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This staircase is inspired by the spiral staircase in the new set Pet Shop 10128 In the new set it is a spiral staircase based on a 1 x 4 plate. (see e.g. this pic on (URL) experimented with different size plates and came up with this staircase (...) (13 years ago, 7-May-11, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | new mocs: rooms full of furniture
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i started another house in 2010, which is not yet completed but most of the furniture to fill the house is. (URL) master bedroom> set (5 URLs) an armoire bedroom set> for the guest room, inspired by this dutch armoire (2 URLs) living room> furniture (...) (13 years ago, 13-Feb-11, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: new moc: sliding house
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Deborah Higdon wrote: snip (...) That's a beautiful rendition! I saw a youtube of the house a while back and was impressed then. The idea that you did it justice in LEGO... very nice! Can't wait to see it in person! Dave K (14 years ago, 14-Jan-10, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | new moc: sliding house
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(2 URLs) much of 2009 was spent working on my newest house moc, a replica of an actual house in suffolk, england. the award-winning design of the sliding house features a motorized shell that moves over two buildings to create a variety of forms, (...) (14 years ago, 14-Jan-10, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | Re: MOC - Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Hi! Pardon the late reply, I had quite a busy week! I really enjoyed seeing your work here. There are tons of plates in this MOC for sure. Great way to convey the brick by brick look. Again, very nice work, glad to hear you had such a positive (...) (15 years ago, 14-Sep-09, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(...) Thank you all for the kind words. It's great to have a place to share our work and encourage others. Play Well Chris (15 years ago, 14-Sep-09, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC - Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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(...) Outstanding, impressive, and beautiful. I really love some of the details of this particularly the texture of the various plates. Great work and thanks for posting it here, I would not have wanted to miss this. Janey "Red Brick" (15 years ago, 14-Sep-09, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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(...) Beautifully done! The elegance of the style is well conveyed and makes for a handsome model. -Suz (15 years ago, 10-Sep-09, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: MOC - Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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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 (...) (15 years ago, 10-Sep-09, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | MOC - Robie House by Frank Lloyd Wright
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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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| | Re: new moc: ancient egyptian nobleman's villa
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(...) thank you. it does sometimes seem like a ghost town here but with the view count i know that people are still here reading. your comments, especially cause there are so few making them nowadays, are much appreciated. glad you enjoy looking at (...) (15 years ago, 27-Aug-09, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: new moc: ancient egyptian nobleman's villa
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Great MOC. I really enjoy watching your creations. Lots of nice details. Thanks for sharing this (and all others) with us. Saso (15 years ago, 27-Aug-09, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: new moc: ancient egyptian nobleman's villa
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(...) thank you, very much. i especially loved working on the snot parts since the rest of building was pretty much straightforward - great tan boxes surrounded by large amounts of tan plate. -§ deborah §- (15 years ago, 26-Aug-09, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: new moc: ancient egyptian nobleman's villa
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(...) Gorgeous, as usual for you! I especially liked the duck on the cow. The SNOT work around the doorway is very effective. -Chris Gray (15 years ago, 25-Aug-09, to lugnet.build.arch)
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(2 URLs) in march of this year, some members of our group were asked to create mocs to celebrate the ancient egypt exhibit at ottawa's museum of civilization. i created an architectural moc after doing some research to try to make it at least (...) (15 years ago, 25-Aug-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: Dome Creator
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(...) Another cool idea would be to create a tool that accepts any arbitrary mathematical function, and also has a SNOT option. -Mike (15 years ago, 23-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Dome Creator
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I finally found someone (Todd W.) to compile my Dome Creator Program. Let me know if you'd like a copy. (I really haven't fixed any of it bugs, etc. since I initially wrote the program but its worth a look) (15 years ago, 8-Jul-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | new moc: doorway study 9 - grey stone
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(URL) the last (so far) of my doorway studies, finished last year, but photographed this week. based loosely on a photograph of the doorway of the house used for the newer version of "the stepford wives" which i found in our local newspaper. the (...) (15 years ago, 14-Jun-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | new moc: luxury bathroom
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i'm often asked if what i build is my "dream home". i have to say that parts of each building have something i'd love to experience living in. (2 URLs) same goes for this bathroom. (4 URLs) the two-leveled luxury bathroom features double sinks, (...) (15 years ago, 10-Apr-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Uncommon use of Bionicle masks
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LLL, Inof presented this house over on 1000steine, note the unusual awnings at the first floor: (URL) (15 years ago, 9-Apr-09, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: 7 foot Nintendo DSi
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GOOD GOLLIE! What a MOC! One the all time Best MOCs Ever! WOW. JUST WOW! (15 years ago, 7-Apr-09, to lugnet.build.arch)
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| | Re: new mocs: doorway studies 5-8
