Questions tagged [architecture]
For questions regarding the aesthetic elements of construction and design. It can apply to any historical period or complexity level, from earthen mounds to grand cathedrals.
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How tall can a stone structure get?
So, I'm working on a world where metal isn't the most common, so what little metal they do have goes into building machines. The people of this world use primarily wood and massive granite blocks to ...
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How would a village be built if its building materials change properties every other day?
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This world is an Earth-like planet surrounded by many small magical "moons" in low orbit. Each moon carries a different magical energy and moves along its own orbit at its own speed.
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Are Underground Cities feasible? [duplicate]
in the future, say we begin mass-producing humen on a large-scale, and the population increases tremendously (15-25 billion), but we also want to save some land for wildlife and forests, and we can't ...
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How could a city build a circular canal?
Within my setting, magic exists as a system of writing that has to be encased within a circle. Usually, these circles aren't any larger than the writer's hand. However, the primary villain of the ...
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What would a city/arcology designed to survive atomic bombings look like
I'm working on a hard sci-fi Cold War cyberpunk setting where the Cold War had a third faction (transhumanist fascists basically). There is a constant threat of war spreading across multiple planets (...
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What materials and building techniques would a Late Medieval-Renaissance city use next to an ocean?
I'm designing a coastal city (called Bruxport), and I'm wondering what types of materials and techniques would be used to help combat erosion, water damage, and salt build-up from damaging buildings?
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Futuristic fusion of university campus with desi cultural heritage preserved [closed]
So my idea is to redesign my university campus in a more modern and futuristic setting. But the aim is to keep the original cultural feel to it. For reference the campus is pretty old say 50-60 years ...
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Could an average person properly live out of a 3x3(bodylength) cabin/house?
So I figured that, yes, a tiny person living in a normal size home would need or at least greatly benefit from their own house or hideyhole.
But with that out of the way, I wanted to figure how small ...
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Would a Lilliputian individual need their own personal house if they lived in a normal sized residence?
At first I was going to ask if a miniature person could live out of a 3x3(bodylength) cabin but I thought about a more pressing question: Would a tiny person need their own house if they lived in a ...
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General rule to spacing towers on a medieval city wall
I'm workshopping a medieval fantasy setting and one of the primary locations is a large port city, located on a bay out to the ocean.
I'm still early in development, but since this settlement is quite ...
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What is different about nocturnal humans' European manor houses?
Edit: Originally I asked this question about "houses" in general, but several comments made it clear to me houses was too broad a scope. So I've edited this question to restrict it's scope ...
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Designing barrier to stop only non-hooved animals
We have barriers that stop hooved animals by taking advantage their hooves fitting into slats between metal bars/rods, meaning they refuse to pass the barricade because it limits their mobility. ...
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What are the best materials for an organic skyscraper one kilometer high?
The tallest structures on the surface of Earth are trees, which can reach 120-130m already. But I want something much bigger. In the setting of my magic-powered sci-fi story, humans use bioengineered ...
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How can an object pass through a building without taking significant damage?
A kaiju swinging its arm through a building, a superhero that, locked in battle with a villain, flies through several buildings, a huge mecha that uses its ax on a skyscraper, like a lumberjack would ...
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City planning underwater
In my world, there is a race of fish people and merfolk. For a brief description: They are a mix of the Creature from the Black Lagoon and Luca. For pictures and extra description: What conditions ...
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