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[DauntlessGolem]

So I've finally got the motivation to do a big ol megaproject, and it'll be a tower rising from a volcano. However, I'm terrible at designing buildings in this game and  was wondering if you guys had any ideas for a repeatable pattern I can use for a few hundred z levels.

I was thinking of this one

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but I wanted to know what you guys do for this kind of thing.

[therahedwig]

That's pretty reasonable, though I'd get lazy and replace the single window at the end of the center hallway with two windows, because it'll be easier to build those corners

I am also not sure why you need that many trade depots? Isn't a statue garden or a well much more practical?

[DauntlessGolem]

That's pretty reasonable, though I'd get lazy and replace the single window at the end of the center hallway with two windows, because it'll be easier to build those corners

I am also not sure why you need that many trade depots? Isn't a statue garden or a well much more practical?

It's just an image I found online, I'll be replacing those with temples/worksphops/etc

[anewaname]

I spent a lot of time using marker designations to plan out floor plans. Doing that will help you with the design layout. Everyone gets better at building designs after they spend some time fooling around with it (making a list of the things you want and then marking out the designations to meet those objectives). I found that when I made the design, I enjoyed the construction process more.

I'd suggest using a renewable construction material like the green glass in the image and do not forget to increase your world-gen setting for the "sky ceiling" so you can build as high as you like.

[DauntlessGolem]

I spent a lot of time using marker designations to plan out floor plans. Doing that will help you with the design layout. Everyone gets better at building designs after they spend some time fooling around with it (making a list of the things you want and then marking out the designations to meet those objectives). I found that when I made the design, I enjoyed the construction process more.

I'd suggest using a renewable construction material like the green glass in the image and do not forget to increase your world-gen setting for the "sky ceiling" so you can build as high as you like.

Sadly, I'm not making it easy on myself by using a renewable material, and the fort is five years old, so world's already gen'd haha

[CaptainArchmage]

That's pretty reasonable, though I'd get lazy and replace the single window at the end of the center hallway with two windows, because it'll be easier to build those corners

I am also not sure why you need that many trade depots? Isn't a statue garden or a well much more practical?

Pretty much the top.

For some reason, he/she seems to have shops. Not trade depots, shops. They have that distinctive "X" pattern, which means it's from a very old version of the game (before DF2010). The economy doesn't activate these days.
See: http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/DF2014:Shop

It is kind of immersion-breaking, but I believe FPS is saved if you use a single-tile stairwell. I also believe dwarves don't have so many problems getting past one another in the latest versions, so one-tile stairwells are A-OK.

It's a good idea to use green glass as a building material (structural integrity is not in the game yet), but you can also use clay or fire clay to make bricks.