The mayor of Bricktopia, Arnold Plasticimo, wanted a residence that rivaled the splendor of the fine palaces of Europe. Unfortunately, he also wanted to live within the boundaries of the city limits where space was scarce. In fact, there were no plots of any reasonable size in either downtown or midtown Bricktopia. However, the mayor was flush with money (made through his early investment in www.brickbay.com) and proposed that the library and police station be moved to accommodate the palace in the mid-town area. Although hugely expensive, both of these structures were moved slightly so that a standard 32x32 baseplate site could be cleared for the palace.
Unfortunately, this still wasn't enough space for the splendid, spread-out, palace about which the mayor dreamed. Some other schemes for moving buildings were proposed, but nothing could provide the needed space. The architect proposed the alternate solution of building a hi-rise palace. Not only would this solve the space problem, but the resulting structure would fit in better with the surrounding, tall buildings in Bricktopia. Resistant at first, the mayor soon warmed to the idea. In fact, he began to grow fond of having a penthouse high up in the sky styled in a classical fashion.
This picture shows the final building in its construction area. It was later relocated to its final location in Bricktopia by some helpful giants.
The front facade is divided into the typical, Bricktopia, triple bay design. In this case, the outer two bays are slanted inwards. This necessitated a good deal of engineering technique. On the bottom, one edge of the bay is attached to a standard stud. The other edge attached in between two studs by using a tile with a single stud in the middle. As the bay rises, various beams stick out the back and attach to a standard (non-angled) beam behind. The resulting bay, despite having no side attachment for over 9 stories, is surprisingly sturdy.
The white vertical molding on the outer columns on the bottom floor is accomplished with vertically mounted white tiles attached to 1x2 technic beams (with a hole in the middle filled with a gray pin with a stud on one side).
The angled roof is accomplished with a 1x2 hinge piece mounted on two 1x1 circular plates. The plates interlock between the studs so that the roof is offset 1/2 stud out from the lower parts of the floor.
The small "tower" sticking above the roofline is purely decorative. The inside is the bottom to an Aquazone, 10x10x4, inverse dome (yellow) with a large, circular white plate inside.
Note the two stained glass windows in the nooks to the left and right. Also note how one can't see inside the building because of the "drapes." These drapes are taken from a Belville set and are actually an official LEGO piece (although a few cuts have been made to get it to hang vertically).
