In my RSS feed I stumbled across this interesting
post on BLDG BLOG, that included images from a 1800's book titled
The Art of Architecture of Building With Given Model Stones, which was essentially the construction manual that went along with some block set. There's lots of pictures of buildings rendered in blocks and the shapes of different basic elements of architecture.
It's a fairly interesting read, a bit about history and architecture, but this post is really focusing on the pictures. Everything is rendered in it's simplest form when you're working with blocks. Even complex structures like cathedrals, monuments, and castles can all be broken down into very simple parts.
I thought it would be cool to try building some of this stuff.
The cool thing is that you can mix and match these things and build pretty much anything. It reminds me of the classic LEGOs, before everything was pre-molded for you. It's actually a pretty fun exercise.
Feel free to post some screenshots if you make something cool.
