LEGO Design

Since I was 3 years old, I’ve had a passion for building LEGO models. In elementary school, I participated in the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center LEGO Contest, where I got to meet dozens of other people passionate about LEGO building. Years later, I made a series of replicas of public buildings in my hometown of Bangor, Maine. I later expanded to private commissions, custom modular buildings, and other fun one-off projects. I make my designs digitally, then order the pieces and build them. Most of the buildings from the original series are currently on display in their real-life locations.

Bangor Public Library

17,833 pieces
60.5 x 25.2 x 17.5 in.
1:48 scale

145 Harlow St, Bangor, Maine

The Bangor Public Library is my largest and most detailed model to date. It includes the majority of the original building, as well as the newer annex with a glass atrium and café. Exterior detailing includes the octagonal dome, HVAC system, green roof, skylights, and “1912” sign indicating the year of its construction. The atrium interior is complete with a vending machine, refrigerator, and pastry display, as well as tables and chairs for dining or reading. It is currently on display on the third floor of the real library building.

Houses

Blue House: 1,543 pieces
Brown House: 1,285 pieces
White House: 3,674 pieces

Models of residential homes in Maine, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C.

This series of houses, made for commissions and gifts, helped me learn techniques to replicate various architectural elements. The blue house incorporates a dormer roof and bay windows, complete with a flag on the front porch. The brown house contains multiple roof angles, solar panels, and a tapered chimney. The white house displays an expansive front porch ordained with white croissant pieces to create a decorative pattern.

Cape Lookout Lighthouse

985 pieces
5.0 × 10.0 x 22.8 in.
1:100 scale

South Outer Banks, North Carolina

Built in 2024, this model was made as a 25th wedding anniversary gift for my parents, depicting the lighthouse where they got married. It is fully motorized and contains a switch at the bottom which turns on the light and spins it around. The Fresnel lens assembly and windows at the top are borrowed from the LEGO 21335 Motorized Lighthouse, and the rest of the build is entirely custom. The build uses complex studs-on-the-side techniques to replicate the lighthouse’s iconic diamond pattern.

Bangor High School

3,550 pieces
28.5 x 24.6 x 3.7 in.
1:165 scale

885 Broadway, Bangor, Maine

This is the most recent model from the Bangor Buildings Series, depicting the northern part of Bangor High School. It uses advanced techniques to create the circular Peakes Auditorium with angled protruding wall sections. It is modular, using separable sections for the auditorium, gym, and cafeteria/art wing. The design process involved getting original blueprints from 1964 to reference for measurements.

108 - 214 pieces
5.0 × 1.9 × 2.6-4.9 in.

Picture frames

This is a series of picture frames I built as gifts for my family. Each family member’s picture frame contains a minifigure of them set against a background representing them.

William S. Cohen School

3,407 pieces
46.3 x 8.2 x 6.3 in.
1:80 Scale

304 Garland St, Bangor, Maine

In 7th grade, I made my first ever LEGO replica, based on my middle school. It depicts the southern facade of the building, including the main entrance, the library, and the auditorium. It is currently displayed outside the main office of the real building.

Pittsburgh Skyline

This model depicts Pittsburgh in the style of the LEGO Architecture Skylines series. It includes several iconic buildings, such as the U.S. Steel Tower, BNY Mellon Center, One PPG Place, Fifth Avenue Place, and One Oxford Center. It also includes other landmarks like the historic sites of Fort Pitt and Fort Duquesne, the Point State Park Fountain, the Fort Pitt Bridge, and the Monongahela Incline.

824 pieces
15.3 × 2.9 × 5.4 in.

Pittsburgh, PA

Bangor Opera House

4,168 pieces
25.2 x 5.0 x 19.2 in.
1:34 Scale

131 Main St, Bangor, Maine

The Bangor Opera House, home of Penobscot Theatre Company, was the second building I replicated with LEGO bricks. The model depicts the facade of the building, including the marquee, decorated with lamps and golden accents. It is currently on display in the lobby of the opera house.

Bangor City Hall

2,019 pieces
30.2 x 3.4 x 8.9 in.
1:64 scale

73 Harlow St, Bangor, Maine

The Bangor City Hall was my third model, and the smallest of the Bangor Buildings Series. It contains exactly 2019 pieces to commemorate the year the model was built. It depicts the facade of the building, including the four flags hanging over the main entrance (USA, Canada, Maine, and New England). The city hall has temporarily relocated to 262 Harlow St due to building renovations, but the model will once again be on display after they are completed.

This is a model of a restaurant and apartment, in the style of the LEGO Modular Buildings theme, with a fully detailed interior. It is not based on a real building but is loosely inspired by the Blaze restaurant in Bangor. The first and second floors are the restaurant dining area and kitchen. The third floor is a filming studio, where Bob Ross is recording an episode of his painting show. The top floor is an apartment, which includes a bedroom, kitchen, living room, and bathroom.

3,346 pieces
10.1 x 10.4 x 13.0 in.

Modular Restaurant & Apartment

This is a model of a library, in the style of the LEGO Modular Buildings theme, with a fully detailed interior. It is a custom creation, not based on a real building. The lobby on the first floor has two front desks with computers. The second floor is full of bookshelves, and the third floor is a computer lab.