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This week, @TheOnlyAaron is taking on the ultimate 3D challenge: modeling Nakatomi Plaza in an all-out effort to defeat Hans Gruber and rescue the hostages. Get modeling tips, have a few laughs, and settle in for a definitive (and lengthy!) debate on whether Die Hard is a Christmas classic. Yippee-ki-yay!
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2025-12-12T19:00:00Z
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Granted this is some sort of Lego model, but it’s helpful nonetheless.
Are you ambitious enough to include:
I hate to turn down a challenge!
But sometimes I do things that I hate… Given the 90 minutes of modeling time I have available to me, I will do my best to get a good exterior model, then see what sort of details we might add… Like a Bruce WIllis face me, jumping off the roof… or face me explosions…
It was the last work of William Pereira (with Bill Fain and Scott Johnson) who built the famous Transamerica Pyramid.
“In 1969, San Franciscans protested against the Pyramid plans in the street, carrying signs that bore slogans like “Corporate Egotism” and “Stop the Shaft.” Some protesters even donned pyramid-shaped dunce hats.”
floor 6 :
floor 10 with good resolution :
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Have you tried a Google search with “Nakatomi Plaza bueprints”?
Some fun pics here : 50 Photos Inside Die Hard's Nakatomi Plaza For The 30th Anniversary - GameSpot
The philosophy of the skyscraper: Create a tower for the great views it gives but put people sitting and working in windowless rooms.
I think it depends on the place and the time. In New York, there was a period (at the beginning of the 20th century, the Equitable Building) with large skyscrapers, then later very slender towers to maximize natural light, and then thick skyscrapers again when fluorescent lighting came along.
An iconic film that’s been copied so many times, Honest Trailers is hard pressed to enumerate them all.
Add location gives a good head start. Diffusion or what ever its called now was interesting too! I wont post the image. It would be wrong to steal any thunder! I urge all to wait until after the event to post any attempts.
Hi Aaron, here are a few additional image that may or may not help but I like them.
Along with clear proof that it’s a Christmas movie.
Fox Plaza skyscraper 150 metres high, comprising of 35 floors
