LEGO Architecture Advent calendar + Free Instructions!

[henrysunset]

Merry Christmas! I'm excited to share the 6 "nanoscale" architecture models which I originally built to submit in the Advent calendar contest at Brickset.

6 "nanoscale" LEGO Architecture models based on designs in The LEGO Architect book.

Creating what I call "Nanoscale" LEGO models which meet the constraints of the advent calendar contest is a really interesting challenge. Specifically, the parts need to fit easily in the small compartments of the official LEGO Advent calendars, and the model should use 20 parts or fewer.

Nanoscale Prairie house on right, More detailed LEGO model from the book on left.

I'm also excited to share instructions to build one of these models as new bonus materials for LEGO Architecture enthusiasts, and readers of my book, The LEGO Architect. (Admittedly, this model uses 21 pieces to achieve the preferred design, but you can easily modify it to use 20 bricks.)

Detailed instructions show you how to make this tiny model using only 21 common LEGO bricks.

It's a pleasure to share these directions with other LEGO enthusiasts, especially around the holidays when people have some time to build LEGO projects. (I also hope that The LEGO Architect was part of your holidays.)

Visit http://brickarchitect.com/book/extras/ to download and print directions for this model, as well as a tiny Neoclasssical monument.

Merry Christmas and a Happy LEGO-filled New Year!

---tom

[Clone OPatra]

Wow, I love these little models, and your work in general. The Architecture Studio color palette works so well.

I must say, though, that I couldn't tell the nano prairie building was approximating the same building as the larger one. Even once I read more carefully and look at them again side by side, I have a hard time seeing them as the same thing because of the flat tiles used for the roof. The nano looks like a modernist building to me.

[Legogal]

Tom, These nanoscale builds are fantastic! Has to be very difficult making a microscale model, but taking it down to nanoscale has to be a killer. These scales will become much more common once we all run out of places to display our LEGO! BTW your architecture book is a joy to read. Thanks!

[henrysunset]

@clone, The relationship between Prairie styles and Modernism is not coincidental! Modern architects, especially modern residential architecture borrowed heavily from the open floor plans of Prairie architects like Frank Lloyd Wright. The shift from gently pitched roofs in Prairie style homes to flat roofs in Modernism completes the transition.

@Legogal, thanks for the kind words and support. It is a pleasure to share these projects with the LEGO community.