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Model Installed at the National Building Museum
Over the last 6 weeks, I had the amazing opportunity to design and build my largest LEGO creation yet. When the National Building Museum announced they were expanding their exhibit on LEGO architecture and invited Robert A.M. Stern Architects to submit a model, I jumped at the chance. There were a lot of long hours and sleepless nights as a result, but I am very happy with the end result and am honored to have something that can be enjoyed by thousands rather than just anyone who happens to be in my living room. Here are some facts and statistics:
Project: 15 Central Park West
Architect: Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP
Location: New York, New York
Building Height: 548 ft (35 stories)
Scale of Model: 1” = 16’-0”
Height of Model: 36”
Number of Pieces Used: over 30,000
Time to Create: 200 hours (100 hours to design; 100 hours to build)
This model is now on display in the National Building Museum in Washington, DC as part of the expanded exhibit LEGO Architecture: Towering Ambition from now until September 3, 2012. It is in the company of 15 models by LEGO certified professional builder Adam Reed Tucker, so I did my best to create something deserving of sharing the floor with them.
Eiffel Tower is topped off with a suitably elegant cupola. This crown has been slightly obscured ...
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.
Parts: 8,500+ (~490 unique)
Scale: 1:650
Dimensions: 13.5in x 16in (34cm x 40cm)
PC: Eric Clarke
© MMXXII - Rocco Buttliere, LLC
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For further insights into the Design + Build process, check out the content on my Patreon page! Link to Patreon page ➡️🔗⬅️
Väven is a cultural center in Umeå, Sweden located next to Ume River. Väven was built in 2011-2014 and next to Väven is the hotel Stora Hotellet. Architects are Norwegian Snøhetta and White arkitekter. Instructions in BriXtar app, search for aukbricks. Computer rendering.
Ground floor. Southeastern corner.
This house has a number of cuboid bodies linked together by a dark blue tiled hallway hosting a spiral staircase. Large glass windows offer a view of the ground floor and roof garden. Solar panels and home grown vegetables contribute to a sustainable way of living.
Exterior.
Whitebrick Sand House is characterized by straight lines, glass and sandy colours. Placed in desertlike environment, yet close to civilization. Somewhere to relax.
Calmwater Cliff House is located on a cliff by the beach. Two floors with a terrace on each floor. Downstairs you find a spacious kitchen and dining area, a bathroom and home office. Upstairs you find a music corner with sea view, a bedroom and the main entrance.
As you see it´s a LEGO house and I´ve mainly used the colours black, dark tan, tan and reddish brown.
I wanted to make a modern home - in some way inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and the colours of the 20th century - updated to 21st century lifestyle.
️ SPQR - Phase I ️
▶️ Watch the Model Film in 4K on YouTube:
▶️ Intro to SPQR Project:
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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 📷
© MMXXIII - Rocco Buttliere, LLC
The newly restored and substantially redesigned version of my original 2015 piece depicting the Palace of Westminster in London.
For further insights into the Design + Build process - along with extensive historical precedence - check out the accompanying model film over on YouTube!
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 😁):
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
Welcome to the University of Cambricks!
Turn your Hogwarts Castle set into this University to fit within your Lego Modular city street!
The build uses 5200 pieces out of the 6020 included in the original 71043 set.
These instructions come in two PDF files of 561 combined pages of high quality images, at 5x4 aspect ratio ideal for tablets.
All steps are carefully designed to match Lego quality for the clearest and most enjoyable building experience.
Instructions are available for purchase on Rebrickable here: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-92684
Follow me on Instagram @Bolt.Builds for more updates and releases.
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.
A comprehensive, 60-page digital book highlighting the historical precedence of Eiffel Tower alongside the high-resolution images of the piece is now available at www.roccobuttliere.com/shop/eiffel-tower-digital-book. The second half of this book provides extensive insights into the design + build process of this 7,900-part, scale LEGO model; insights which were previously only available to subscribers on Patreon. Don’t miss out on this inspiring and concept-to-completion highlight of one of my most iconic works!
