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Some of the detail and you can see the 120 degree twist that is incorporated into the building.
Shanghai tower:
320 hours to build
74216 Bricks
Built by Ryan McNaught and Mitchell Kruik
Hey all! In case you haven't been following @wooootles on Instagram, I have posted a few updates with Wasabi District, mainly road expansions and a new office skyscraper. Check them out!
With 18 stories, over 9000 LEGO pieces and measuring over 6 feet tall, this modern skyscraper is the tallest, largest building in the Wasabi District!
The 1st floor lobby of the hotel.
Looking at the Australian towers in the Exhibtion.
Infinity Tower; Brisbane
Q1 on the Gold Coast
Eureka Tower; Melbourne
Central Park; Perth
The exhibition uses over 500,000 bricks in the towers, plus another 250,000 for peoeple to play with.
The exhibition is now on at Sydney Living Museums until April 2015
With 18 stories, over 9000 LEGO pieces and measuring over 6 feet tall, this modern skyscraper is the tallest, largest building in the Wasabi District!
This MichLUG display is part of the Detroit Design Festival at the College for Creative Studies- Ford Campus. The display will be up until evening of September 21st. My David Stott building model is next to Scot Thompson's 1 Detroit Center and Chris Leach's Dime Building (Chrysler House).
My model of the Penobscot block is part of a Michigan Lego Train Club layout. I did not quite finish the block; the Penobscot Annex should be about 17 stories higher than it appears here.
The MichLTC display runs from November 27, 2009 to January 3, 2010 in conjunction with the LEGO Castle Adventure exhibit at The Henry Ford.
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.
This view shows my LEGO model of the 47 story tall Penobscot building along with the other buildings on its block.
The base of the building is massive in its own right, its a very perculiar shape.
Shanghai tower:
320 hours to build
74216 Bricks
Built by Ryan McNaught and Mitchell Kruik
With 18 stories, over 9000 LEGO pieces and measuring over 6 feet tall, this modern skyscraper is the tallest, largest building in the Wasabi District!
Sing us a song, you're the piano man, Sing us a song tonight! Near straight copy found in the 41101 set.
Hey all! In case you haven't been following @wooootles on Instagram, I have posted a few updates with Wasabi District, mainly road expansions and a new office skyscraper. Check them out!
More than 42 inches tall, More than 6000 pieces, this hip, modern apartment skyscraper is my second tallest and second biggest MOC, located in the heart of Wasabi District.
Includes amenities such as a rooftop swimming pool up top and Wasabi District's first Dunkin Donuts.
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!
My Lego model of the David Stott Building which stands about 7.5 feet to the roof. The dark orange and tan bricks were the closest colors available to approximate the color of the real building. The real building needs a good power washing. At the time of completion, this was my tallest Lego skyscraper.
The Vybe Hotel - the newest addition in Wasabi District, officially open for business!
Second floor of the hotel - The lounge! Includes bar, kitchen, balcony and utilizing trans/glass pieces nealy everywhere.
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!
This is the second office floor, feautiring a large conference room, a break room and a lounge.
With 18 stories, over 9000 LEGO pieces and measuring over 6 feet tall, this modern skyscraper is the tallest, largest building in the Wasabi District!
The 1st floor lobby of the hotel.
More than 42 inches tall, More than 6000 pieces, this hip, modern apartment skyscraper is my second tallest and second biggest MOC, located in the heart of Wasabi District.
Includes amenities such as a rooftop swimming pool up top and Wasabi District's first Dunkin Donuts.
The Vybe Hotel - the newest addition in Wasabi District, officially open for business!
First floor of the hotel - The lobby! Includes stairs, elevator, computer/office room and of course the front desk.
My own buildings make up the center one third of the city on the layout. The long neo-classical building behind the train station is the Savoyard Center (part of the Penobscot block).
The MichLTC display runs from November 27, 2009 to January 3, 2010 in conjunction with the LEGO Castle Adventure exhibit at The Henry Ford.
The Vybe Hotel - the newest addition in Wasabi District, officially open for business!
Second floor of the hotel - The lounge! Includes bar, kitchen, balcony and utilizing trans/glass pieces nealy everywhere.
The Vybe Hotel - the newest addition in Wasabi District, officially open for business!
Second floor of the hotel - The lounge! Includes bar, kitchen, balcony and utilizing trans/glass pieces nealy everywhere.
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!
This is the second office floor, feautiring a large conference room, a break room and a lounge.
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 of the top of the Guardian's "north tower" shows only an approximation of the multitude of setbacks and the incredible brickwork on the original.
My rendition of the Penobscot Annex in LEGO. The prototype, designed by Donaldson and Meier, was completed in 1913. It was the second tallest building in Detroit after the Dime Building until the mid 1920s. The LEGO model is 5.4 feet (1.66 meters) high and weighs about 90 pounds. The Penobscot Annex is my fourth tallest LEGO building (Fisher, David Stott, and Penobscot Building [1928] are taller).
The smaller structure to the left is the Savoyard Center (formerly the People's State Bank). I will display the entire Penobscot Block at the Midland Center for the Arts during their "Art of the Brick" exhibit this summer.
My take on the iconic Willis Tower, formerly Sears Tower. The structure of the tower itself is relatively simple as it is just the same four patterns repeated. That said, The base more than made up for the tower's lack of complexity. Featuring sloped roads and split level entrances it took a lot of trial and error and of course, time, to get to this result. I am really quite happy with how this model turned out. It was worth all the effort.
This is the first six stories of the Penobscot Annex built out of LEGO bricks. The Annex is the last building that I need to complete the entire Penobscot Block. The building's floor area measures 49 x 68 studs. Eventually the Annex will rise to the full 23 stories of the original. At the rate that I am accumulating parts, this could take a while.
