Building following the Café Corner Standard
About this creation
Now I'm officiall back in town guys! :D
Sorry, no spaceship this time! There is a Lego City project at my local LUG (www.lgoe.at), so I decided to give it a try! I guess it's not that bad for my first Café Corner building. Still there were a lot of problems during the process and honestly, building a spaceship seems a lot easier now!

As you can see I didn't have enough roof bricks, so I decided to build it old-style with plates. Adding those 1x1 tiles gives a nice effect I think. I don't know if someone else has used this method before, anyway I came up with that myself.
As you can imagine, building this dormer was a pain. I tried several angles of the roof until I could find a good result for the valley. It's still not perfect, but as close as I could get.




I'm especially fond of the column design. It took me some time to come up with those volutes though. Minifig hands are useful, not only on spaceships :) The lamps were a last minute build...figured it would be better to have some lights.




Of course there is an interior.

The roof is fully detachable.

Lots of books here.




Well, there are stairs...up and down...unfortunately you can't open the roof itself, so it didn't make sense to furnish the attic...

Love this picture!

Here you can see the construction of the doors. It may not look difficult at first, but consider that I had to use one door upside down in order to make a double door. In addition I wanted to build the windows in line with the other windows. I'm glad that I didn't give up on this one...
And just in case you wondered...she's buying a copy card for the copier on the right ;)



