LIME & YELLOW 3 STORY ROW HOUSE

Above: The LIME & YELLOW 3 STORY ROW HOUSE by brick artist PHILIP BUCHAN.

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Philip has been busy with more work on the ROW HOUSE series of buildings. This example was first built using the DIGITAL DESIGNER, working from a photograph of an actual house here in SAN FRANCISCO not far from our studio. More images with details follow below.

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Below: The stairway makes a sharp turn and provides access to the lower door to the BASEMENT APARTMENT and the main front door on the porch above the garage.

Above: Close-up details of the upper floor windows built using clear transparent 1x2 plates.

Below: The garage door, (at right) on the first floor.

Above: More close-up details on the upper two floors.

Below: The tile pattern created on the roof. Note the chimney topped with green grills.

Above: The LIME & YELLOW 3 STORY ROW HOUSE placed next to other buildings from this series. The DARK GRAY & DARK PURPLE building, (at right), can be viewed in detail in a separate posting.

DARK GRAY & DARK PURPLE 3 STORY ROW HOUSE

Above: Photo shows the finished brick sculpture of the DARK GRAY & DARK PURPLE 3 STORY ROW HOUSE.

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This posting features the DARK GRAY & DARK PURPLE 3 STORY ROW HOUSE designed and built by BRICK TRICK artist Philip Buchan. As you'll see in the following images in this posting, Philip used a photo of an actual building as the inspiration for this project. He first created the building in bricks with the manufacturer's DIGITAL DESIGNER software. Then he used that rendering as a guide when constructing the actual house sculpture.

More images follow.

Below: Photo of the SAN FRANCISCO building used as motivation for this brick project.

Above: The rendering created with design software which you can download from the brick manufacturer for free. This version has the trim specified as DARK BLUE, as unfortunately DARK PURPLE is not available in the digital design program.

Below: A close-up reveals the DARK GRAY bricks are at least two distinct different colors. This is because Philip intentionally mixed both "old" and "new" dark gray bricks which are known to be decidedly different. "New" gray and many other brick colors often vary in shades depending on which brick factory they were made in as well. Bricks are also affected easily by UV light, so keep your bricks out of the sun and don't leave them under your Halogen lights too long either. This shot also shows the checkerboard floor on the balcony and the "French Doors".

Above: A close-up of the first floor GARAGE DOOR and street level entrance to the exterior stairs. Flowers were created with pink, yellow, red and lime caps.

Below: Another view of the DARK GRAY & DARK PURPLE 3 STORY ROW HOUSE.

Above: Close-up shows the front stairs and the DARK PURPLE front door.