Questions tagged [architecture]
For questions about the in-universe architecture in works of speculative fiction.
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What are the differences in the description of Meduseld, the Golden Hall at Edoras?
I recently read that the description of the Golden Hall I am familiar with might be incomplete.
In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Book Three, Chapter 6, "the King of the Golden Hall"...
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What is the staircase layout of 12 Grimmauld Place?
I've been having trouble picturing the layout of 12 Grimmauld Place in my head. Specifically, in the fourth chapter of the Order of the Phoenix,
The three of them looked cautiously over the ...
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How Big is Ba Sing Se's Outer Wall?
The largest city in Avatar: The Last Airbender is a gigantic, three-walled doughnut in the northeastern corner of the Earth Kingdom called Ba Sing Se, literally translated as "Impenetrable City&...
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What did Pelargir and its defenses look like?
Is there any canon description of this city’s appearance? I am especially interested in the possibility that the Haven might had 'impenetrable black' walls too (since it was a Númenórean settlement ...
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Story identification - Futuristic architecture of the 1950s US influenced by aliens
I recall reading a back cover synopsis of a novel or maybe just a short story (more likely a shorter story as part of an anthology) about the futuristic architecture of the 1950s or 1960s United ...
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What was the point of the hatch?
Warning, some spoilers below!
The Swan Station has two entrances, a hatch and a door.
The hatch was sealed shut, and it took dynamite to access it. It then opened up to a 50 feet vertical shaft with ...
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How does Elsa resolve the practical problems of living in an ice palace?
While Elsa's ice magic is aesthetically effective on a superficial architectural level, the choice of ice as a fundamental building material presents a number of practical difficulties. How, for ...
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Physical dimensions of the Planet Express building
Does someone know (or can calculate precisely enough by his eyes) Planet Express building's dimensions and schema of inner rooms?
All I have found so far is this image, but it is from a game so I am ...
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