Leave a comment if you like it! ;)
Or tell me what to improve if you don't...
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December 2, 2012 |
I love it. Can I have your mocpages autograph please? It is where you type your autograph on the computer. It is the closest to a real autograph you can get for MOCpages. I am collecting autographs from mocpages celebrities. |
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February 3, 2011 |
very clever! |
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January 23, 2011 |
You reminded me I have a book outstanding I have to return to the library.
Great work!
I am sure many LEGO mini figures will be borrowing books from it! |
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January 15, 2011 |
An outstanding creation, a very complete design with interiour finished. The roof is wonderful - I have made several real roof with old irregular roof terracotta tiles, and the irregularity of your Lego roof recreate this effect. And making the design effects by affordable bricks available to most gives it a top 10+ one 1-10 range. |
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September 28, 2010 |
it looks amazing,the interior is quite detailed,and functional,the ambiance is in accordance with the theme! all s been said about the exterior,except maybe,more props,[fire hydrant,bicycle rack] but,it really does nt take away from this build,since,the period of it is wide,incredible work!
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September 27, 2010 |
Quoting Jack Graham
Oh. My. God. This is absolutely STUNNING. I give it 5/5. I know it would have been a lot more expensive, but you could have used actual books. Either way, the roof and Ionic columns, as well as the architecture in general, are absolutely amazing. I love this creation.
Thank you! Actually I do own a few of these books, but in my opinion they are far too huge for minifigures, they may work for a Harry Potter style library, but not for this...
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August 25, 2010 |
Oh. My. God. This is absolutely STUNNING. I give it 5/5. I know it would have been a lot more expensive, but you could have used actual books. Either way, the roof and Ionic columns, as well as the architecture in general, are absolutely amazing. I love this creation. |
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June 5, 2010 |
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April 20, 2010 |
I like most the interior and the roof. |
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April 16, 2010 |
I like so much! Good job! |
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March 21, 2010 |
I promise not to have any overdue books! |
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November 7, 2009 |
this is awsome man, nice work here, love the building some really good detile, the roofs my favorite outside, but the inside, wow, its just awsome in there, love it all, 2 thumbs up :) |
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October 29, 2009 |
Very nicely done. |
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October 25, 2009 |
Quoting Sebeus I
It's beautiful, very creative use of those wheels on the pillars, I was wondering how you did the double doors, very creative to put one upside down, great job. Btw, I hadn't noticed yet what a great builder you are, I should have added you much sooner (as a favourite builder)
Thank you Sebeus! :) |
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October 25, 2009 |
It's beautiful, very creative use of those wheels on the pillars, I was wondering how you did the double doors, very creative to put one upside down, great job. Btw, I hadn't noticed yet what a great builder you are, I should have added you much sooner (as a favourite builder) |
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October 22, 2009 |
Quoting 2x4 .
Ich bin schon gespannt wie es in natura aussieht. Ich bin Freitag nachmittag bei der Messe und am Montag den ganzen Tag, vielleicht sehen wir uns ja dann dort.
Morgen bin ich eher nicht dort...werd vermutlich übers Wochenende mal als Besucher vorbeischauen, weiß aber noch nicht wann. Am Montag bin ich aber jedenfalls dort um mein Lego wieder abzuholen ;) Dann sehen wir uns ja vermutlich eh! ^^ |
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October 22, 2009 |
Ich bin schon gespannt wie es in natura aussieht. Ich bin Freitag nachmittag bei der Messe und am Montag den ganzen Tag, vielleicht sehen wir uns ja dann dort. |
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October 20, 2009 |
You're finally back!!! Probably old news but I haven't been active... So how was your trip? Anyway, I like the building (especially the doors) but the roof doesn't quite look like tile... maybe it's just me... 5/5
please check this out http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/159002 Thanks:) |
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October 9, 2009 |
Great work! |
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October 7, 2009 |
This has excellent detail expecially at the fact that you have different colors for the books! |
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October 7, 2009 |
The more I look, the more I can see how much work this build truly is! Wow, you used Mini-fig hands to hold up the wheel hubs as part of the capitols! The amount of detail is great! That is a ton of 1x2 plates (books). The roof is well done too. Really nice work here! |
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October 7, 2009 |
Wow! Nice roof design! |
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October 7, 2009 |
Very, very nice, don't improve a thing as I think it looks outstanding as it is. Those doors look like they wer a bit of a challenge. |
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October 7, 2009 |
Simply amazing... Or complexly amazing... |
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October 7, 2009 |
Ingenious technique on the volutes! Fantastic overall! |
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October 7, 2009 |
Thanks a lot guys for your kind comments!
Quoting affliction .
Open flames in a library?
As mentioned before...I was inspired by the movie "The day after tomorrow"
Quoting Tom R.
[...] dies ist ein großes baut, und dass
100 Dollarscheine nicht luegen
Umm...what? Really never trust google when it comes to translations :D |
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October 7, 2009 |
I'm glad you didn't use slopes for the roof; looks great! The bookcases especially. |
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October 7, 2009 |
very impressive, I think this would look great next to any of those cafe corner compatible sets. I also love the interior with all those rows and rows of books. ~T |
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October 7, 2009 |
Great work! Love the interior. |
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October 6, 2009 |
Open flames in a library? |
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October 5, 2009 |
Quoting 2x4 .
Ich wollt nur auf Nummer sicher gehen :-)
Dass ich's nicht vorher kaputtmach oder wie? :D Ja keine Sorge...obwohl es schon ziemlich viele von den 'guten' Steinen verbaut hat... |
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October 5, 2009 |
Ich wollt nur auf Nummer sicher gehen :-) |
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October 5, 2009 |
Großartig! Besonders gut gefallen mir die Säulen! Und natürlich das Innenleben! - Kevin |
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October 5, 2009 |
hey, space pirate! welcome back! it's been a while! this thing looks great, you put a lot of detail into it! |
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October 5, 2009 |
hey, space pirate! welcome back! it's been a while! this thing looks great, you put a lot of detail into it! |
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October 5, 2009 |
Brilliant ionic capitals, excellent details all around! |
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October 5, 2009 |
That's pretty neat! I like tht roof! |
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October 5, 2009 |
I've been a librarian until the end of September, so it's a pleasure to see this ! It would be a great set. Not only a very beautiful exterior, but the interior is totally awesome too ! Lot of nice details ! This MOC and the one from D.Xandegar made my day, thanks ! |
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October 5, 2009 |
Quoting 2x4 .
WAHNSINN! Du solltest öfters Häuser bauen, es ist wirklich unglaublich genial gebaut. Diese ganzen Details - großartig. Ich weiß gar nicht was mir am besten gefällt, das Dach, die Inneneinrichtung, der Eingangsbereich. Ich hoffe Du bringst es mit auf die Modellbaumesse.
Danke dir Stefan! Die Bibliothek ist ja für das Gemeinschaftsprojekt gedacht, also sofern ich da nicht irgendwie verhindert bin, würd ich schon gern hinkommen ;) |
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October 5, 2009 |
WAHNSINN! Du solltest öfters Häuser bauen, es ist wirklich unglaublich genial gebaut. Diese ganzen Details - großartig. Ich weiß gar nicht was mir am besten gefällt, das Dach, die Inneneinrichtung, der Eingangsbereich. Ich hoffe Du bringst es mit auf die Modellbaumesse. |
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brandon emmert October 4, 2009 |
this reminds me of my library, thats kind of wierd. but very nice job of the inside detail |
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Dave Shaddix October 4, 2009 |
well executed, I really like the detail work inside and out. Good consistency and follow through. Solid! ~dave |
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October 4, 2009 |
I still can't get over that roof. Great building! |
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October 4, 2009 |
Most impressive, I love the way you made the roof and the interior is just stunning |
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October 4, 2009 |
That looks fantastic! I like that style of roof much better than the usual slopes! |
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October 4, 2009 |
Quoting nickeal1 .
very nice job! the roof's texture looks great, and i like all the books. but i would have liked it more if there was a attic full of dusty, old books. and, the fireplace, hum.. i haven't seen one of those in a library before... couldn't it burn the books? oh well.. still a superb MOC for a first try at cafe-corner style. one last thing, i laughed when i saw the girl hand a $100 bill to by a copy card! ha! ~nickeal1
well, you wouldn't laugh at all would you go to university in Vienna...a copy card for 1000 copies costs about 50 Euro, which is about 73 Dollar ;) Also about the fireplace, yeah, you are right...that's exactly what my girlfriend said, but I really wanted to include a chimney. Oh, and actually I was inspired by 'The day after tomorrow' where they burn the books at the fireplace...so I guess that's fine :D Thanks for your comment :) |
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very nice job! the roof's texture looks great, and i like all the books. but i would have liked it more if there was a attic full of dusty, old books. and, the fireplace, hum.. i haven't seen one of those in a library before... couldn't it burn the books? oh well.. still a superb MOC for a first try at cafe-corner style. one last thing, i laughed when i saw the girl hand a $100 bill to by a copy card! ha! ~nickeal1 |
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October 4, 2009 |
A great addition to any "Cafe Corner" standard layout. Brilliant building techniques. |
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October 4, 2009 |
this is incredible!!!!! 5/5 -jp |
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October 4, 2009 |
Fantastic build, I really like how you used so many different techniques to achieve the end result - the doors were great, I like the scrolls/architectural detail over the columns, and you did a great job with the roof. The interior is simply amazing, right down to the fireplace! |
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October 4, 2009 |
Wow...I Love That!!!! That Is Epicly Amazing!!! jeeze...WOH!!! Still Physched About It!!! Wow! Few...Ok, Can You Check Out Some Of My Halo Creations? |
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October 4, 2009 |
Very nice MOC. I really like how you did the bookshelves and the columns. Very clever volutes design. Also, I like how the roof looks. It's nice to combine tiles and plates. It gives it quite a realistic look. |
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October 4, 2009 |
Excellent! I love all of the small details you added, and great use of pieces! Keep it up, you're an amazing builder. |
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October 4, 2009 |
Stunning! The pillar design is great, and the interior is amazing! So...many...tiles...:) |
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