This is done more out of necessity than anything else, because the small scale they are using doesn’t allow for regular walls created by stacking bricks.Ĭontinuing with my process for designing LEGO models of skyscrapers, we return to the example I was using in Part I – the “main tower” of the Empire State State Building. They have internal structures usually built out of technic elements, wrapped with external facades that are composed of plates and other elements like 1 x 2 grille tiles. The 1/650 scale models of skyscrapers built by Spencer Rezkalla and Rocco Buttliere hew closer to real skyscrapers in terms of how they are built. The reason of course, is that it is a lot easier with LEGO to simply stack bricks, than it is to try to mimic the structure of a real skyscraper. The models are hollow for the most part, with no internal framework to support the walls. Ironically, my LEGO models of skyscrapers are built very much like conventional masonry structures with walls created by stacking bricks. These exterior walls form the facade of the building but don’t actually support any weight. Instead, they have a steel framework to which “curtain walls” made of brick, stone or glass are attached. Michigan Avenue (John Hancock Center)ĭo you know how modern skyscrapers are different from the tall buildings that preceded them (like the Philadelphia City Hall which was the tallest building in the world from 1894 to 1908) ? Unlike masonry-built tall buildings, skyscrapers don’t have load-bearing walls.
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