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(...) snip (...) thank you for your kind words! the paned glass is the glass from some of the harry potter sets (URL). it's a great piece but sometimes you have to hide the painted detail at the bottom of it. -§ deborah §- (15 years ago, 28-Mar-09, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: new mocs: doorway studies 5-8
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(...) snip (...) thanks, jonathan. as much as i wish lego would make more different styles of doors and windows, i'm enjoying the challenge of building them myself. -§ deborah §- (15 years ago, 28-Mar-09, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: new mocs: doorway studies 5-8
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(...) As always, your designs are wonderful, Deborah! I particularly like the baronial doorway. Very clever use of elements, like the rock halves as planters and the just-barely fanned out elements in the transom. What parts are you using to get the (...) (15 years ago, 23-Mar-09, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: new mocs: doorway studies 5-8
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(...) Some very tasty ideas to borrow here. Very nice! I am trying to get away from using Lego doors and build them myself in a similar manner that you have. Best, Jonathan (15 years ago, 23-Mar-09, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | new mocs: doorway studies 5-8
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in keeping with my newest building theme, i continued the (URL) doorway studies>. there are many advantages to doing these studies: i get to use a variety of architectural styles, a wide of variety of colours, they take up much less space to store (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | new mocs: doorway studies 1-4
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last year i dismantled one of my favourite creations, (URL) st. paul de vence>. i had intended to keep it around but i was going through a building slump and decided it had to be undone. as i did this, i realized i was more emotionally attached to (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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| | new moc: microscale auditorium
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(2 URLs) this moc started out as a study for different radii of curved walls. then i decided to go ahead and finish it into something. i was thinking along the lines of a large public building/display space - art gallery, auditorium, theatre, etc. (...) (16 years ago, 10-Oct-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.town, lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: Yankee Stadium - really darn big
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(...) LOL! :) Thanks. It has certainly been a different experience for me! This makes sense though... My mother was a pre-school teacher and my father was a model railroader. Is it any surprise I ended up this way? :) Sean - - Sean Kenney Art with (...) (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: Yankee Stadium - really darn big
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(...) Having the patience and ability to work with/teach a grade schooler is very commendable, Sean! You better watch out; one day he might take over your job! :) Oh yeah, the Stadium is awesome. In-progress shots are always appreciated. -Bryan (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: Yankee Stadium - really darn big
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(...) Well, this boy is a total LEGO-maniac, and his father initially contacted me in late 2005 about somehow doing a project together with his son. The father was interested in having his son learn about what I do and how I approach the (...) (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: Yankee Stadium - really darn big
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(...) Great work! Could you describe how your collaboration with the grade-schooler got started and how it works? Judy M. (16 years ago, 23-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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(...) Awesome as usual. Now if you could get a real table out of the locker room or somewhere from the stadium itself to display it on--that would be really kewl, also. Tommy Armstrong (16 years ago, 22-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Yankee Stadium - really darn big
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All: For almost three years, I've been working on a sculpture of Yankee Stadium together with a Manhattan grade-schooler. It's only a few months away from being complete. I don't normally post photos of my LEGO creations before they're finished, but (...) (16 years ago, 22-Sep-08, to lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Corporate Death Squad (aka Starbucks)
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I'll preface this MOC by saying I'm not a big fan of "big chain coffee" (Starbucks, Caribou, etc.). I consider Starbucks the "Corporate Death Squad". I must confess that I have been a patron of the 'Bucks from time to time, but only when I can't (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | New York Style Brownstone
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I've been lazy about posting MOC's lately so you'll probably see a string of them coming out in the next week or two. Stacy and I did so much building leading up to Brickworld that we had no time to take pictures or post anything. Now that we're (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | First National Bank of LEGO
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I know a lot of you saw this MOC's debut at Brickworld, but I figured I would post it here for those that couldn't make it this year. This is the 1st National Bank of LEGO I created in the weeks leading up to Brickworld 2008. It is built in the (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.arch, lugnet.town, FTX) !
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| | Re: New MOC: Grand Traverse Lighthouse
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Hi, while I do not know the original building, I particularly like the way you did the roof construction, as that is an approach that I have been considering for my buildings for quite some time. The obvious drawback is that you can only build (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: Grand Traverse Lighthouse
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(...) My step dad has a summer trailer at a campground on Lake Leelananu, so I'm pretty sure I saw this lighthouse the last time I visited. Very cool. Jeff (16 years ago, 2-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: Grand Traverse Lighthouse
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Lovely imposing footprint and some nice detail work! Thanks for sharing! God Bless, Nathan (16 years ago, 1-Jul-08, to lugnet.build.arch, FTX)
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