I just finished the interior detail work on the second floor of the Daily Planet. I modeled it somewhat on the Planet from Smallville and leaned into the art deco facade inside. For a long time it just seemed like a big empty box made of LEGO no matter how I oriented desks and other furnishings, but I knew I wanted to have big news “monitors” that would be printed 2×4 tiles with printed graphics for “televised news feeds” from Metropolis, Gotham, Star City, and Central City. Then I had an idea to put a column in the middle of the room, which of course was unstable with the 3rd floor removed, so I played around with adding archways to support it, and it ended up not only being evocative of the Smallville version, but broke the interior up making it feel more like an official LEGO set.

The floor includes a shared desk for Lois and Clark, a desk for Jimmy, and a desk for Cat Grant, as well as a filing cabinet, water cooler and copy machine.

I decided to rework the wooden brown desks to be a more modern grey too, which I also thought  looked pretty good. There’s a few more photos below because it’s a bit hard to see around the arches and columns, and I’d love to hear any feedback in the comments about the new interior.