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Re: MOC - Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:40:45 GMT
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Bravo, Chris!

This is instantly recognizable if you know Wright’s architecture -- and even if you don’t know the Robie House in particular, you still might recognize Wright’s style.

The fact that you took the trouble to emulate the texture and color variations of the bricks, in a model of this size, is impressive. The half-stud offset tiles on the crowns of the courtyard walls are also a nice detail. Finally, there are your windows -- it just wouldn’t be a Wright creation if you had used an expanse of plain-old plate glass!



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  MOC - Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright
 
This is my first MOC announcement here on LUGNET. (URL) This is model of the Robie House I displayed at Brickworld 2009. It is about 8000 pieces, built mostly of dark red plate to emulate the long thin bricks used by Wright. It is built on a 1 stud (...) (15 years ago, 10-Sep-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, FTX) ! 

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