Mastering Lego Architecture: Tips and Tricks for Advanced Builders

Mastering Lego Architecture: Tips and Tricks for Advanced Builders
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[@BevinsBricksWorld]

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[@Soy_Barman]

"I wanna do a small town. I'm tired of doing enormous buildings. ..." ... "Oh, there is my new ultra detailed and gigantic flatiron building" 😂

[@Soy_Barman]

Not mocking on you. I'm big fan of yours. 🫶

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Big buildings take a ton of time and resources. So get where your at, and yes I destroyed a bunch of my old large buildings. Just cant help myself to build large builds.

[@amaryllis0]

IIRC the technic hole + plate technique is illegal because the connection points are imperceptible misaligned, putting stress on the plates. But it's legal if you only have one connection point, e.g.if you used jumper plates

[@user-fb5jz5mv9n]

I searched up your reason because i as well couldn't remember and yes you are partially correct. Anything longer than a one by one is illegal for the reason you stated

[@mountbrickmaster]

How does this have so little views? The building is absolutely amazing and I really like that you explain all the techniques you use so that others can find inspiration in your builds. Keep up the great work!

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thank you I appreciate it.

[@bertfukuda559]

Some GREAT building techniques. Thanks for sharing.

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks for watching 😀

[@user-il8cx6mu7i]

Can't wait to c it finished

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

You and me both :)

[@Basically.Bricks]

Very nice! I cant wait to get big modulars like this for my lego stopmotions 😊

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

That would be awesome to use in stop motion films

[@Basically.Bricks]

@BevinsBricksWorld right?? It would take ages to complete a scene or two, but modulars open up so many stopmotion ideas and they simply look amazing 😀

[@natemr4482]

Looks really good Daryl thanks for the info have a great week 🙂

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Hey Nate thanks, you as well.

[@rclaxton1651]

Awesome features

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Hey Rob thanks

[@hummppffkrt1692]

Illigal building techniques don't exist, the only limitation is you're imagination

[@wayne9287]

No it's ILLEGAL!

[@hummppffkrt1692]

@@wayne9287 maybe in your world... We have just one world, but we live in different ones - Mark Knopfler

[@wayne9287]

@@hummppffkrt1692 Man you don't understand! It's illegal!!!! ILLEGAL!!😄

[@hummppffkrt1692]

@@wayne9287 welp, if that's the case then I'm not gonna be the one handing him a ticket

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Totally agree, but there are lego police everywhere 😆 🤣

[@DK-th5nt]

Amazing skyscrapper. I envy your patience to make builds like that.

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks, yeah its a lot of trial and error

[@EvansBrickhouse]

I hate when people say illegal building techniques. If it works or fits it’s fine. LEGO is about being creative and that’s exactly what you are which is why this build is so amazing. Those it’s illegal people need to go back to building sets by instructions and leave the creative builds to people like you. ;)

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Im with you and agree, but just read the comments, have a few Lego Police already 😆 🤣 😂 Its all good, I just try and share what I do, people can use it to build or not 😀

[@EvansBrickhouse]

@@BevinsBricksWorld well if arrested I will bail you out.

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

@EvansBrickhouse I appreciate the help.

[@SQLJedi]

Awesome...you are indeed a Master builder. I really like your explanation of how you put it all together and strengthening techniques. Great job!

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks, and thank you for watching :)

[@BrickLoft]

Such a beautiful build. I love the technique to get the decoration around the top of the arched windows.

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

I meant to discuss that as well and totally forgot. Ill do it in another video :)

[@TheNeilmmm]

Love it

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks

[@josephclarke5035]

I love it, great job

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks

[@BrickfordCityFire]

This building is incredible! Thank you for sharing some techniques with us!

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks for watching

[@lifesabrick5104]

Awesome. I just got done building a circular tower with only 3 different pieces the critical one being that 2-stud oval in order to make the bend. Love the tube idea for strength, off to inspect my stash of Evergreen tubular styrene for 3 mil, thank you!

[@Malloy...]

Need more videos like this super awesome moc

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks, plan to get back to more videos once I get this beast finished.

[@MarkBuildsLego]

The building is looking awesome

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks

[@Grubengrabgeraet]

I build the starwars Tie bomber a few days ago and even in this official set Lego uses this technic so its a legal one.

[@kcrenteria8709]

This is amazing

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks

[@BflyBricks]

It's such a nice design, a real honor for the building. The technic brick to me is not illegal, its such a daft term anyway. The only thing I find sort of illegal is when people use flex tubes inside stuff to clip on and it doesn't really fit or comes loose. We should always try to build things that aren't so flimsy , but again calling it illegal is stupid . The wedge plates have been used by lego many times and even the hinged brick connections have been used by them for star destroyer designs in the past, although I appreciate your design does put a bit of pressure on the bricks . Its a real masterpiece though mate , love it 😍

[@aljazslemc9569]

Illegal in this and many others refers to connections that can damage your pieces over time. Many techniques were "illegal" and are now common due to improved moulding. For example clip and tile connection.

[@mrsaussissonsec1054]

The technique you are using to put the underside of bricks towards the exterior of the building might actually be "illegal" as it could put too much stress on the bricks. However, there is a really simple alternative to this, which is to just use the back side of those headlight bricks. The square hole here is made for studs to fit perfectly.

