How to build White House in Minecraft

The south side of the White House: the three-storey Executive Residence with its curved South Portico of tall white columns and the Truman Balcony, the roof balustrade, chimneys and the American flag, low colonnades out to the East and West Wings, and the South Lawn with its fountain, sweeping driveway, flower beds and trees.

Open the interactive 3D plan above to build it one layer at a time: every layer has a numbered top-down plan, a block list and full-screen step-by-step instructions you can tick off as you go. You can also download it for Litematica, WorldEdit or Minecraft Bedrock, or view it in your room in AR.

Materials list

BlockAmountStacks
Grass Block4,11664 stacks + 20
Smooth Stone2,67141 stacks + 47
Smooth Quartz Block2,24135 stacks + 1
Light Gray Concrete2,13533 stacks + 23
Quartz Bricks1,52523 stacks + 53
Chiseled Quartz Block91614 stacks + 20
Gray Stained Glass4987 stacks + 50
Quartz Pillar4627 stacks + 14
Oak Leaves4446 stacks + 60
Smooth Quartz Slab3916 stacks + 7
Quartz Block2564 stacks
Birch Leaves2223 stacks + 30
End Rod2133 stacks + 21
Quartz Stairs1752 stacks + 47
Water901 stack + 26
Oak Log44
Spruce Leaves26
Birch Log22
Red Wool19
White Wool18
Dirt14
Quartz Slab14
Lantern12
Iron Bars10
Blue Wool8
Dandelion8
Cornflower6
Poppy6
Birch Door4
Block of Gold1

Building tips

  1. Start from the centre line (x = 0) and build one half, then mirror it. The whole south facade is symmetrical.
  2. The portico is two half-circles: the bowed wall of the Blue Room at radius 6 and the ring of columns at radius 10. Mark both on the ground before you build up.
  3. Make each column a plus shape of quartz pillars. It reads as round from a distance and leaves gaps you can see through.
  4. End rods make perfect thin white balusters for the roof railing and the Truman Balcony.
  5. Recess the windows one block and use dark stained glass. Pure white walls need that shadow or the facade looks flat.
  6. Lay out the driveway as a big curve that meets the portico, then fill the lawn inside it. The fountain goes in the middle of the lawn.

Step-by-step: all 31 layers

  1. Layer 1 Grass Block ×4116, Smooth Stone ×2628, Dirt ×14
  2. Layer 2 Quartz Bricks ×339, Water ×88, Quartz Block ×45, Smooth Stone ×43, Smooth Quartz Block ×26, Quartz Pillar ×22, Spruce Leaves ×18, Dandelion ×8, Oak Log ×8, Cornflower ×6, Poppy ×6, Birch Log ×4, Birch Door ×3
  3. Layer 3 Quartz Bricks ×269, Gray Stained Glass ×66, Smooth Quartz Block ×26, Quartz Pillar ×22, Quartz Block ×9, Oak Log ×8, Quartz Stairs ×6, Birch Log ×4, Spruce Leaves ×4
  4. Layer 4 Quartz Bricks ×263, Gray Stained Glass ×67, Smooth Quartz Block ×26, Quartz Pillar ×22, Oak Log ×8, Quartz Stairs ×6, Birch Log ×4, Spruce Leaves ×4, Water ×1
  5. Layer 5 Quartz Bricks ×330, Oak Leaves ×86, Birch Leaves ×43, Smooth Quartz Block ×26, Quartz Pillar ×22, Oak Log ×8, Quartz Stairs ×6, Birch Log ×4, Water ×1
  6. Layer 6 Quartz Bricks ×324, Oak Leaves ×172, Birch Leaves ×84, Smooth Quartz Block ×26, Quartz Pillar ×22, Lantern ×10, Oak Log ×8, Quartz Stairs ×6, Birch Log ×4
  7. Layer 7 Chiseled Quartz Block ×513, Smooth Quartz Block ×137, Oak Leaves ×113, Birch Leaves ×55, Quartz Pillar ×12, Quartz Stairs ×6, Oak Log ×4, Birch Log ×2
  8. Layer 8 Smooth Quartz Block ×266, Quartz Block ×77, Oak Leaves ×48, Birch Leaves ×28, Smooth Quartz Slab ×16, End Rod ×12, Gray Stained Glass ×12, Quartz Pillar ×12, Birch Door ×1
  9. Layer 9 Smooth Quartz Block ×210, Gray Stained Glass ×66, Quartz Pillar ×47, Oak Leaves ×25, Birch Leaves ×12, Lantern ×2
  10. Layer 10 Smooth Quartz Block ×212, Gray Stained Glass ×67, Quartz Pillar ×47
  11. Layer 11 Smooth Quartz Block ×224, Gray Stained Glass ×55, Chiseled Quartz Block ×54, Quartz Pillar ×39, Smooth Quartz Slab ×6
  12. Layer 12 Light Gray Concrete ×408, Smooth Quartz Block ×155, Chiseled Quartz Block ×124, Quartz Pillar ×39, Quartz Stairs ×20, Quartz Slab ×14, Smooth Quartz Slab ×12, Quartz Block ×4
  13. Layer 13 Smooth Quartz Block ×155, End Rod ×64, Quartz Block ×60, Smooth Quartz Slab ×58, Quartz Pillar ×35
  14. Layer 14 Smooth Quartz Slab ×124, Smooth Quartz Block ×100, Gray Stained Glass ×55, Quartz Pillar ×35, End Rod ×23
  15. Layer 15 Smooth Quartz Block ×100, Gray Stained Glass ×55, Quartz Pillar ×39
  16. Layer 16 Smooth Quartz Block ×100, Gray Stained Glass ×55, Quartz Pillar ×39
  17. Layer 17 Smooth Quartz Block ×155, Chiseled Quartz Block ×7, Quartz Pillar ×4
  18. Layer 18 Smooth Quartz Block ×155, Chiseled Quartz Block ×62, Quartz Pillar ×4
  19. Layer 19 Light Gray Concrete ×1068, Chiseled Quartz Block ×140, Quartz Stairs ×125, Smooth Quartz Block ×62
  20. Layer 20 Light Gray Concrete ×659, End Rod ×114, Quartz Block ×61, Smooth Quartz Block ×16
  21. Layer 21 Smooth Quartz Slab ×175, Smooth Quartz Block ×16, Iron Bars ×1
  22. Layer 22 Smooth Quartz Block ×16, Iron Bars ×1
  23. Layer 23 Smooth Quartz Block ×16, Iron Bars ×1
  24. Layer 24 Smooth Quartz Block ×16, Iron Bars ×1
  25. Layer 25 Chiseled Quartz Block ×16, Iron Bars ×1
  26. Layer 26 Red Wool ×9, Iron Bars ×1
  27. Layer 27 White Wool ×9, Iron Bars ×1
  28. Layer 28 Red Wool ×5, Blue Wool ×2, White Wool ×2, Iron Bars ×1
  29. Layer 29 White Wool ×5, Blue Wool ×4, Iron Bars ×1
  30. Layer 30 Red Wool ×5, Blue Wool ×2, White Wool ×2, Iron Bars ×1
  31. Layer 31 Block of Gold ×1

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