LEGO Architecture "World's Tallest" Custom Series

[Steve309]

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, 2016 by Steve309

[Doctor Octoroc]

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.

[Orcbandit]

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

[Doctor Octoroc]

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!

[Doctor Octoroc]

Another very clean build - I love it when the LEGO units and scale coincide this nicely!

Edited April 23, 2016 by Doctor Octoroc

[jluck]

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!

[Doctor Octoroc]

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, 2016 by Doctor Octoroc

[Forresto]

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.

[Doctor Octoroc]

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.

[Doctor Octoroc]

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...

[Herky]

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.

[ivyhedge]

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!

[Doctor Octoroc]

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, 2016 by Doctor Octoroc

[Doctor Octoroc]

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, 2016 by Doctor Octoroc

[Borex]

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 :-)

[Doctor Octoroc]

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, 2016 by Doctor Octoroc

[Doctor Octoroc]

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, 2016 by Doctor Octoroc

[Doctor Octoroc]

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, 2016 by Doctor Octoroc

[Orcbandit]

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 :)

[Doctor Octoroc]

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, 2016 by Doctor Octoroc

[Doctor Octoroc]

Okay, maybe one or two more small ones...couldn't resist such a simple, quick and clean build!

Edited April 23, 2016 by Doctor Octoroc

[Xon67]

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

[Doctor Octoroc]

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, 2016 by Doctor Octoroc

[Gremer]

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.

[Doctor Octoroc]

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, 2016 by Doctor Octoroc