The Lego transport company

This is the headquarters of the Global Transports Company, which operates the fleets of Mercedes trucks with the well-known globe emblem on their sides. The main offices are in the central tower, while the ground floor has the workshop and garages, and a reception lodge between the front doors.

The building was made to fit onto two emplacements on one side of the town plan, plus the street running between those. This means there's no sidewalk in front of the tower, but I may get round to printing a copy of a sidewalk onto a sheet of paper and lay that underneath.

The building's style is mid-fifties, inspired by some buildings in the 1955 Lego Byggebog (Building Book) as shown on Brick Fetish here. The large roof spans are base plates, like the one the hotel is built on. Because of its size the building is mostly constructed out of modern parts moulded in ABS plastic, though only such parts as were available in the late fifties. The base plates are the oldest, original version though, while the only part that didn't exist at the time is the round brick that can fit inbetween the lugs to have the flagpole in the centre of the roof.

The rear of the building is pretty much like the front except for the lowest two floors. The rear of the garage areas is open so trucks can easily drive in from the back and out the front without need for manoeuvring. The Lego flag flies proudly overhead but is showing its age in a slightly bent pole (trying to bend it straight will probably break it) and some loss to the logo on one side. Still appropriate in that it's a hard-working flag for a hard-working company.