[@aljazslemc9569]

Was thinking the same thing. Gets trickier when you need to offset the brick for the top bit of detail. You'd have to add a jumper, which effects the dimensions. Of course rotating the headlight so that the bottom faces out fixes that but then your plates stick out different amounts... you could use clips and bars... so many options if you really wanted to do it... but this isn the cheapest and most structurally sound

[@laurielaurie8457]

Whaouuuu beautiful

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks 😊

[@josephd27]

Great technique Daryl

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Hey Joseph thanks 😊

[@hypocritehaterofficial3283]

This is very awesome and an impressive. I hope you make them instructions for this so you could sell it such a good interpretation of the building.

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks but no I will not be making instructions.

[@nillywilly307]

Im pretty sure illegal building techniques are only illegal because they put stress on the bricks which may ruin their quality and longevity. But, if you're not planning on reusing the bricks then i don't see an issue! Such a cool build!

[@greymanpl]

In some cases it's extreme stress, you can see that these technic bricks do not even line up - the distance between the wholes is not equal to the distance between two studs.

[@guleri]

Thank you for showing us your techniques for making your big buidings stick together and being able to work with qngles we don't usually see in Lego builds. This building is really amaxing. Seen a few others try to make the same building here on youtube, but none of them are as big or as detailed as yours. Do you plan to place this in your city once it is done or will it be for display only?

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks for watching, my main plan is for shows at some point, but I am wanting to do a city display on the floor, for more large buildings like this.

[@jasonjtg21]

Wow! Love the technique! I don’t see anything wrong with the technic brick and plates as you showed I think it’s genius and that building is AWESOME! Keep doing cool stuff.

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks and thank you for watching.

[@davidrand1264]

The flatiron building looks amazing! Do you think you'll ever upload the instructions for purchasing?

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks and no, it takes entirely too long to bother making them.

[@ivansmith654]

I saw nothing illegal about what you do so keep doing what you do!

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks, I always mention illegal because a few people always comment that about everything I build. Already had 2 on this post in the comments 😆 🤣

[@WhiffTheRubbishEngine1869]

4:04 technically it’s an irregular icosidagon. Because it does have points and instead has many bricks. But I do get what you mean

[@kencortright6799]

Whoever complains about the 'illegal techniques' of studs into the Technic brick holes needs to do some research; pretty sure LEGO themselves have been doing that for about 5 years now!

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Someone always needs to say everything is an illegal technique, there are several in the comments already 😆 🤣

[@will_tzu]

Studs in Technic holes has been done in Lego sets for decades 😊

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

I agree

[@coasterblocks3420]

Hey, LEGO uses steel reinforcing, LEGO uses glue and LEGO uses parts not available to us mere mortals. Therefore if LEGO can “cheat”, so can we.

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Absolutely, 💯 agree !

[@GeneralHomsar]

The flatiron building is really coming together! When I first saw you were doing this project, I thought you would build half as many floors. How much does all that Lego cost?

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks, nope this is a dream build for me, so I wanted to match it as close as possible. A rough guess for this building would be 6k, thats assuming my estimate of 60k pieces is accurate.

[@GeneralHomsar]

I counted 4 "quite simply"s in the video, in case anyone was wondering.

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks for keeping track

[@hollowvoices1268]

How exactly are the stud arches done? I'm assuming hollow studs with a tube

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Yes you are correct

[@Larv6464]

I hope you will be able to add scenes from Spider-Man into the flat iron daily bugle building!

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Absolutely, I also want to add the boys headquarters.

[@RecycleBin0]

masterful work

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks

[@Thirteenbuildslego]

Is there a city update soon?

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Hoping to get back to working on my city again soon.

[@LEGOman893-vu9in]

could we get some micro-scale tips please🙏🙏🙏

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

I dont really build micro scale, but Im sure there are channels that do.

[@bubby6858]

None of these are illegal techniques. An illegal technique is defined by Lego themselves as one that puts undue stress of the bricks.

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

I totally agree, but others in the comments dont. To me if it fits and works its good. 😀

[@salvation7362]

So, they think you're using glue eh... well, you know what you have to do. Knock it over and prove them wrong! 😂

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

At some point maybe 🤔

[@TheRugghead]

Lol. Turns around to reveal 2 lego sky scrapers

[@mr_brass_monkey]

glue is cannon look at the movie

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Kragle

[@1337Jokerman]

Connectings studs to the holes of a Technic brick is in fact an illegal building technique because it puts stress on the parts. There is a way to achieve the same effect in a "legal" way - Lego did that in the Police Station Modular. 😀

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Really dont care, I enjoy building the way I build and I share for people interested.

[@ProcrastinatinZombie]

geez, the lego community is so uptight lol

[@no_drama_wanted_here]

So according to the Lego group you are using an illegal technique. The modified plate 1x4 with 2 studs cannot be plugged into more than 1 technic hole. You have it plugged into 2 holes one on each of 2 bricks. You can see the misalignment of the bricks meaning it is under stress at 1:15 on the video. I mean no disrespect but Lego does categorize that as illegal for now.

[@no_drama_wanted_here]

Just as an update one single stud into a technic hole is legal. More than 1 into multiple holes is illegal.

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Really dont care lol my parts my builds and I build how I enjoy.

[@no_drama_wanted_here]

​@@BevinsBricksWorldbuilding is coming along beautifully. Are you going to be creating the road intersection as well? It would be interesting how you math out the parts.

[@NewBricksNitro]

this is really extraordinarily good 🫨 - this detailed structure in the façade - very interesting construction techniques

[@BevinsBricksWorld]

Thanks, and thank you for watching.