Parts: 8,500+ (~490 unique)
Scale: 1:650
Dimensions: 13.5in x 16in (34cm x 40cm)
PC: Eric Clarke
© MMXXII - Rocco Buttliere, LLC
______________________________________
For further insights into the Design + Build process, check out the content on my Patreon page! Link to Patreon page ➡️🔗⬅️
I am very pleased to present the Legacy Tower in Rochester, New York.
My client loves the architecture of this building and wanted it done in microscale for his collection. As always, we worked together closely to make sure his imagination became a reality.
The resulting design is 13.6 " (34.6 cm) high and the base is 7.6" (19.2cm) square. All together there are 4001 pieces.
This was easily the most complex microscale build I have done to date and it was an incredibly fun challenge!
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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 Group’s 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 Bendigo’s 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 Bendigonian’s 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 Bendigo’s 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.
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".
The rule of TV seems to be that every show needs to have a Christmas episode at some point. I guess this is what’s going on here… ;-)
Merry Christmas to all you builders out there who’s builds have been inspirational presents each and every day for the past years as well as to everyone who takes interest in what I’ve been doing here.
The „Full Steam 2“ series with LOTS of new builds will be my present under YOUR trees. I hope you’ll enjoy it.
⛲ The imperial domūs that once stood lavishly atop the Palatine Hill are the reason we have the word "Palace"! ⛲
📜 Perhaps none described it better than Roman court poets Statius and Martial when they recalled the splendor of the Imperial Palace on the Palatine:
"The Domus Augustiana must have been magnificent, foremost for its size. It extended over such an area that one's eyes would grow weary from looking at it, like the infinity of the sky, except in gold. There were columns enough to hold up the universe if Atlas had decided to rest. It was so tall that the pyramids of Egypt seemed ridiculous in comparison: it appeared as if the seven hills of Rome had been stacked, rising to the height of the stars, beyond the clouds."
Be the first to see the DESIGN INSIGHTS for the PALATIUM on Patreon now!
Link to my Patreon page.
I am very pleased to present the Legacy Tower in Rochester, New York.
My client loves the architecture of this building and wanted it done in microscale for his collection. As always, we worked together closely to make sure his imagination became a reality.
The resulting design is 13.6 " (34.6 cm) high and the base is 7.6" (19.2cm) square. All together there are 4001 pieces.
This was easily the most complex microscale build I have done to date and it was an incredibly fun challenge!
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Contact us for details on your own custom LEGO® designs, parts, printed bricks, stickers, or instructions.
Keep Dreaming in Bricks!
#lego #moc #playwellbricks #legoideas #creativity #legoart #art #legotechniques #legofacebook #theartoflego #legomasterbuilder #legofan #legoaddict #legolovers #legofun #legocreation #legolife #legophoto #legopicture #toys #toyphotography #geek #Legogeek #studio #legobrick #minifigure #legacytower #rochester
Parts: 8,500+ (~490 unique)
Scale: 1:650
Dimensions: 13.5in x 16in (34cm x 40cm)
PC: Eric Clarke
© MMXXII - Rocco Buttliere, LLC
______________________________________
For further insights into the Design + Build process, check out the content on my Patreon page! Link to Patreon page ➡️🔗⬅️
️ SPQR - Phase I ️
▶️ Watch the Model Film in 4K on YouTube:
▶️ 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 📷
© MMXXIII - Rocco Buttliere, LLC
Court house 13905 Lego® Bricks Design by Stefano Mapelli ©2021 Stebrick www.stebrick.com Video:
A comprehensive, 60-page digital book highlighting the historical precedence of Eiffel Tower alongside the high-resolution images of the piece is now available at www.roccobuttliere.com/shop/eiffel-tower-digital-book. The second half of this book provides extensive insights into the design + build process of this 7,900-part, scale LEGO model; insights which were previously only available to subscribers on Patreon. Don’t miss out on this inspiring and concept-to-completion highlight of one of my most iconic works!
Calmwater Cliff House is located on a cliff by the beach. Two floors with a terrace on each floor. Downstairs you find a spacious kitchen and dining area, a bathroom and home office. Upstairs you find a music corner with sea view, a bedroom and the main entrance.
As you see it´s a LEGO house and I´ve mainly used the colours black, dark tan, tan and reddish brown.
I wanted to make a modern home - in some way inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and the colours of the 20th century - updated to 21st century lifestyle.
