February 13, 20169 yr Some buildings for the 50 states. other then listing ones in Chicago and New York :p Stratosphere in Las Vegas. Or most casinos. The trump tower there is an intresting designed one One America plaza in San Diego (this may be too small. Plus looks like two Liberty place in Philadelphia) Edited February 13, 20169 yr by Steve309
February 14, 20169 yr Author One America plaza in San Diego (this may be too small. Plus looks like two Liberty place in Philadelphia) They definitely bear a resemblance but at this scale they'd probably end up looking exactly the same haha.
February 14, 20169 yr This is a great project :) Looking forward to build some of those myself. We don't have many skyscrapers in Germany, but maybe you could try the Commerzbank Tower ? Here is a list of the tallest buildings in Germany, for : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Germany
February 14, 20169 yr Author This is a great project :) Looking forward to build some of those myself. We don't have many skyscrapers in Germany, but maybe you could try the Commerzbank Tower ? Here is a list of the tallest buildings in Germany, for : https://en.wikipedia...ings_in_Germany That looks like a fun one! Definitely isn't too short for the project, I've already done a number of buildings under 300 meters. Consider it on the list!
February 14, 20169 yr Author Another very clean build - I love it when the LEGO units and scale coincide this nicely! Edited April 23, 20168 yr by Doctor Octoroc
February 14, 20169 yr Btw, I checked out your YouTube channel, you've done some pretty awesome stuff! I really liked the 8-but breaking bad video you did for college humor!
February 15, 20169 yr Author Btw, I checked out your YouTube channel, you've done some pretty awesome stuff! I really liked the 8-but breaking bad video you did for college humor! Thank you! Yeah, I was fortunate enough to work with the writers over at College Humor on a series of ten shorts in their "TV RPG" series. The Game of Thrones one is by far the most popular one Breaking Bad was definitely one of the most fun to work on. not everyone can say they had to binge watch a series as part of their research for a job haha. Also, another one done - Deji Plaza in Nanjing, China. Edited April 23, 20168 yr by Doctor Octoroc
February 16, 20169 yr The Washington Monument would be cool to finish off TLG's series of DC monuments/buildings. It's an obelisk so it would be pretty straight forward of a build but the actual monument tapers from a wide base to a narrow point so it could be really interesting. Maybe long plates? It's an iconic structure and being from DC it's a pretty striking part of our skyline, it's the first thing you see when you travel around in the region.
February 16, 20169 yr Author The Washington Monument would be cool to finish off TLG's series of DC monuments/buildings. It's an obelisk so it would be pretty straight forward of a build but the actual monument tapers from a wide base to a narrow point so it could be really interesting. Maybe long plates? It's an iconic structure and being from DC it's a pretty striking part of our skyline, it's the first thing you see when you travel around in the region. I'd be willing to give it a shot - although at this particular scale it will probably just be a stack of 1x1 bricks with a cone on top haha.
February 18, 20169 yr Author Actually, now that I think about it - some of the other monuments would be pretty interesting at this scale. I did the Philadelphia Art Museum at a similar scale and that's similar to the DC architecture so it would be a similar build. I'll look into doing the Capitol or the White House at this scale and see how it turns out. The skyscrapers are becoming redundant and progressively more difficult at shorter heights now that I've gotten all the mega talls and most of the super talls out of the way...
February 19, 20169 yr How about one of my favorite oddball buildings, actually there are 2 of them as I remember, but the Marina Towers in Chicago, the circular apartments along the river downtown there, just west of the miracle mile...I believe the Capitol Records building in LA is also circular, but that is a straight circle while Marina is many little ones.
February 19, 20169 yr Hello, A few come to mind from cities devoid of supertalls: - Boston: -- 200 Clarendon -- Prudential Tower -- Millennium Tower -- Federal Reserve -- Custom House - Pittsburgh -- One PPG Place -- Gulf Building -- UofP's Cathedral of Learning (these three should offer crown challenges at your scale) - Seattle -- The Mark -- Boeing Assembly - St Louis -- Come on, my good man: we need the Arch! - Rome -- Colosseum/Coliseum And now I shall stop. Happy Friday!
