Buildings
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IB 238-1 Coco’s Neighbour’s House
Read more: IB 238-1 Coco’s Neighbour’s HouseRight next to Coco’s House, quietly standing in the background of Idea Book 238-1, there is another charming little building — smaller, simpler, but just as full of character. I like to imagine it as Coco’s Neighbour’s House. In the original illustration, it appears almost discreetly, partially hidden among taller structures. Yet its clean façade,…
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IB 238-1 Coco’s Yellow House
Read more: IB 238-1 Coco’s Yellow HouseToday’s design can be found on page 2 of Idea Book 238-1, tucked among playful and colorful constructions, there is this tall yellow townhouse with its steep red roof and confident blue chimney. I chose to call it Coco’s House. The bright yellow walls feel like warmth; the red roof, like a protective embrace; and…
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IB 238-1 : The Acacias Apartments Building
Read more: IB 238-1 : The Acacias Apartments BuildingHey there ! I chose to name this building the Acacias Building. The name is inspired by the acacia flower — a name frequently used in France for modest residential developments and affordable apartment blocks. It carries a certain poetic contrast: a simple building with a gently evocative name. The model featured here is the…
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Ideas Book 238-1 : Tiny blue basic house
Read more: Ideas Book 238-1 : Tiny blue basic houseThis page of Ideas Book 238-1 shows how to build basic house walls with windows. This one is faily easy to build, sitting on a early baseplate. I didn’t add the tree in this rendering because this part is missing in stud.io. This house doesn’t use slopes for the roof, which is typical from this…
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MOC – Dyrholaey Light House
Read more: MOC – Dyrholaey Light HouseThis MOC aims to recreate with Lego bricks one of my favorite place in Iceland : the Dyrholaey light house. This light house has a lot of charm with its rounded windows and is isolated in the south coast of Iceland. To create this MOC, I have only used vintage pieces (from windows of the…
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Set 400-2 : Garage
Read more: Set 400-2 : GarageOn this picture extracted from sets 400-2 or 400-3 introducing wheels with axle, we can see various trucks, characters and a garage to host them all. On this page we will describe how to build this garage. It is not set on baseplate, and uses vintage baseplates as a roof that will not “Snap” on…
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Set 400 : old wind mill
Read more: Set 400 : old wind millThis page explores one of the most charming non-vehicle builds featured in LEGO set 400: the old-style windmill illustrated on the original 1960s packaging insert. Long before LEGO sets became theme-driven, models like this windmill reflected everyday rural life. With its tall blue tower, simple pitched roof, and four broad sails, the design clearly draws…
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Red Urban Row Apartments Tower
Read more: Red Urban Row Apartments TowerThe circled LEGO construction from the German edition of LEGO Idea Book No. 1 (238-1) is a striking urban row house with a stepped gable facade, standing as a bold accent in a colorful cityscape. This narrow, vertical structure rises approximately 15 studs large and 26 bricks tall (plus roof), built primarily from vibrant red…
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Idea Book 238-1 : Brutalist City Hall (MOC with interior)
Read more: Idea Book 238-1 : Brutalist City Hall (MOC with interior)This is free MOC interpretation of the model visible in the picture bellow, extracted from page 2 of Idea Book 238-1 : You can find here the original build, as most respectful of the picture as possible, only with vintage pieces and the old fashioned build technics of the 50-60’s. And all the other builds…
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Idea Book 238-1 : Brutalist City Hall
Read more: Idea Book 238-1 : Brutalist City HallToday’s construction is a faithful and elegant reinterpretation of the white modernist building seen in the LEGO Idea Book 238-1 (page 2). The model clearly embodies Mid-Century Modern and Brutalist influences, both prevalent in northern Europe in the 1950s–1970s. Given the Danish origin of LEGO and the period of publication (late 1960s), this building is…