W. 61st Street Facade
Over the last 6 weeks, I had the amazing opportunity to design and build my largest LEGO creation yet. When the National Building Museum announced they were expanding their exhibit on LEGO architecture and invited Robert A.M. Stern Architects to submit a model, I jumped at the chance. There were a lot of long hours and sleepless nights as a result, but I am very happy with the end result and am honored to have something that can be enjoyed by thousands rather than just anyone who happens to be in my living room. Here are some facts and statistics:
Project: 15 Central Park West
Architect: Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP
Location: New York, New York
Building Height: 548 ft (35 stories)
Scale of Model: 1” = 16’-0”
Height of Model: 36”
Number of Pieces Used: over 30,000
Time to Create: 200 hours (100 hours to design; 100 hours to build)
This model is now on display in the National Building Museum in Washington, DC as part of the expanded exhibit LEGO Architecture: Towering Ambition from now until September 3, 2012. It is in the company of 15 models by LEGO certified professional builder Adam Reed Tucker, so I did my best to create something deserving of sharing the floor with them.
It is a modular fish market sized 64x32 studs comprising seven pavilions and few bridges. The market is divided into wet goods and dry goods zone, with shops ranged from fish stalls, flower shop and grocery stores at Ground, and cafe and restaurant on the 1st Floor. Vibrant Coral and Dark Azur are adopted as colour palette of the design. Built with several types of window frames, a huge canopy provides weather proection to the people below. Enjoy shopping and eating with proper distancing!
This was a fun one! A shopping mall spanning 3 blocks.
We are building all of Downtown Houston. The finished model will be 4 feet by 5 feet, with over 50,000 pieces! We will debut this model at Brick Fiesta.
Support our epic build of the entire downtown Houston, and get on Sponsors' Row! We'll build your business and place it on our model to be seen by thousands in Houston. PM me for details or visit
www.gofundme.com/f/micro-houston-brick-display
Visit Brick Fiesta at www.brickfiesta.com
Visit our club at www.houstonbrickclub.com
Brookside Mansion
I am very proud to unveil my most challenging work to date, The Brookside Mansion! The mansion was originally constructed in 1889 by the industrialist John H. Bass. It now serves as the administration building for the University of Saint Francis, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration acquired the building in 1944 and converted it into a university. Originally the mansion was the only building to house the university but, as the university campus grew, it served in many roles and, as mentioned, now serves as the administration building.
In 2009, the Sisters began a restoration of the building and did an breath taking job of bringing it back to its original glory while modernizing it where needed.
It is truly a spectacular architectural delight and a dream design for any LEGO designer. I was truly honoured to be chosen for such a monumental task.
Part Count: 63807
Dimensions: 51.3" x 54.2" x 31.1"
Weight: 133.75 lbs
Design Time: 2 months
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DESIGN Insights for my latest commission piece depicting the Hawthorn Mall Redevelopment!
Now live on Patreon!
Link below ➡️🔗⤵️
ideas.lego.com/s/p:5e756891712b400084c9980ff7d16252
This is my moc presented on lego ideas, Below some information on the model.
Welcome in Venezia
The Idea:
I decide to develop a monument of my country, it could be a mix between an architecure model and a creator model. It is an iconic monument of Venice.
The model info:
The model is scaled 1 to 100 to real measure. The span of bridge measure are 28 stud (cm) as the real one. There are twentyfour commercial shop and boutique, all windows and doors are openable and you can see through. I propose a mix between two different type of lego, the first one an architecture model where you can appreciate the structure of the bridge, the second one as a creator model where there are scenes of the daily life in Venice. One gondola and its Gondoliere are surfing the canal. The scale of microfigure shows us how big is the Rialto Bridge.
Data:
Dimension : 50 cm x 40 cm x 24 cm
Microfigure: 1 gondola 9 microfigure
Bottega: 24 commercial shops
The arches of shop are different between internal and external two different tecniques
Thank you very much for your attention!
Brick_come
Larry and Josette's buildings.
The MichLTC display runs from November 27, 2009 to January 3, 2010 in conjunction with the LEGO Castle Adventure exhibit at The Henry Ford.
