Spencer_R

Ten years of waiting. Five years of study and planning. One year of building. 32lbs of LEGO. 20,000+ pieces. Same scale as my others. The new World Trade Center by Spencer_R, on Flickr A few more on my flickr photostream or Brickshelf gallery (when moderated).

I agree that the images have a render-like appearance to them, but are they actually renders? If you zoom in closely, some of the parts - especially the small elements like the cheese slopes and 1x1 tiles - display alignment imperfections. It seems to me that is a sign of a real brick built model. So if that is the case, then I am having a difficult time understanding why a compromise was needed rather than an outright resolution. I don't like the idea that this great contest is drawing to a close with this question not really being answered or that the winners list may end up with some sort of asterisk.

Great technique with the tile grills set into upside down plates. I didn't even know you can do that!

I love the modular concept of this.

Wow, so beautiful and so many 1x1 headlight bricks used.

I've been waiting a long time for someone (other than the Legoland parks) to build a VAB . Really cool.

We decided that if you could draw a building simply with a few strokes of a pen, and it was instantly recognizable as not only the building, but the place... then you've created something that was an icon - Tom Wright, architect Burj Al Arab, on the philosophy behind its design. Inspired by the words of Mr. Wright, I decided that if I could build a building with a few simple LEGO elements, and it was instantly recognizable as the building and the place, then I've created something that might be worth entering in a contest. My Landmark Series entry for the Architecture Contest is the world famous Burj Al Arab luxury hotel in Dubai. Approximate Model Dimensions: 122mm x 122mm x 177mm 16 x 16 x 22 studs by Spencer_R, on Flickr Some facts and a picture of the real building. If you are not familiar with the building, please do an image search. One picture does not do the colors, shapes, and setting of this magnificent structure justice.

Can flex tubes be allowed to be cut to custom lengths? It is a "legal" move with the LEGO Architecture Space Needle set and it would allow a lot more freedom in doing curving designs.

There's a nice write-up in these. It seems the Architecture sets lately are providing the builder with more information about what they are building.

The 1x2 trans-black plates are rare and highly desirable for microscale architecture. I've seen them listed on Bricklink for several dollars apiece in the past. This set should greatly help with the prices and availability.

Are those 1x2 trans-black plates?!

Chrysler Building by HP Mohnroth, on Flickr THIS

Taipei 101 by HP Mohnroth I voted for Taipei 101, because it could be done...

I will be displaying some micro skyscrapers.

If you look closely in the background of this photo, found within the Burj Khalifa instruction booklet, you can see prototypes of the Sydney Opera House and Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea.

I wonder if it will be available in the U.S. market?

It would be great if it looked like this one: Brandenburger Tor by Brickshelf user: sheep

That's pretty much the case for me. The old light gray almost looks dirty compared to the new. I keep my stockpiles of each separate. If I have an application for which I feel the old color works better, than I will use it. However I've almost never encountered that situation.

One trick would be to use a plate element as a straighening guide when laying down the tiles. Then use a brick separator to quickly shift the plate over for the next row. That's what I did on my Trump World Tower model. Trying to align them by hand proved to be fruitless.

I used a layer of trans-light blue plates over top of various shades of solid color blue plates (dark, regular, medium, sky, maersk, and aqua) to simulate varying ocean depths for my Burj Al Arab. Trans-light blue plates are rare and pricey, but I think the new Atlantis sets have trans-light blue 1x4 tiles.

You are not the owner of the Ford GT trademark name and design either. Selling an unlicensed replica for personal profit would seem to be a no-no.

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I'd like to see some of the trans-clear tiles, plates, and jumper plate elements. They do currently exist as modelshop Q elements, but are rare and expensive on Bricklink. Very useful for microscale architecture, cars, and planes. Just look at some of the brick-built windshields and aircraft canopies by Ralph S...

With sets of those size and price, I don't think you could go through many of the retail distribution channels that the Architecture line is currently using (museums, gift shops, bookstores). It will be interesting to see how high (and large) they can go with the line. Fallingwater was a big jump from the $20 sets, but going beyond that may be challenging without fundamentally changing the entire business model. Now that the Architecture sets are showing up in the catalog, at the LEGO stores, and are more prominently featured on the SAH website, perhaps that business model is evolving and becoming more mainstream?

It looks to me that the black 1x1 technic brick "windows" are necessary to create the 1/2 stud inset of the windows, because they have a hollow top stud. You couldn't build it the same manner with a System brick.