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House plan of Cuboid Garden House.

 

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.

The Wall from Game of Thrones displayed at BrickCan 2024

My LEGO model of the Fisher Building is for the first time displayed inside the real Fisher Building. It will be at the Pure Detroit store until early January, 2014.

I was asked by the designer of this MOC, Daniel Bugeja, to produce instructions for this amazing recreation of Rammas Echor.

 

You can find the instructions on Rebrickable. rebrickable.com/users/Playwell%20Bricks/mocs/

 

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Alt Building-A-Day: Vincent Lelievre, thanks for the inspiration! Was a fun build! Always a fan of your art!

 

Check him out on instagram @vincent__lelievre

 

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This is my latest Moc an Visitor Centre located near a river. It's modeled after a paddle boat.

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.

 

This creation is built on moduverse plates. The garden can be removed and divided into two parts.

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

 

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This is my latest Moc an Visitor Centre located near a river. It's modeled after a paddle boat.

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.

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.

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.

After four years of LEGO construction, my model of the Penobscot Block is complete. It includes models of the Savoyard Center, 1900 (1 foot high), original Penobscot Building, 1905 (3 feet high), Ford Building, 1909 (4 feet high), Penobscot Annex, 1913 (5.5 feet high), and the Penobscot Building, 1928 (9.5 feet to roof, 11 feet to top of spire). The entire block probably weighs on the order of 400 pounds.

 

This photo shows portions of all three Penobscot buildings.

 

The Penobscot Block is being displayed at the Midland Center for the Arts as part of the Art of the Brick exhibit featuring the LEGO art of Nathan Sawaya (June 12 to September 2, 2010). Eighteen of J Spencer Rezkalla's microscale skyscrapers comprising his Skyline exhibit are also on display. The Michigan LEGO train club will have a train and town layout with operating LEGO trains.

This is the 21015 set of the Architecture series (the Leaning Tower of Pisa), but I have added just the little detail of the Italian flag, on the top the tower! :)

No proper landmark of mine would be complete without a corresponding base. And while a simple 32x32-stud baseplate had sufficed in the 2011 original ...

 

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.

Andy picks up his guitar for a few songs.

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.

 

PC: eClarke Photo 📷

 

Full selection of photos on Patreon!

 

Link below ➡️🔗⤵️

 

www.patreon.com/RoccoButtliere

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.

With the commencement of construction works on January 28, 1887, the considerable efforts to prepare a stable foundation for Eiffel Tower had begun ...

 

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.

LEGO scale model of the medieval Belfry tower and contemporary city pavilion in Ghent, Belgium.

 

Scale 1:500

Dimensions: 25.5 x 25.5 cm

~1800 parts

A detail shot to show my attempt to model the brick built setbacks that transition from the base to the shaft of the skyscraper.

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.

 

PC: eClarke Photo 📷

 

Full selection of photos on Patreon!

 

Link below ➡️🔗⤵️

 

www.patreon.com/RoccoButtliere

This was my entry for the Rebrick Mini Building Madness contest where the goal was to build a mini modular building of your own design. This was a fun challenge.

 

"This is the office building of a cutting edge architect firm. The firm is known for it's grand buildings with heavy concrete look mixed with beatiful and odd shapes. Their own office building is a great example of their unique style. This style gathered also a lot of negative reactions from the public and the building received a not so flattering name of "Car Park". It's the type of building that at first sticks out like a sore thumb but over time becomes a major landmark of the area."

️ SPQR - Phase I ️

 

▶️ Watch the Model Film in 4K on YouTube:

youtu.be/zEbGFWenbKI

 

▶️ Intro to SPQR Project:

youtu.be/AUoltNrMyR4

 

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 blacksmith decided to take a lunch break.

I built this Lego creation with inspiration of a photo I found on Instagram by mattiasschlachet. It is always a challenge to mix total darkness and bright light with white Lego, as they reflect light so much. But in the end I was happy with the result :)

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.

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.

One of my three contributions to the Archbrick/BriXtar Skyscraper Challenge. Computer rendering but buildable if you have the bricks.

