LEGO Big Ben - A Word from the LEGO Designer

Thefi rststepincreatingthisLEGOmodelwastogather
graphic and textual material of the original building
This gave me a deeper understanding of the building
and its architecture and were later incorporated and
reinterpretedintotheLEGOdesign
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I then tried making diff erent versions of the model at
various scales where each model followed certain
diff erent principles of the original The LEGO Big Ben
underwent more than fi fty concept versions ranging
from humble thirty-piece model toalargereplica with
the height of over forty bricksThisconcept workwas
done primarily in LEGO Digital Designer with some of
thedetailstestedinactualbricks
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Thefi nalLEGOmodelemphasizesthetripartitedivision
ofthetowerThebaseisrepresentedwithxbricks
in the corners of the tower the more delicate shaft
of the tower is made using x round bricks which
lead to the massive top housing the four big clocks
Theornatestoneworkofthe windows of thetower and
thepalaceisrecreatedinLEGOGrilleplatesusingthe
SNOTStudsNotOnToptechnique
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What I found most challenging in creating this model
was representing the richness of th century gothic
revival architecture in a scale usually more appropriate
formodern or contemporary architecture of smooth
surfaces and clean lines Nevertheless with a towers
widthofonlythree studsthe LEGOmodel stillcaptures
themaintraitsofthebuildingitsappearanceanditsspirit
RokKobe
AWordfromtheArtist
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