Richard Paules looks at the Capitol, the White House, the Kennedy Center and thinks, “I could build that.” And so he has. From Legos, in his D.C. basement apartment.
Richard Paules holds up a Lego replica of Marine One that he is custom building for a friend at his home in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1. In the foreground is a replica of a home he's building. Richard Paules sees the same Washington as the rest of us. He just doesn’t see it in the same way.
Lego pieces he keeps organized in nearby bins. Some are from sets he has made and dismantled. Others he purchased in bulk from Lego or websites for builders. His favorite pieces include versatile jumper plates and grill pieces for their fine lines. Last year, Paules spent the better part of six months putting together about 50,000 Lego pieces to form a replica of Dulles Airport’s iconic passenger terminal, designed by Finnish American architect Eero Saarinen in 1958.
As the first airport he ever flew from, Dulles held special meaning too. Building it would be a challenge, but with each project, Paules has tried to outdo his previous creations. He had already tackled D.C.’s most famous structures, as well as replicas of Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany and San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower.
Like many other kids around the world, Paules played with Legos as a child. As a teenager, he began working on more complicated structures. He would buy a set, build it and then take it apart to build something new, something his own. He credits his parents and his grandfathers, both of whom were skilled carpenters, with encouraging him to build and experiment.
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