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In architecture, construction, and real estate development the word building may refer to one of the following:
- Any man-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy or
- An act of construction.
To differentiate buildings and other structures that are not intended for continuous human occupancy, the latter are called nonbuilding structures.
The concept of a building
- Physiological. The human body can be sustained and may effectively function only within a limited range of climatic conditions such as temperature, humidity, moisture, sunlight, and amount of oxygen and pollutants in the air. Along with access to food and drinking water, the need to creating places that are protected from the outdoors and where one can comfortably live, work, eat, sleep, procreate or engage in leisurely activities has always been a top priority for humans. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat into the inside (a place of comfort and safety) and the outside (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful).
- Psychological. Buildings are an inseparable and in most cases an essential part of basic attributes of a human life, such as home, family, work, and sex.
- Philosophical. The ability to create, control and change their living conditions is what separates humans from animals. Unlike less intelligent species who are driven purely by a natural instinct when building their nests, humans can construct buildings for purposes other than creating a shelter. Buildings can be used to express a religious belief (see Religious architecture), make a political statement (see Freedom Tower; Nazi architecture; Stalinist architecture), or serve as status symbols that reflect the wealth and high social status of their owners (see Egyptian pyramids; Mansion; World's tallest structures).
- Aesthetical. Humans have a remarkable drive to reflect on their lives and express themselves through art. Ever since the first cave paintings, the buildings and everything on, inside and near buildings—walls, ceilings, furniture, furnishings, appliances, plumbing fixtures, lighting, gardens, courtyards, streets and public parks—have become objects of artistic expression.
New posts up for Ohdd, as well as Building Telain! Interested in cooperative world building? Read up!
TheDnDTake (andrew geertsen) Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:22:11 -0000
New posts up for Ohdd, as well as Building Telain! Interested in cooperative world building? Read up!
Late night D&D means caffeine o.d. tomorrow. Much fun, good workout on skill challenges. Cooperative world building is cool.
ZeroGain (Tim Nutting) Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:34:33 -0000
Late night D&D means caffeine o.d. tomorrow. Much fun, good workout on skill challenges. Cooperative world building is cool.
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Meta Description: [ Abrigon-World: Abrigon-World ]
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Meta Description: [ Flat Earth Games ]
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Celandra - the Unyielding Land - A world in which 4 PBEMs occur simultaneously, in each the players play the role of societies, rather than single characters, and the purpose of the game is to plot the way of those societies through time, as well as to develop them and the campaign world further.
Dead Dragon Society - A community of game developers, authors, and roleplayers engaged in construction of a shared fantasy world for use with the d20 system. New participants are encouraged.
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Meta Description: [ Dragons breath collaborative fantasy world. Enter our world of old magics, great wizards, the enchanted fae, legends and heros. Site complete with library, character profiles, galleries, online comic, map, forum, chat room and more. ]
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Fargoth World Building Project - Features some nice maps, graphics and political information with original races, monsters, and flora and fauna. A generic gaming world for all systems. A mailing list is available for would-be collaborators.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the Fargoth World Building Project (www.fargoth.com)! The Fargoth World Building Project is generic free RPG (role-playing game) world with unique races, kingdoms, monsters, and flora/fauna. Start your adventure or campaign in this richly detailed fantasy world designed for player or G... ]
Orion's Arm - A collaborative science fiction multi-race universe. Site contains numerous scientific, cultural, historical, and atlas entries as well as a beginner's guide, mailing list, FAQs, and community news.
Meta Description: [ Enter the Universe of Orion's Arm - the next evolutionary development in Science Fiction! ]
Pisces - Site and message board for a collaborative world building project.
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Meta Description: [ Play by email (PBeM) game of interactive history based on the continent of Qaiyore in the fantasy world of Celandra using Fudge and Aria rules for role-playing games (RPGs). ]
Raieh Fractal Planet - Listings for geography, history, art, languages, and culture from various contributors. The site also hosts a fractal world generator, used in this setting's design.
Tabolport - Reference files for a fantasy city setting created by USENET contributors. Includes history, people, factions, and world notes.
The Santharian Dream - The Legacy to Tolkien's Fantasy - Always wanted to develop a complete fantasy world in the style of J.R.R. Tolkien? Santharian excerpts, poems, maps - you're welcome in our realm!
Meta Description: [ Epic fantasy world creation in the style of JRR Tolkien. Dive into a fantasy world... Fantasy art, magic, maps, pictures, free online RPG games in a whole fantasy world await you! ]
The World of Conclave - Draws from Oriental, African, Polynesian and other non-Western influences. Contains a beginner's guide, character journals, glossary of people, places, and things, and forums.
Meta Description: [ A collaborative world building site, for use with any role playing game ]
Unified Citizens of Earth - Finally end world government intervention through The Proclomation. Bring your persona. Now it's time to reinvent government and do it right.
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WebWorlds - Project Coordination Site - The WebWorlds were set up to produce a shared multiverse that is designed to be as flexible as possible, no matter what sort of universe or dimension, heaven or hell, weird science or weirder magic.
Dead Dragon Society - A community of game developers, authors, and roleplayers engaged in construction of a shared fantasy world for use with the d20 system. New participants are encouraged.
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