paro Valley in Bhutan. The initial temple complex was built in 1692.
The monastery is located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) to the north of Paro and hangs on a precipitous cliff at 10,240 feet above sea-level, about 3,000 feet above the Paro Valley.
The monastery buildings consist of four main temples and residential buildings. They are ideally designed by adapting to the rock (granite) ledges, the caves and the rocky terrain.
This Lego Model of the Monastery has taken around eight months to build with approximately 200,000 parts.
The implementation of three domes atop a mosque is a distinctly Mughal style among similar projects of the time. This treatment has also been used in other designs commissioned by Shah Jahan, particularly for the Masjid-I-Jahan Numa in Delhi. A common theme among these recurring trios are the intricately embellished interior vaults in the sanctuaries beneath the domes. The white marble domes atop the mosque and guesthouse of Taj Mahal - like their counterparts throughout India and the five domes of the mausoleum which they face ā are topped by lotus motifs and gold finials.
The most spectacular aspect of the Rauza-I Munawwara ā and, by extension, the entire Taj Mahal ā is, without a doubt, the dome which surmounts the tomb. Soaring 155 ft (35 m) above the roof of the mausoleum, the dome boasts such prominence due to the 23 ft (7 m) cylindrical drum upon which it is perched. The magnificent marble dome spans 58 ft (17 m) in diameter and was designed by prolific Ottoman palace dome designer, Ismail Khan Afandi; who also oversaw its construction. Meanwhile, the height of the dome is further accentuated by a multi-lobed lotus motif, capped off by a golden finial crown designed, originally designed by a master goldsmith from Lahore known as Qazim Khan. The original finial was replaced in the early 19th century with a copy made of gilded bronze. The finial further exemplifies the mixing of Persian motifs and Hindu decorative elements, as it is topped with a crescent moon reaching skyward.
The shape of the dome itself is intrinsically tied to its global renown. The subtle outward bulge of its masonry corbelling gives the dome an iconic amrud (guava) shape, which has been likened to an onion in westernized interpretations. This, the preeminent dome of all Mughal architecture, is further emphasized by the clustering of four smaller domed chhatris at each corner of the roof of Rauza-I Munawwara. The columned bases of the chhatris open through the rooftop, allowing light to enter the vast interior: not unlike the light wells of St. Peterās Basilica at the Vatican. Golden finials are further used to accentuate each of the four chhatris, culminating in a symmetrical, five-part composition crowning the very center of the visual focal point of Taj Mahal, and standing reverently above the very spot where Shah Jahan would later be entombed alongside his beloved wife Mumtaz.
ļø SPQR - Phase I ļø
ā¶ļø Watch the Model Film in 4K on YouTube:
ā¶ļø Intro to SPQR Project:
Support this unprecedented project on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/RoccoButtliere
Parts: 104,000+ (~1,700 unique)
Scale: 1:650
Dimensions: 57in x 289in (143cm x 231cm)
Research Time: 2,000+ hours since 2019
Design Time: 1,000+ hours in 200 days
Build Time: 600+ hours in 90 days
Photography: EClarke Photo š·
Ā© MMXXIII - Rocco Buttliere, LLC
LEGO model of the Castle Museum by Scot Thompson, the very building that contains this LEGO display through mid-September of 2016.
In the left background is a model of the Saginaw Water Works, while in the foreground it appears that the Rebels and the Empire are playing a friendly(?) game of baseball.
Another personal favorite detail of mine is the moment where the two centermost girders merge ...
Find out more about Eiffel Tower and see the design + build insights in the companion 60-page digital book, now available at www.roccobuttliere.com/shop/eiffel-tower-digital-book.
Hi, I wanted to share my latest LEGO Architecture MOC: micro scale Machu Picchu! Here are a few links if you want to learn more about my MOC:
LEGO Ideas site (I appreciate your support š):
ideas.lego.com/projects/bee44110-aad3-43c8-87c7-f159d67e61b4
Instructions:
drive.google.com/file/d/0B9sXrECL6APVNW51RjFuaTVBVFU/view
Flickr Album:
Facebook Group: Lego Machu Picchu
www.facebook.com/LegoMachuPicchu
Parts and 3D Model:
Brown Version
studio.bricklink.com/v2/build/model.page?idModel=11343
rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-8582/diegobaca/machu-picchu/
Green Version
This historic precedent of Colonial Georgian Architecture sits at the heart of Philadelphia's old city center. Independence Hall also played a crucial role in the founding of the United States, as its storied assembly rooms witnessed the signing of both the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787.
