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On July 1st, I installed my recently completed commission piece depicting the Hawthorn Mall redevelopment! You can see the full diorama for yourself on the second-level in the Transformation Suite at the mall in Vernon Hills, IL.
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One of my three contributions to the Archbrick/BriXtar Skyscraper Challenge. Computer rendering but buildable if you have the bricks.
💨 In order to allow fresh air deep into the massive substructures, the Romans placed ventilation shafts at the surface.
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This shows the overall footprint of the model (not counting lawn and sidewalks which could extend the block size to 6x7 32 stud (10 inch) baseplates.
In order to save storage space when the model is not on display, besides the four corner modules, there are 8 straight wall segments. One the wall segments includes the main exterior staircase which takes up more than a baseplate all by itself.
Not yet shown are the two modules for the interior light courts which were topped by large skylights later in the building's history.
The third LEGO skyscraper goes up in Wasabi District! At just over 3 feet tall and over 5000 pieces, this 10-storey building is the first office skyscraper in Wasabi District!
After 22 months of off and on construction, the LEGO Guardian Building is complete. The model is 8 feet (2.46 meters) high to the roof.
This model will be displayed for the first time at the Henry Ford Museum starting on November 24, 2014 and ending in early January 2015.
This image shows the main Griswold street entrance with the upper windows topped by stepped arches. I found it impossible to do justice to the Pewabic tiled half dome.
This build was for a client (Architecture). While the project remains undisclosed and is temporarily shelved due to COVID-19, I want to share the images before boxing up the model for a while. Hopefully this project will get revealed to the public and built at some point.
Joining venerable LEGO creations like my David Stott Building and Chris Leach's Dime Building/Chrysler House is Steve Ringe's new Buhl Building model (the nearest structure on the corner).
The identical buildings on either side of the Chameli Farsh serve not merely to balance the prevailing bilateral symmetry, but as a guesthouse (pictured here) along the eastern edge and a mosque (opposite pictured) along the western edge. Both buildings feature a tripartite design, bolstered with octagonal corner turrets in front, topped by four corner chhatris, and surmounted with three domes of a similar style to those of the mausoleum. The predominantly sandstone façades are embellished with marble inlays of pietra dura for the spandrels, as well as dado outlines along the base and calligraphic inlays for the border of the Mosque’s iwan, while that of the guesthouse are of a floral design. The placement of the mosque on the west wide of the platform allows for a mihrab (a niche facing Mecca in the wall of a mosque) behind the central arcade. The floors of the mosque are inlaid with the outlines of 569 prayer rugs of black marble. Conversely, the interior of the guesthouse is simply one large nave with geometric floor designs.
With the mosque serving as the site to which the faithful were called to prayer, it is fitting that the guesthouse has been called the Jawab, meaning “answer.” The title reflects its status as an auxiliary building mirrored for the sake of compositional balance, though ultimately still useful as quarters for visiting dignitaries of the time.
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!
️ SPQR - Phase I ️
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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
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Independence Hall - Philadelphia
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️ 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
💡 These three peristylia were essentially light wells into the basement floors of the Domus Augustana.
As a result, these details will largely go UNSEEN to all but the keenest viewers!
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Building-A-Day 31: 1730 Jefferson St - Houstons First Baptist Church Downtown
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This build is part of a larger display I’m developing for exhibition next year, where I’ll be revisiting and expanding on the concept of Neo Fabuland—a reinterpretation of the classic Fabuland aesthetic, much like how Neo-Classic Space draws inspiration from the original Classic Space theme. If you’re 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. I’m especially pleased with the textures throughout—the flowing water, the stonework, and the building itself—as 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.
My first attempt at building in microscale, what a challenge! I built this for my co-worker Dan, who is a bigger LEGO nerd than myself, which is just fantastic. He is throwing a birthday/housewarming party that I sadly can't attend, but I figured that this might be a funny little gift for him. What do you think?
My entry to Swebrick Brick Challenge for March 2018. The challenge was to use the minifig flipper footgear in a MOC. This part doesn´t come in that many colours and that made it even more challenging.
I came up with this small health center building. Lime green flippers are used as tree foliage and red flippers are used as awnings.
A floating home by the sea. Modern and comfortable. The house is surrounded by a wooden deck and shallow water. A bridge connects the deck to the guay. Fully interiored as always. Kitchen, toilet and living room downstairs. Bathroom, bedroom and storage space upstairs. You find photos of the interiors in my photostream.
Inspiration comes from childhood summers and sailing with my parents. It was a challenge to catch the maritime feeling with details such as railings and stays and at the same time keep the design clean and modern.
I used dark blue bricks to create the water surface. The more common technique with transparent tiles or plates wasn't really on option because it didn't fit in the colour scheme.
Using a 1x2 slope with a grille as a window for a skyscraper is a technique I’ve wanted to use for a long time. A couple of days ago, while exploring NYC on Google Earth, I spotted a building that would be perfect for it!
1160 6th Avenue is a 180-meter-tall building in Manhattan, completed in 1974.
