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What could be a more monumental way of commemorating the 2,777th anniversary of the Founding of Rome than by debuting Phase II of my SPQR diorama?
With Phase II now successfully added, the diorama grows to roughly 211,000 individual plastic bricks and represents several thousand hours of research, design and build time executed over two-and-a-half years!
A smile would belie the resolute burden of committing to recreating the entire Eternal City over many years, but I'm grateful to be tempered by a constant knowing that so many are paying close attention to this impossible overview; which 1 million fourth century inhabitants never knew themselves, and one which I can only hope to faithfully represent at this scale and in these media for millions to learn from today.
That which is done well enough, is done quickly enough. Festina lente.
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Lego's Architecture line includes a very nice rendition of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, built in Mill Run, Pennsylvania in the 1930s and famed for incorporating the terrain and the waterfall as major architectural elements. The Lego version, rated at Age 16+ and consisting of 811 pieces, costs $99.99 and is a very nice 3-hour build.
A key feature of this set is that the terrain is one separate build, and the house itself is several separate builds. The foundation now has been completed and slid into the terrain.
Photographed at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan during a visit on December 17, 2012.
At the time, the museum was featuring a "Towering Ambitions" display of Lego skyscrapers. This one, at eighteen feeet, is far and away the tallest. Thinking outside the brick
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My first try at a Lego Architecture set depicting a building outside the US. Although I wanted to get London's Big Ben first, it was sold out, so I settled for Seoul's main southern gate, Sungnyemun.
This is my first attempt at building a Lego model of East Asian style building, and it turns out quite well. A worthy addition to my Lego collection, even with the disgusting fascist restoration currently under progress in South Korea.
Foundation is pretty much complete, with the pathway, the grass, and hinges in place. The hinges are for slanted side pieces.
This is the 21002 set of Lego Architecture series, but I preferred that one designed for New York Skyline set (21028), too. So I mixed both sets to create this my personal MOC for my collection of architectural landmarks! :)
Based loosely on BCD Colonial Revival House instructions. Instead of it being the 3 floors of simple boxes, I've fleshed it out a bit, adding fully furnished rooms and stairs to the second floor and a pull down ladder to the attic (which is also furnished with a guest bed and a desk/office area).
LEGO scale model of the Saint Nicholas Church and Corn Market in Ghent, Belgium.
Scale 1:500
Dimensions: 25.5 x 25.5 cm
~2500 parts
The very first two Lego Architecture sets, released 2008, featured Chicago's two most prominent skyscrapers, the Sears Tower (Set 21000) and the John Hancock Center (Set 21001). The Hancock, which failed to replicate the real building's slanted exterior walls, was discontinued at the end of 2011, while the Sears Tower set was renamed the Willis Tower, to coincide with the renaming of the real thing.
The Willis Tower is a straightforward build using 69 pieces.
The completed model, with two antennas on top that also serve to hide the studs of the top brick.
Lego's Architecture line includes a very nice rendition of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, built in Mill Run, Pennsylvania in the 1930s and famed for incorporating the terrain and the waterfall as major architectural elements. The Lego version, rated at Age 16+ and consisting of 811 pieces, costs $99.99 and is a very nice 3-hour build.
The unpacked set. Lots more beige pieces like my previous Architecture sets, plus many of them are small. This won't be a child's play.
This is my personal version of a MOC of Pyramids of Gyza in Egypt in Lego Architecture style.
I know... It is not so difficult to build a pyramid in LEGO :)
So I tried to imagine its context in the desert, with a little oasis and other little pyramids really existing in Gyza.
In truth, the oasis is my wife's contribution! :)
For the addiction of the Sphinx, I have to thank Kristi, a MOCcer here on Flickr, who enlightened me about how to build it in an amazing way!
📜 The western spur of the Esquiline Hill was known in ancient times as the Fagutal. It is here that we will begin to explore the immediate surroundings of the Baths of Trajan. The urban condition here was largely a continuation of the Subura neighborhood with the notable exception being the higher terrain and, therefore, more valuable land therein. The Fagutal Hill of the 4th century CE included lavish residences, alongside proto-Christian basilicas and the Augustan-era Porticus Liviae. According to Pliny the Elder's Natural History, "...at Rome, in the Porticus Liviae, a single vine, with its leaf-clad trellises, protects with its shade the walks in the open air..." Just as a vine splits into multiple offshoots, so too are these insights one and the same, but ultimately strewn between two adjacent parcels of the Fagutal Hill.