The Tripoli Shrine Center is located in Milwaukee, WI. The non-religious building opened in 1928 and is heavily inspired from the Taj Mahal.
The LEGO model uses 369 pieces.
This build is a large castle/landscape display featuring The Knights of the Black Falcon and The Forest Guard.
First and foremost the aim of this build was to showcase what I love about those classic mid-80s Castle sets and specifically my two favourite factions. I have drawn inspiration from the original sets featuring each faction, specifically what I loved about them as a child and aimed to contrast that with what appeals to me as an adult builder.
The build features two fortresses side by side, Falkenholt Castle, the fortress of the Knights of the Black Falcon and an underground network of caves and tunnels that comprise the fortress of the Forest Guard.
Some of the elements that I am most happy with in this build are the level of detail and texture, the cross-section style cutaway on the edges of the build showing the internal structure of the castle as well as the geological layers of rock, clay and soil.
ļø SPQR - Phase I ļø
ā¶ļø Watch the Model Film in 4K on YouTube:
ā¶ļø Intro to SPQR Project:
Support this unprecedented project on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/RoccoButtliere
Parts: 104,000+ (~1,700 unique)
Scale: 1:650
Dimensions: 57in x 289in (143cm x 231cm)
Research Time: 2,000+ hours since 2019
Design Time: 1,000+ hours in 200 days
Build Time: 600+ hours in 90 days
Photography: EClarke Photo š·
Ā© MMXXIII - Rocco Buttliere, LLC
This build is a LEGO replica of Charing Cross, the very centre of my home town of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
Each year for Bendigo Bricks, Bendigo LEGO User Groupās annual brick show, I like to display something from Bendigo built out of LEGO bricks (in the past I have exhibited my Former Bendigo Fire Station and the Shamrock Hotel) and I decided that for Bendigo Bricks 2020 I was going to tackle a streetscape incorporating multiple facades. There are a number of places in Bendigo I could have chosen but I settled on Charing Cross this time as it has a good mix of different building styles.
Charing Cross is the intersection of View Street and Pall Mall and effectively stands at the centre of the city and is one of Bendigoās busiest and most prominent intersections, check out the real place on Google StreetView here. In my build I wanted to capture Charing Cross on an average day featuring Bendigonianās going about their daily lives.
My build includes four distinct facades, starting from left to right they are the Former Commercial Bank of Australia which stands at 11 View Point, 13-15 View Point, the beautiful art nouveau Former Royal Bank Building at 17 View Point and the Former Australian Mutual Provident Society Building at 21 View Point. I have tried to show these buildings as they appear today in their current uses.
Other features include Bendigoās cenotaph, as well as a couple of elements that I built in the past, namely my Bendigo Bus and my Alexandra Fountain (though I have given it a new base in this build, one that is much more representive of its actual location).
I also wanted to include an iconic Bendigo Tram in this build and settled on No. 84. You can find out more about this historic tram here.
Autumn Stream House MOC is a modern home lying among the trees coloured by autumn. Underneath a small stream is living its own life.
My Lego version of Santiago Calatrava's Milwaukee Art Museum. ideas.lego.com/projects/fe154595-dc80-49de-b009-eed7933d3886
Tigerās Nest is the popular name of the Paro Taktsang Monastery.
Itās a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site and temple complex, located in the cliff-side of the upper Paro Valley in Bhutan. The initial temple complex was built in 1692.
The monastery is located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) to the north of Paro and hangs on a precipitous cliff at 10,240 feet above sea-level, about 3,000 feet above the Paro Valley.
The monastery buildings consist of four main temples and residential buildings. They are ideally designed by adapting to the rock (granite) ledges, the caves and the rocky terrain.
This Lego Model of the Monastery has taken around eight months to build with approximately 200,000 parts.
As the city begins to grow beyond Phase I, it's increasingly necessary to clearly visualize the impact of that growth.
Likewise, it's more critical than ever to maintain steady growth of grass roots support for this project!
It's going to take a village to recreate this Imperial Capitol, and your support goes a long way in these efforts; not to mention the rewards that are in store for patrons!
Support this unprecedented project on Patreon!
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