February 20, 20169 yr Author Hello, A few come to mind from cities devoid of supertalls: - Boston: -- 200 Clarendon -- Prudential Tower -- Millennium Tower -- Federal Reserve -- Custom House - Pittsburgh -- One PPG Place -- Gulf Building -- UofP's Cathedral of Learning (these three should offer crown challenges at your scale) - Seattle -- The Mark -- Boeing Assembly - St Louis -- Come on, my good man: we need the Arch! - Rome -- Colosseum/Coliseum And now I shall stop. Happy Friday! I'll add them to the list! So many suggestions recently, thank you all! And one more finished - the CTF (Chow Tai Fook) Finance Centre in Guangzhou, China. This one was just recently finished as it suddenly popped up on the Skyscraper Page database this week! Edited April 23, 20168 yr by Doctor Octoroc
February 22, 20169 yr Author I've been working on some smaller, yet notable, structures recently. First up is the very tiny Leaning Tower of Pisa. This one is so simple as it only contains 19 pieces but finding the right combination of hinge elements was key in getting the lean while keeping a three-plate high base like the rest of the series. Edited April 23, 20168 yr by Doctor Octoroc
February 22, 20169 yr Love this thread. Did you do the Eiffel Tower (Paris, France) yet? And how about the Atomium (Brussels, Belgium)? I'm from the Netherlands and we don't really have a lot of tall skyscrapers. I think Rotterdam and The Hague have the best skyline. Cool builds would be (from the Hague): Hoftoren (142 m), Zurichtoren (88 m), Strijkijzer (132 m). From Rotterdam: De Rotterdam (149 m), Red Apple (127 m), Montevideo (152 m), Euromast (185 m) Those are not necessary requests by the way. Just showing some dutch buildings :-)
February 22, 20169 yr Author Love this thread. Did you do the Eiffel Tower (Paris, France) yet? And how about the Atomium (Brussels, Belgium)? I'm from the Netherlands and we don't really have a lot of tall skyscrapers. I think Rotterdam and The Hague have the best skyline. Cool builds would be (from the Hague): Hoftoren (142 m), Zurichtoren (88 m), Strijkijzer (132 m). From Rotterdam: De Rotterdam (149 m), Red Apple (127 m), Montevideo (152 m), Euromast (185 m) Those are not necessary requests by the way. Just showing some dutch buildings :-) I'll take a look! At first I was going in order from tallest to shortest and throwing in some notable shorter structures, at this point it's a bit more random. I'll think "I wonder what the Tower of Pisa would be like at this scale" then just give it a shot. Then there's the whole US 50 mini-series with the tallest building in each state - got about 15 of them done then decided to check out the historical timeline on the Skyscraper Page to see what fun classic structures could work. In comparison, many of them are super tiny - hence the Leaning Tower of Pisa is basically just a stack of seven 1x1 round plates with a bar through them. I have put the Eiffel Tower in my reference diagram so I'll definitely be giving that one a go in the near future. Edited February 22, 20169 yr by Doctor Octoroc
February 22, 20169 yr Author Another one for the smaller series - the Taj Mahal. It's not quite as detailed as I would have liked but without sacrificing the proper angles on the four corners of the main building, there isn't much room to add details into the faces. The dome is oddly formed as well but I think it works better than a simple dome brick. Edited April 23, 20168 yr by Doctor Octoroc
February 23, 20169 yr Author By request, the Home Insurance Building in Chicago, IL United States. I used grill tiles between plates to create the windows. It would be great if there were 1x1 grill plates so I could have done windows on all four sides but it is what it is! Edited April 23, 20168 yr by Doctor Octoroc
February 25, 20169 yr I only recently got back into building Lego and I'm super impressed with the different techniques you use for the buildings. Keep up the good work :)
February 26, 20169 yr Author I only recently got back into building Lego and I'm super impressed with the different techniques you use for the buildings. Keep up the good work :) Thank you kindly! Building at this scale has certainly challenged me to use a lot of different methods I've never even thought of before. Here's another smaller model before I get back to skyscrapers - had a lot of fun with this one. Edited April 23, 20168 yr by Doctor Octoroc
February 27, 20168 yr Author Okay, maybe one or two more small ones...couldn't resist such a simple, quick and clean build! Edited April 23, 20168 yr by Doctor Octoroc
February 28, 20168 yr What a fantastic series! They are all great. I especially enjoy the Tower of Pisa--what a great addition! Legodelphia is absolutely amazing. For whatever reason, this project made me think of a possible architecture series of my own: "Outhouses of the Midwest" (in micro scale, of course). :-P
February 29, 20168 yr Author What a fantastic series! They are all great. I especially enjoy the Tower of Pisa--what a great addition! Legodelphia is absolutely amazing. For whatever reason, this project made me think of a possible architecture series of my own: "Outhouses of the Midwest" (in micro scale, of course). :-P Haha, that would be spectacular! By request, the Eiffel Tower! This is a similar build to the official LEGO set only at a much smaller scale - but the mechanics of the build are the same, using tiles with clips to construct the legs. The top half is much simpler, however, as at this scale there isn't much of a choice but to make it solid. It's not quite as elegant as the actual structure but I think it turned out great for the scale. Edited April 23, 20168 yr by Doctor Octoroc
March 3, 20168 yr Could you try the Pyramid of Giza? It's tiny compared to modern buildings, but it was the tallest building in the world for nearly 4,000 years.
March 3, 20168 yr Author Could you try the Pyramid of Giza? It's tiny compared to modern buildings, but it was the tallest building in the world for nearly 4,000 years. Sure! Once I'm done with the Colosseum :-) Edited March 3, 20168 yr by Doctor Octoroc
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