We don't really know anything about gameplay for the Modern Age yet apart from there being Factories which with resources, fuel resources being consumable again, aircraft changing-up warfare, and presumably some sort of space race.
However, we have already seen a lot of buildings for the age, so I started collecting what we have for the reference sheet. I also added uniques for now because a) this age doesn't have as many styles, so I had leftover space and b) because some of them could still turn out to be generic buildings which we just haven't seen visual variants for yet.
A new feature in this age seems to be full-tile buildings, possibly working similarly to unique improvements. They all seem infrastructure-focused in some way: Power Plant, Train Station, Aerodrome, and Spaceport.
The style uses we know:
America: North Atlantic
France: Continental
Meiji: Asia
Mexico: Latin America
Mughal: Asia
Siam: Asia
I have deliberately avoided naming the buildings to not significantly skew discussion towards my own guesses, as those are as good as anyone else's and not based in more info than the look of the building itself. However, I have sorted them according to what I think they are or at least which type of building class they'll be in, similarly to previous style sheets.
With regards to the French unique building with the glass dome, Google routinely brings me back to two glass domes in Paris that were made during the Belle Epoque. They are both on the same street and both Grands Magasins (department stores): Galleries Lafayette and Printemps Hausmann, which a both still in operation. So, perhaps this round, glass-domed building is a Grand Magasin, rendered a little more generic so Firaxis doesn't step on anyone's toes with a look too similar to existing businesses?
With regards to the French unique building with the glass dome, Google routinely brings me back to two glass domes in Paris that were made during the Belle Epoque. They are both on the same street and both Grands Magasins (department stores): Galleries Lafayette and Printemps Hausmann, which a both still in operation. So, perhaps this round, glass-domed building is a Grand Magasin, rendered a little more generic so Firaxis doesn't step on anyone's toes with a look too similar to existing businesses?
So, if the French building is a 'department store' and the American one a Cement Plant, can we make the (doubtless Rash) assumption that America will be Production focused in Modern Age, or specifically focused on Infratructure/Wonder construction and France will be Consumption focused - as in, Gold and/or Culture?
America is certainly Production, I would think. But maybe more like infrastructure rather than factories making commercial goods, given concrete and rail. Although building infrastructure leads to factories that make commercial goods.
I'm thinking the Grand Magasin is going to be themed on boutique sales of elite goods. Your Chanel purfumes and such. So, Gold and Culture, yes. But the Conservatory or whatever it is, would probably be Science and Culture. I'm curious to see what happens when you put them in the same district, the synthesis of haut couture and intellect.
As an aside, I'm just loving this Belle Epoque architecture that France has. I hope that I enjoy the civ.
Cannery should increase the value of trade routes based on food-base resources.
To be a specialist in a late-modern building you should have to be a specialist first at public school, then university, then you can go to the building. Probably a better idea for a "late game expanded" mode or mod.
I'm thinking the Grand Magasin is going to be themed on boutique sales of elite goods. Your Chanel purfumes and such. So, Gold and Culture, yes. But the Conservatory or whatever it is, would probably be Science and Culture. I'm curious to see what happens when you put them in the same district, the synthesis of haut couture and intellect.
As an aside, I'm just loving this Belle Epoque architecture that France has. I hope that I enjoy the civ.
It looks like the French building is a copy of the Bourse de Commerce, near les Halles.
The patterns on the facade look very similar and there is even a portico with columns like the original.
A former wheat storage, then a Stock exchange (Hence the name) and since few years an exhibition center (Pinault foundation). History writes on itself.
Beautiful place Indeed, magnificent beaux-arts architecture with Tadao Ando's concrete cylindre inside.
However the dome on the civ model looks taken from the Grand Palais.
Could be a commerce/culture related building ; about the name... Palais des Beaux-Arts, Palais des Expositions, Petit Palais...
Modern era Siam is clearly King Chulalongkorn's era. look at the Opera house. it is actually based on Dusit Palace. itself a part of Grand Palace complex. a mix of Early Rattanakosin and Neoclassic archetecture. though 'National Theatres' however used 'Simplified Siamese Palace' archetecture that was designed past 1945 (Roughtly the Fall of People's Party regime, and the 'Bhumibhol Restoration'). Not Chulalongkon's style.
^ So no palace dome here. and Siamese preferred roof color is crimson red. not green
Currently doing some work around my apartment and don't have my desktop PC set up where I have the files (and screen size) for these charts, so will probably take a few days until it's updated.
In the stream, I spotted a lot of these guesses being fully correct: Cannery, Grocer, City Park, Stock Exchange, Museum, Opera House, Aerodrome. The others seem to have been almost correct, except for a couple of minor naming differences:
Tenement instead of Apartment Block
Radio Station instead of Broadcast Center
Port instead of Seaport
Rail Station instead of Train Station
The rest I haven't seen but tile tooltips were only briefly visible so I think I can find the rest in those by revisiting the VOD. I think thematically I was right (the building I guessed to be a Military Academy unlocks with Military Science, for example) for most if not all of them, but will have to find more info to confirm.
Any help providing screenshots of building tooltips is also appreciated.
Could someone explain what is the difference of modern age Non specific/default buildings?
Is there any noticeable difference (architecture-wise) apart from roof top colors.
So far, I did notice somewhat different styling between Asia civs and Europe-NA, but not much to be honest...
Could someone explain what is the difference of modern age Non specific/default buildings?
Is there any noticeable difference (architecture-wise) apart from roof top colors.
So far, I did notice somewhat different styling between Asia civs and Europe-NA, but not much to be honest...
Most buildings have regional, and sometimes civ-specific, styles. But the bonuses associated with the buildings remain the same across all civs unless affected by an ability.
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