Here is a photo I took of the original building: www.flickr.com/photos/decojim/2997577466/
This six story version will be displayed along with the rest of the Penobscot Block as part of a large 20 x 30 foot Michigan Lego Train Club layout at the Owosso Train Festival on July 23-26, 2009.
Number 4 in a series of images showing construction of a LEGO model of the Ford Building in Detroit (1909 - Daniel Burnham architect).
This shows one of the incomplete upper floor modules in place
Upper story details of my LEGO model of the Ford Building. The cornice of the real Ford Building was removed in the 1950s.
Its that time of year again! The Michigan LEGO User Group has set up its annual LEGO display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
MichLUG's 50 x 7.5 foot layout is viewable from November 12th, 2022 through January 13th, 2023.
The tan building is a LEGO replica of Highclere Castle used as Downton Abbey in the famous PBS TV show. The structure near the bridge is a model of the Chelsea train station. A scaled down version of Chicago's Sears Tower* is in the background.
* I do not care what the current name of that building is.
Hey all! In case you haven't been following @wooootles on Instagram, I have posted a few updates with Wasabi District, mainly road expansions and a new office skyscraper. Check them out!
LEGO train display at the Henry Ford Museum during the 2011 holiday season (November 22 , 2011, January 3, 2012).
This view shows my LEGO model of the Penobscot Block; on the far side of it is Chris Leach's model of the Dime Building.
Here is the top portion of the "north tower" of my LEGO model of the Guardian Building. The eight pointed star-shaped top two floors proved to be a bit of a challenge to render in LEGO; the LEGO Company does not make all the parts I need in the color tan so I had to substitute some light-blue gray in the meantime. Hopefully it at least conveys the general impression of Wirt Rowland's design.
The model will be almost exactly 8 feet high (2.46 meters) to the roof. The flag pole will add another 1.5 feet (.46 meters) to the height.
I took a hiatus from LEGO building that lasted for most of the summer and into fall; I now have a deadline so I am finally finishing this project up after "only" 22 months!
I am planning on displaying this building at the Henry Ford museum starting the Monday before Thanksgiving.
With 18 stories, over 9000 LEGO pieces and measuring over 6 feet tall, this modern skyscraper is the tallest, largest building in the Wasabi District!
The top of my LEGO Fisher Building (Version 3).**
As I tear down my previous version of the Fisher Building, I am constructing a slightly more detailed 3rd version using tan as a primary color. The real Fisher Building appeared to use white marble as a facing material for the facades that faced the two streets. Over the years the facade has gained a more tan colored patina. I utilized some relatively new LEGO pieces "30 degree slope, 1x1x2/3" to create some art deco details above the corner windows. I also made new more detailed gargoyles (the old ones were just 1x3 bricks sticking out of the building).
** The first one sank into the swamp. So I built another one. That one....
The third LEGO skyscraper goes up in Wasabi District!
I tried to make the rooftop one of the most detailed mechanical / HVAC LEGO layouts out there..
The Vybe Hotel - the newest addition in Wasabi District, officially open for business!
With10 stories tall, 6000+ pieces, the 4th skyscraper in the Wasabi District is a 3/4-star hotel aimed at and caters to the younger demographic.
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.
The National Model Railroad Association's annual National Train Show is in a different city each year. For 2007 it was in Detroit, Michigan. The train show was open to the public from July 27-29.
The Michigan Lego Train Club put up a 30 x 40 foot display at the show. A near-capacity crowd views a ballgame in old Navin Field (Briggs stadium/Tiger Stadium) while a few downtown skyscrapers loom over the upper deck.
The Vybe Hotel - the newest addition in Wasabi District, officially open for business!
Second floor of the hotel - The lounge! Includes bar, kitchen, balcony and utilizing trans/glass pieces nealy everywhere.
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.
My Lego replica of the Griswold building. The prototype was designed by Albert Kahn in 1929. It was originally an office building and was later converted to senior apartments in circa 1980.
Update:
In 2014, the real building was revamped and renamed "The Albert". The former residents were asked to leave and the newly renovated apartments are being marketed to young professionals who can afford the $1,200 to $2,300 monthly rent.
My completed model of the 19 story Ford Building. The original was completed in 1909 and was designed by Daniel Burnham & Co. It is the oldest of the three surviving structures in Detroit designed by his architectural firm. While not considered a skyscraper today, it certainly was in 1909 when it was the tallest building in the city.
This model was displayed at the 100 anniversary party for the real building on November 12, 2009.
The tallest building in the exhibition, the Shanghai tower, the worlds 2nd tallest building. at over 3.3m tall, this building is colossal.
Shanghai tower:
320 hours to build
74216 Bricks
Built by Ryan McNaught and Mitchell Kruik
I have finally been able to resume construction on my LEGO model of Detroit's Guardian Building.
I am about 70% done with the two seven story sections that make up the base of the 40 story Guardian. The middle sections which will start at about were the tallest visible portion is will be a little more straightforward in technique. The colorful band should be a series of interlocking hexagons but even with the small cheese slope sized pieces it did not work out in this scale. In some ways I would be nice to build this in a larger scale as I have had to leave out considerable detail to make everything fit. I still am waiting for an inspiration as to the best method of modeling the Pewabic tile half dome inside the main Griswold entrance.
LEGO train display at the Henry Ford Museum during the 2011 holiday season (November 22 , 2011, January 3, 2012).
This view shows my LEGO model of the Penobscot Block; on the far side of it is Chris Leach's model of the Dime Building.
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.
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.