Tag: buildings

Pittsburgh in LEGO bricks – a “mini” series

3 November, 2011 (12:00) | LEGO© Creations

I once set out to create a model of Pittsburgh out of bricks.  It didn’t turn out well.  Scale is a hard thing to maintain when constricted to the shapes of LEGO bricks.  So, the mini-series was born.  As I’m inspired, or as requested, I’ll set out to recreate individual buildings and landmarks.  Here’s what […]

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You’re just another brick in the wall

23 September, 2010 (12:00) | Life Long Goals

This goal is certainly not very likely to happen, but the idea of it really appeals to me.  If I was ever capable of making a large donation to a university or institution, I’d love them to name the building “Josh Hall”.

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I would like to build something

3 September, 2010 (12:00) | Top 10

Here are the top 10 Precarious Building according to TIME.  I’m particularly fascinated with the Sutyagin House, Archangel, Russia, because when I look at all these buildings, I think about how they were built and how they got the materials to where they ended up. Modern structures are easy to fabricate when you have a […]

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