• Parts: 36,800+ (~1,130 unique)

 

• 📐 Scale: 1:650

 

• 📏 Dimensions: 32in x 51in (80cm x 130cm)

 

• 📚 Research, Design + Build Time: 4 months

 

• Photography: James Vitullo 📷

 

• ©️ MMXXIV - Rocco Buttliere, LLC

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During a brief stint in Washington D.C. in 2023, I spent the better part of a summer evening exploring the grounds of Capitol Hill. Few landscapes invite as much inquiry along winding paths paired with plenty of moments for quiet introspection on marble benches; all in picturesque view of the Capitol dome. These on-site experiences are exactly the form of anecdotal justification I seek when considering whether to recreate such monumental places in the first place.

 

In tackling any work of such storied precedence as the US Capitol, I always seek to expand the conversation beyond existing works in the medium of plastic bricks. While the consistent 1:650 scale among my works has always ensured some level of originality, it is no guarantee of further insight that cannot already be gleaned from existing works by other artists. With this in mind, I set out to capture the full 100-acre site currently maintained by The Architect of the Capitol. What's more, the diorama depicts a particular time of year - specifically late March to early April - as illustrated by the iconic presence of hundreds of cherry blossoms rendered in two shades of light pink.

 

The diorama starts downhill at the trapezoidal Capitol Reflecting Pool, with the Grant Memorial taking pride of place along its eastern edge and the US Botanic Garden across the street to the south. The diorama expands from there, capturing the radiating pathways meandering uphill, as designed by Frederick Law Olmsted within the parcels laid out in the city plan by Pierre Charles L'Enfant. The piece culminates with the widely imitated US Capitol Building, perched atop a plinth projecting from the Capitol Visitor Center on the opposite side.

 

Topping everything off is a custom-made representation of the Statue of Freedom (as designed by Thomas Crawford), steadfastly overlooking the National Mall from atop the dome. The statue was designed in collaboration with BigKidBrix and was sized comparably to the minifigure statuette / trophy element.

 

The piece was designed over the course of about two months: first in December 2023 through January 2024, paused during the build-out of SPQR - Phase II, then resumed between March and April. The build-out lasted from July through August and was completed by September. The piece will soon be added to my personal gallery of works, now available for touring exhibitions.

 

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️ SPQR - Phase I ️

 

▶️ Watch the Model Film in 4K on YouTube:

youtu.be/zEbGFWenbKI

 

▶️ Intro to SPQR Project:

youtu.be/AUoltNrMyR4

 

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

A Lego Group inspired building (Lego Set 10190) (well, at least the bottom floor - the top is all mine).

The "market" in Market Street, allowed early adopters of Lego Modular Building to expand their towns with European styled market space. The set included the allusion that you could (and should) build on top of the market to add variation to the presentation.

 

A 10243 Parisian Cafe`, heavily modified/MOC'ed. Changes include: additional seating outside, front and back; additional seating inside; access to the rear porch seating through the cafe`; bathroom; expanded kitchen area; a separate access path for the residence (not through the cafe` seating area); fully appointed residence (to include a galley kitchen, living room, and bathroom on the first floor, and the artist studio and bedroom on the second floor). The whole MOC is the compilation of 2-10243's (minus one of the kitchens - that went into the Asian Restaurant), plus a few assorted pieces from my own collection.

️ SPQR - Phase I ️

 

▶️ Watch the Model Film in 4K on YouTube:

youtu.be/zEbGFWenbKI

 

▶️ Intro to SPQR Project:

youtu.be/AUoltNrMyR4

 

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

House plan of ground floor. Kitchen in upper left corner, living room in lower left corner, bathroom in upper right corner and bedroom in lower right 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.

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.

 

Barney works on the files while Andy checks out the Mayberry Gazette.

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.

 

PC: eClarke Photo 📷

 

Full selection of photos on Patreon!

 

Link below ➡️🔗⤵️

 

www.patreon.com/RoccoButtliere

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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Detail of the Retail and Terrace on the Tower

 

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.

The United States Capitol Building as a model by Lego Architecture.

This view shows the uncompleted roof of the Fisher Building parking garage. This roof is constructed of LEGO Technic bricks and various plates. The junctions of the technic bricks are covered by 6x6 or larger plates top and bottom with regular red bricks in between to ensure that all 36 studs are gripped. This construction method allows the roof to span 74 studs in the shorter direction with a relatively low profile of 2 bricks high total thickness including the final top surface (not shown here).

 

The parking garage in the real building was originally designed to hold 1,100 cars.

It was a very welcome surprise to have been contacted by Graham for the publication of my MOC on the popular monthly LEGO magazine, BLOCKS.

 

It's so rewarding that someone else appreciates your work!

 

Thanks again for choosing me and see you next time!

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