Ideas books
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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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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…
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Idea Book 238-1 : Basic Large Wheels Train
Read more: Idea Book 238-1 : Basic Large Wheels TrainWelcome to the LEGO Train Instructions! Step back in time to the classic world of early LEGO System building with this charming steam locomotive and tender featured on the first page of the German edition Idea Book No. 1 (238-1). Captured in a nostalgic scene of a young builder assembling the model, this vibrant red-and-black…
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Idea Book 238-1 : Red Northern modern appartments building with blue roof
Read more: Idea Book 238-1 : Red Northern modern appartments building with blue roofThe circled LEGO construction from LEGO Idea Book No. 238-1 (Germany) is a modern urban apartment building, designed to enhance a dynamic city scene. This build embodies a mid-20th-century modernist architectural style, reflecting the post-war urban development trends of the 1950s and 1960s. It has clean lines, grid-like window pattern and a cute blue sloped…
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Idea Book 238-1 : Red & blue cozy urban row house
Read more: Idea Book 238-1 : Red & blue cozy urban row houseThe LEGO construction circled in black in this image from page 2 of LEGO Idea Book No. 238-1 (Germany) is a cozy urban row house, designed to fit into a vibrant cityscape. This build reflects a traditional European urban row house style, likely inspired by the narrow, closely packed homes found in cities like Amsterdam…