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City Books is not my first modular building design, but it is the first with published instructions. I built the real world MOC some time ago and now decided to create a digital model and instructions as well (which can be found on Rebrickable, link at the bottom). My inspiration was to have a large bookstore on the first floor with a raised gallery in the back to accommodate even more books. The exterior is inspired by older New York buildings with their textured facades and the typical fire escapes on the outside. The first floor houses the eponymous bookshop with plenty of reading material on two levels. There is a similar store near me and I love going up the narrow stairs to the slightly wobbly wooden gallery and browsing through the books there. On the second floor sits an art gallery with lots of fun artworks made from different LEGO parts. On the third floor there is a nice apartment and on top of that a small roof garden where one can relax above the hustle and bustle of the city. My original model used sand green bricks for the coloured wall surfaces of the upper floors. That's fine if you own the Green Grocer modular building (10185), which contains many bricks in that color. Otherwise it's quite expensive to buy them, so for the instructions I replaced the color with sand blue, which also looks good. These are some pictures of the real world MOC: Flickr folder with some additional pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/181787965@N04/albums/72177720324129977/ If you are interested in the instructions, here is the Rebrickable instruction page: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-212480/T.Brick/city-books Thank you for reading! Best regards, Thilo

Although LEGO does not produce my IDEAS project Eda's Owl House, I wanted to give fans the chance to build it. So after some minor revisions and improvements to the model, I have created building instructions that you can download for free from my website (http://www.thilo-schoen.de/lego.html). A part list is included as well which can be copied directly into a Bricklink wanted list to buy the parts.

A very nice model that is close to the original but also looks great on its own!

Great model with so many nice details inside and outside the house!

Very nice model, immediately recognisable!

Great model! I designed a model of the castle myself about half the size. This one is another level, looks great and seems very accurate!

Thank you! Your project gained a lot of support and came so close to the goal! At least it shows there is a lot of interest for an Owl House model. Let's see how it goes with this one. :)

Hi everyone, I'd like to present my IDEAS entry Eda's Owl House featuring the Owl House from the animated Disney fantasy show of the same name. The model shows the intriguing architecture of the magical house with the curved roof and the big stained-glass window looking like a demon eye. This idea is for all the fans but also for everyone who likes a cool witch house model! Here's the IDEAS link: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/4675eb19-4c5e-43c3-b5a7-ee48db822f07

This is a great model that really catches the atmosphere, well done!

Fantastic model, very harmonic design and impressive details! Also great photos!

Probably you need to add a number to the end of the constrain local height line. Or just delete it. Use a text editor if you can't open the file in LPub. Hope that helps!

Very nicely done with great interior and exterior details!

Hi everyone! I designed an extension for my model in the BrickLink AFOL Designer Program. The Science Tower City Site extension gives the tower a nice square plot to sit on and the possibility to integrate it into a LEGO city. It has a small garden and the pavement is plastered with a reference to the Pythagorean theorem. The tower model can be put on it and taken away easily without modifications. Instructions and parts list for the extension can be downloaded here for free: https://www.thilo-schoen.de/sciencetower.html The Science Tower itself is available as a complete set until July 1 here: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/crowdfunding/designer-sets-for-adult-fans-of-lego/59446/Science-Tower (It includes a nice box with included background image, all necessary parts plus an exclusive part and printed instructions.) Hope you like the extension and maybe it helps you to find a place for the tower.

Great model of a cool ship and also a very professional presentation! Furthermore I agree that we need a 1x1 grille tile.

Great skyline model! I made a bigger version of the Guggenheim Museum some time ago but this small model is really cute. Wish there were more metallic parts available. :)