Calmwater Cliff House is located on a cliff by the beach. Two floors with a terrace on each floor. Downstairs you find a spacious kitchen and dining area, a bathroom and home office. Upstairs you find a music corner with sea view, a bedroom and the main entrance.
As you see it´s a LEGO house and I´ve mainly used the colours black, dark tan, tan and reddish brown.
I wanted to make a modern home - in some way inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and the colours of the 20th century - updated to 21st century lifestyle.
Calmwater Cliff House is located on a cliff by the beach. Two floors with a terrace on each floor. Downstairs you find a spacious kitchen and dining area, a bathroom and home office. Upstairs you find a music corner with sea view, a bedroom and the main entrance.
As you see it´s a LEGO house and I´ve mainly used the colours black, dark tan, tan and reddish brown.
I wanted to make a modern home - in some way inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright and the colours of the 20th century - updated to 21st century lifestyle.
Construction of this 190-meter-tall Frankfurt skyscraper designed by Danish Bjarke Ingels Group started in 2016 and lasted until September 2019, when the first tenants moved in. It is since Frankfurt’s seventh-tallest structure, altering the city’s skyline in a major way. Omniturm offers not only office space but also condominiums at a previously unreachable point in the city, 100 meters above ground amidst the Frankfurt skyline, adjacent to iconic skyscrapers such as Sir Norman Foster’s Commerzbank Tower or SAA Schweger Architekten’s Main Tower. The floors containing the apartments are offset from the building’s core in a spiral shape to accommodate balconies, resulting in the Omniturm’s signature “hip swing”. The lower floors are open to the public while a roof terrace is accessible for tenants or inhabitants.
This model consists of 1,739 parts and is built in scale 1:650.
Hidden Home Park is an underground modern, sustainable home hidden in a green park. Trees, bushes and flowers. A roof and an atrium garden. Kitchen garden with herbs. Three patios with lots of windows. Two ponds and a bench where you can meditate. Two bee hives symbolize the symbiosis of animals, plants and humans.
It is my entry to the Swebrick contest Master Builder of the Year 2017 ending on March 1st 2018.
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.
During a trip in July 2017, I had the chance to explore the area around the Washington Monument, and I have to say, it's an incredibly impressive structure.
The Washington Monument, completed in 1884, was built to honor George Washington, the first President of the United States and one of the Founding Fathers. The idea of erecting a monument in his honor began shortly after his death in 1799, but due to funding challenges and the Civil War, construction faced numerous delays. Designed by architect Robert Mills, the monument stands 555 feet tall and was, at the time of its completion, the tallest structure in the world.
The idea of creating a diorama of the monument came to me quite recently, in October, as I wanted to add something unique to my portfolio beyond skyscrapers, bridges, or churches, and now it's finally done! The diorama spans from the west of the obelisk to the east, stopping at 15th Street Northwest, representing a total area of 11.5 hectares (30 acres) and made up of over 8,000 individual pieces.
The biggest challenge in designing this model was recreating the landscape as accurately as possible, following the natural curves of the terrain and the winding paths around the obelisk. Since nearly nothing aligns with the standard LEGO grid, I had to employ a lot of creative techniques to achieve this! The design process began with the creation of the obelisk itself, and very quickly, upon realizing the complexity of building an accurate obelisk, I decided to use custom pieces.
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 Group’s 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 Bendigo’s 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 Bendigonian’s 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 Bendigo’s 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.
Pièces : 1780
Dimensions : 35cm * 22cm * 9cm
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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.
Welcome to the University of Cambricks!
Turn your Hogwarts Castle set into this University to fit within your Lego Modular city street!
The build uses 5200 pieces out of the 6020 included in the original 71043 set.
These instructions come in two PDF files of 561 combined pages of high quality images, at 5x4 aspect ratio ideal for tablets.
All steps are carefully designed to match Lego quality for the clearest and most enjoyable building experience.
Instructions are available for purchase on Rebrickable here: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-92684
Follow me on Instagram @Bolt.Builds for more updates and releases.
️ SPQR - Phase I ️
▶️ Watch the Model Film in 4K on YouTube:
▶️ 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 📷
© MMXXIII - Rocco Buttliere, LLC