Last week for Marchitecture!

We're up to 8 competition entries, and 3 participation entries, and I am so happy and excited to see all the lovely work :D Thank you to everyone joining in so far, and to everyone else thinking about joining in, or working on their own submission still, you still have a full 7 days left! Plenty of time :D Take a look at some of the fantastic entries and gain that lovely architectural inspiration through exploring their articles as precedent!

Still one week left to earn a lovely participation badge, or compete to win the winners badge version >:D

(Side note, how do you make columns in this editor? Sure would be nice to put these two badge images beside each other...)

by Stormbril

by Stormbril

(side note V2, wouldn't it be cool if I could grant these badges via WA's stickers? I wonder if there's a good feature-request idea there)

#marchitecture #marchitecture2025 #unofficialchallenge

Halfway through Marchitecture

I hope everyone has been having a fantastic March! Mine has been incredibly busy, super hyper focused on Architecture as well. I even managed to get my own little Marchitecture article done, as a "participation entry"! This serves as an example and reminder that you can break the rules in order to gain just a participation badge, the rules only exist for people competing to win :D

Speaking of which, we have 4 competition entries already! From my brief skim they look to be EXCELLENT articles, and everyone should be really proud of them :D I can't wait to dive into them in April and explore these lovely spaces and places that everyone has built.

If you are participating, or want to participate, don't forget to share your articles here with #marchitecture or #marchitecture2025 as a hashtag! And all entries (both participation and competition) can be found on the Challenge page itself :D

#unofficialchallenge

Marchitecture 2025 is live! What story does your building tell?

Over the course of March, join us in this unofficial competition about breathing new life into old buildings. So many buildings see so many people and so many stories pass through them over the ages, changing owners, and often times entirely changing programmed use. Think about what once was, why and how the owners and designers decided to renovate it, and what might be.

Tell us about a pre-existing building in your world that was renovated or remodeled in modern or current times.

Buildings are with us for our entire lives -- we spend the vast majority of our time within them. They are our protectors, our story keepers, and our homes. They provide us shelter, and they also provide us beauty. They age, they die, and sometimes, like in this specific case, they are granted another chance at living.

What story might your building tell?

What's your favourite example of a renovated building?

Don't forget, if you participate, you win a badge :D And, if you win, you get the winners badge! Make sure to share your entries with #Marchitecture or #Marchitecture2025 and #unofficialchallenge

by Stormbril

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World Building and Art Stream

Today I'll be working on a armband design for Talitha Harbor's Council of Thirteen (which I still need an article on, though they get a mention here, and a few other places, Vocational Government System ).

Streaming from 3 PM EST to 6 PM EST, or maybe longer depending on how things go.

https://www.twitch.tv/desdemona_rose

After that it's room design. Got to pick a floor. I am going to use #Marchitecture2025 as motivation to finally write an article for a building the Talithan's call a Fortress (against weather and originally the planet's wildlife). It's part of the original spaceship they flew in on, but with several modifications over time. Especially since it's nearly 1000 sol cycles old at this point. I started a drawing of one tiny piece of it, a desk for one of my Councillors and the space he works in.