Don't miss these all-new DESIGN Insights post highlighting Phase II of my ongoing efforts to build all of Ancient Rome, circa mid-4th century CE!
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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/"
This is the consolidation of Lego sets 40178, 40305, 60097, and 5005358 into one Modular Building Lego Store.
First floor includes the pick a brick wall, the "Cash Wrap," shelves of product, and other displays. The Second floor has additional shelves of products and displays. The Third floor holds the Manager's office area, the stock room, the employee's bathroom, and the minifig factory assembly station. All 4 sets are represented within the building, plus I grabbed a couple of additional parts from 31081 Skate House, (the black 4x3x1 frame for the trap door on the roof, and the printed 2x2x1 graffiti Dk red brick).
This is the 21013 set of the Architecture series, but I have modified just some little details, above all on the roof the tower! :)
️ 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
Photography: EClarke Photo 📷
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️ SUBURA MEDIA - Design Insights
📜 You'd be forgiven for thinking - given the title of Subura Media - this portion of the densely populated ancient neighborhood of Rome would fall between the previously covered minor and maior. While you'd be correct in the topographical ordering of the three, Subura Media comes out on top as the one with the largest area, which is especially fitting given it is the final subsection of my Phase II design efforts focused entirely on Subura.
Don't miss these all-new DESIGN Insights post highlighting Phase II of my ongoing efforts to build all of Ancient Rome, circa mid-4th century CE!
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This is the MOC I made in Queens on Friday night. I was just playing around with the bricks and trying to achieve different shapes and add some SNOT for detail and to break away from keeping it all square.
I was able to attend two different events here in NYC, in Queens on Friday and in Manhattan on Monday. Both days were basically just free building, but it was fun.
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 model was commissioned by Living Sky Casino in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was unveiled at their 10-year anniversary celebration on December 28, 2018.
Model was built by MEEP Creative Agency (LEGO builder: kellyrev) in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The seven stone-cut murals on the side of the real building were redrawn and printed on vinyl stickers.
I'm back with my newest moc, the Red London Telephone Box.
The model contains 1856 pieces and features lots of interesting details. The door can be opened to reveal an authentic detailed interior, complete with an old fashioned telephone.
As well as the phone box I've also included a British pillar box and a street lamp complete with hanging flower baskets.
I think the iconic London Telephone Box would be a great subject for a LEGO IDEAS set so I've uploaded it to the LEGO IDEAS website. If you like the model I'd be really grateful if you could head over and give the model your support. 10,000 votes and it could become a real set.
Thanks very much.
This is just a little preview of the new Lego-Architecture sets.
No credit goes to me.
Update: The sets are now aviable at shop @ home. Cklick here: shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Leaf.aspx?cn=627&d=70
Lego's Architecture line includes a very nice rendition of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, built in Mill Run, Pennsylvania in the 1930s and famed for incorporating the terrain and the waterfall as major architectural elements. The Lego version, rated at Age 16+ and consisting of 811 pieces, costs $99.99 and is a very nice 3-hour build.
The completed set - quite an awesome sight. This is my first Architecture set that represents something I have not seen in person, though based on photographs of the real Fallingwater, the essence is well captured in this set. To allow further appreciation of the architecture, this set was designed modularly; the terrain is one separate build, the foundation of the house a second separate build, and each of the three floors, plus the roof, are all separate builds as well, sliding out easily.
Set 21007 is modeled after New York City's Rockefeller Center. It consists of 240 pieces, is rated Age 10+, and took me 40 minutes to build.
The pieces, plus the instruction manual that includes details on the building itself and its construction in the 1930s.
For my first Lego Architecture sets, I decided on three New York City landmarks. With yet another trip to New York City about to start in a week, I wanted to get into a New York state of mind, just like the Billy Joel song.
This is just a little preview of the new Lego-Architecture sets.
No credit goes to me.
Update: The sets are now aviable at shop @ home. Cklick here: shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Leaf.aspx?cn=627&d=70
This is just a little preview of the new Lego-Architecture sets.
No credit goes to me.
Update: The sets are now aviable at shop @ home. Cklick here: shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Leaf.aspx?cn=627&d=70
Despite using similar building techniques, the adjacent building of the Steinway Tower has a very different-looking façade that aims to imitate reality as closely as possible. This effect is achieved with a simple but super effective technique, using 1x1 quarter tiles for small windows, and brackets or 1x1 plates for the larger ones.