This build is part of a larger display I'm developing for exhibition next year, where I'll be revisiting and expanding on the concept of Neo Fabuland—a reinterpretation of the classic Fabuland aesthetic, much like how Neo-Classic Space draws inspiration from the original Classic Space theme.
I currently have several builds in progress for this display, and this is the second one to be completed.
This build is not inspired by an existing Fabuland set. It features a stucco rendered brick train station building with a tiled roof on a stone platform perched on a hilltop. The build includes a cutaway bridge underpass and rounded rocks as well as my spreading tree technique.
The train in this build is based on the engine from 910035 Logging Railway and 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.
⛰️ The fabled seven hills of Rome were characterized by flat tops and tiered, steep sides: they were the result of eons worth of volcanic activity. 🌋
️ The Capitolium atop the higher of the two Capitoline hilltops featured an enormous substruction which was first built in the 6th Century BCE! ️
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️ 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
The Charbagh of Taj Mahal – though distinctly divided into four quadrants – is further subdivided into four parterres per quadrant, totaling sixteen parterres in all. A parterre is a slightly sunken substrate of a formal garden. In this case, it is used to describe the sixteen separate areas of flowerbeds (represented in LEGO with bright green exposed studs) which cover the majority of the Charbagh surface. While cypress trees (represented with sand green unicorn horns) line all four channels of water in the gardens, exquisitely delineated flowerbeds are placed along only the central axis, effectively providing further emphasis to the directionality of the overall complex. Here in the model, these geometric flowerbeds are represented with the use of brown Minecraft swords.
Taj Mahal would perhaps be best described as the resulting confluence between a flourishing architectural & cultural movement and a far more intimate & stirring testament to the marital devotion of a single man. Much like the tributary of the Ganges which forms the river Yamuna, Taj Mahal is widely considered to represent the peak of Mughal architecture for the distinct set of circumstances surrounding its commission and construction, as well as the unrivaled level of embellishment throughout its design.
Shah Jahan – born Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram, but known by his regnal title meaning “King of the World” – married Arjumand Banu Begum in 1612 after a five-year betrothal. The two were said to be hopelessly enamoured with each other, as Shah Jahan found her, in his own words, “in appearance and character elect among all the women of the time.” Early on, she was bestowed the regnal title of Mumtaz Mahal, meaning “Jewel of the Palace.” Though she was the second of four wives to Shah Jahan, there was never any doubt Mumtaz was his clear favorite and most beloved. As Empress Consort, she bore him fourteen children, but tragically died from postpartum hemorrhage in June 1631 after delivering their fourteenth child. The dreadful news soon reached the emperor, who, at the time, was overseeing a campaign in the Deccan Plateau. Several of the Shah Jahan’s court chroniclers took particular note of the emperor’s inconsolability during this period: while several of the more hyperbolic raconteurs said that the few hairs of grey in his beard gave way to fully white facial hair by the time he reappeared at court after a week of intense mourning. Whatever the case may have been during those dark first days following the death of Mumtaz Mahal, it is clear that the efforts put forth on her tomb would transcend the already considerably ornamental qualities and grand, palatial monumentality of Indo-Islamic architecture.
Tiger’s Nest is the popular name of the Paro Taktsang Monastery.
It’s 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 art deco structure was probably built in the late 1920s. It contained the Colonial Department Store and at some point a Cunningham's Drug store. It is located at 25 State Street just west of Woodward Avenue. The building is currently empty.
The Colonial Department Store was mentioned in a book describing the sad state of affairs in the year 1933 during the Great Depression: "In Detroit, the Colonial Department Store agreed to accept farm produce in exchange for goods - a dress went for three barrels of Saginaw Bay herring, three pairs of shoes for a 500 pound sow, and other merchandise went for fifty crates of eggs or 180 pounds of honey." from page 452 of "Lords of Finance - The Bankers Who Broke The World" by Liaquat Ahamed.
The model was built to help fill out my LEGO city block that contains the David Stott Building. The original version of this model was only one-half the width shown in the picture above so it would fit in a 64 stud wide city block. Some people actually noticed that my model was too narrow. Now that city block is going to be 96 studs wide. The front of the first floor remains somewhat conjectural since it it currently covered by metal security screens.
️ 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
Reverse-engineering other builds has always been a good way for me to learn new techniques! In the case of Rocco Buttliere's works, it is sometimes quite challenging to achieve a model, as these builds are intricate and complex. To help me, there were occasionally insights that allowed me to look at the internal structure, but sometimes there weren't any, and that’s where the real challenge began!
Skyscraper inspired by the Lego House in Billund, Denmark. Computer rendering but buildable if you have the bricks.
Ebisu East Gallery is a wedding venue and restaurant located in Tokyo, Japan. Modular building is constructed of about 8000 bricks and the back and one side can be opened.
Some bricks have been chosen in colors that are not currently available to make the final result look more like the real building. Computer rendering.
SBD 10001 French Palace, Modular Lego House. Design by Stefano Mapelli ©2014. info@stebrick.com
Buy Instructions at: stebrick.e-junkie.com
Stefano Garzya asked me to help him complete his Helm's Deep project. So I got to work and added the Great Hall, Mountain Side, staircases and did some structural work to bring his vision to life.
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