Hi

For a long time not I have been planning to build a modular shape and size building but with much more contemporary modern architecture. Today I finally got around to it and thought I'd share the result.

The foot print is exactly the same as any of the corner modular buildings and is a shop downstairs with two apartments upstairs. The shop door is at the front with access to the upstairs apartments through a door at the back.

The pavement is a different look to a standard modular building (otherwise it would all have been too grey) but again is the same dimensions as a normal modular building.

Next step will be to do the interior which is empty at the moment although the shop floor is tiled and there are staircases.

Here's the front aspect where you can see the shop door and the two balconies on each floor (front and back corner):

A slightly higher view so you can see the modular footprint:

The rear of the building where you can see the back door that leads directly to the staircase up to the apartments and the contrast brickwork which is designed to break up the white a bit:

The shop on it's own with the roof and two apartments removed:

Positioned across the street from the Grand Emporium to give an idea of scale.

Cheers

Rog

Edited February 15, 201411 yr by rriggs

Have you considered making it a bank or law firm?

Well done rriggs! I really like contemporary and Mid-Century Modern architecture. This is very contemporary and great! One thing I really appreciate is the contemporary look without looking "cold" as some contemporary architecture can look.

Thanks for sharing this!

Andy D

Edited March 9, 201410 yr by Andy D

Excellent 'rriggs', excellent......either a bank, medical rooms or real estate agents....or all of them !

I can't wait to see the interiors done.......Brick On 'rriggs' !

Good work here, you really managed to capture modern architecture quite well - its good sides, that is, not the aspects that still refer to the brutalism of 60ies and 70ies. Your building has a nice, varied facade. Looking forward to see an interior, if you should make one :)

Very nice building!

Very nice. You managed the modern, lots-of-glass look without making it at all bland, great job on that. Would love to see some interior, that building is just begging for it since you could see so much of the detail from the outside!

That is a great Moc! I love the the way you have designed the building! You should add more floors and make it a skyscraper. Keep up the good work!

I like it a lot. It's looks so right and a great addition to any modern Lego town.

It's fantastic. I may use this as inspiration for the very same idea i have been thinking about.

Nicely done; a fresh take on modular buildings!

This is awesome. I was going to do something similar with trans-clear windows and panels, but am quite digging the trans-light-blue look too. Hrm.

A clean and nice build

very "cool" contemporary modular building...It really fits nicely to your city

That is a beautiful, clean looking build. I could very easily see that having a bank on the first floor and offices or medical above it. Nice work!

Hi

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Really appreciated.

As I was building it I was thinking either bank or jewellers on the ground floor. I think upstairs will be apartments as the balconies are more residential than commercial but we shall see...

I've now properly mounted the building on the road plate and have actually got distracted from doing the interior as I have started building a square outside the building and will build another (completely different) modern modular to go on the other side of the square...

Cheers

Rog

I think you've done a really nice job capturing the architectural style and it's a fine building. Lego translates into it very well, and you've shown how nice it can come out. That said, I hate this style!

I adore this style! Please keep on building! We need more modern modular buildings using lots of glass, but NOT looking cold. And you have managed this quite well.

Most modulars by LEGO seem to be stuck in the last two centuries, and this is where your build and many of the Architecture sets really shine.

Three floors make the scale look very appropriate for a modular. And in most cities the modern buildings pop up right between the old ones.

I am not a fan of buildings over three stories because they lose their human scale and block too much sun for neighbors. Congrats on a very creative and enlightening build.

This is great! The only thing I miss is the interior.

I really like it. The colour scheme is simple, but effective. Most modular builds seem to be older style buildings, but it would be great to see a more modern city scape arise.

This is an excellent modern building. Really well done!

The modern modular building now has a sister. Again I wanted to keep with the corner modular shape and size and also have a proper contemporary look but at the same time be very different to the original. I think I have achieved this. Once again a retail space with two offices/apartments upstairs. I have also continued with my modern take on a modular pavement, lamp posts, etc and have also begun to build a public space in between the two buildings although this still needs a lot of work.

First pic shows the front three quarter view:

Next pic shows the rear of the building which is plain so that it can sit next to another modular but also has some flush windows so that it can stand alone:

Here a view of the new building on the right alongside its sister to give a comparison of (fairly equal) size of the two:

Last shot is of the ground floor retail unit with the top floors removed:

Cheers

Rog

Edited March 10, 201410 yr by rriggs

Really nice modulars! I really think you could take these to the next level with interiors.

Brick on!

Nice indeed. Are your buildings based on real structures? The first one reminds me of one of those.

On the second modular, I like the door in the middle of the glass window. I like the use of tan on the first modular - it breaks up the greyscale look. They're both great!