Ever wanted to hang a slice of a sunny hillside city on your wall? A LEGO® Ideas designer known as liayaaaa has done exactly that. Their project, Lisbon, Framed, recreates the famous view from the Miradouro das Portas do Sol, and it has just reached the full 10,000 supporters, sending it straight into the LEGO® review stage.

Picture hundreds of white-walled, orange-roofed houses tumbling down a hill toward the water. That is the scene captured inside a 48 x 64 brick frame, used here like an artist's viewfinder. The build layers plates, tiles, and wedge plates to form the cascading rooftops, and it is a genuinely clever bit of building (getting all those angled roofs to read as a real skyline takes real patience). Shades of yellow, orange, and red do the heavy lifting, giving the whole piece the warm glow of late-afternoon sun.

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What makes this one sing is its home on your shelf. Lisbon, Framed slots neatly alongside the LEGO® art and interior decor themes, sitting happily on a wall, a table, or a bookshelf. Have you ever looked at your LEGO® collection and thought it could double as gallery art? This is your proof.

The designer, liayaaaa, calls themselves a LEGO® framed art enthusiast, and they dream bigger than one city. The pitch imagines a whole series of framed landmarks, each capturing the character of a different city around the world. One frame for a favourite memory, another for a dream destination, and suddenly your wall becomes a travel journal made of studs.

With 10,000 supporters gathered and 210 comments cheering it along, the project now waits for the official LEGO® verdict. Fancy giving your own building a splash of Portuguese sunshine? Keep an eye on this one, because a brick-built postcard from Lisbon might just be coming to a shelf near you.