r/TheSimsBuilding

I wanted to explore what a contemporary residence might look like if its architecture evolved from the structural logic of a bird’s nest rather than conventional villa geometry.

The result is a large organic residence wrapped in a deep woven architectural shell, with refined glass living spaces hidden within.

Set deep inside a tropical forest, the house is reached by a winding private road. I imagined the residence during a heavy tropical downpour, with wet timber, rain-covered glass, headlights, reflections and the surrounding forest becoming part of the architectural experience.

The goal was to create something organic without becoming rustic, and luxurious without looking like a typical resort.

Would you live in a house like this?

I may have spent a ridiculous amount of time on this. Based on the 7th time loop anime, I have modelled Rishe’s palace. Ballroom, kitchen, embroidery room, music room, servant quarters, royal bedrooms, a mirrors corridor, stables at the back of the garden, library, even a classroom to teach your sims, and some hidden Easter eggs… I play tested it as a boarding school to teach my future royals fencing and charisma. Teachers were princess Cordelia and father Winter. It’s in the gallery under GilraedElensar if you want to give it a spin! No mods, no CC, no cheats. As vanilla as buildings go.

This is a duplex County/farmhouse - it comes with double kitchen and living room. This is a two bed / two bath house. House sits on a 40 x 30 Lot. It can be placed in any world. There is a two car garage. 

There is an unfinished basement. 

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Old New Henford, Henford-on-Bagley. 3-storey residential

Lot size: 50x40 on "2 Olde Mill Lane"
3 Bed | 3 Bath
~$131,000 Simoleons
No CC! Multi-pack
Play-tested and available on the Gallery

LOT NAME: Clay Rise
GALLERY ID: VesperX7

Another case study build! This is based on "Clay Rise" a West Sussex residential designed and built by Templeton Ford (ref photo at end). I wanted to try my hand at incorporating terrain changes into a build and it's honestly become my favorite build so far. I had the most difficulty deciding and executing how I wanted the building to set against the slope, how to landscape, and making sure the unique roof all lined up/make sure it didn't clip into the walls. Biggest build so far, but it was worth it! The home is meant to be multigenerational with two independent dwellings (one dwelling occupies the top two floors and the other occupies the lower ground floor). You could technically transform it into a Residential Rental with that configuration in mind. Anyways, hope you enjoy!!

First time sharing a build. I have separated the residential side of the plot from the business side using a pond and stream with a forest in one corner. I have a walled vegetable garden and two greenhouses. Now to actually play...

This is a house for Knox Greenburg & my alien sim Michaela. I feel bad for kicking Bess off her lot but the location is too good. 😭

It’s a renovation build of the PBP Studio in Del Sol Valley. I made a recordstudio with also a photostudio in one building.

I've been working on a Verdemar Palace redesign loosely inspired by Osborne House, Queen Victoria's Isle of Wight residence. I'm almost done furnishing the first story, but I'm a bit stuck on what to do with the last room (circled in red). Any ideas?

There's a staircase in the middle you can't really see. I did experiment with dividing the space into several smaller rooms, but I think it works best as one due to the unusual shape (which I copied from pictures). Multiple areas/zones within the room are OK, though. It's a decades challenge save, so bonus points for historical accuracy--or at least plausibility.

as title suggests, i reimagined Johnny Zest's trailer home ... i've play tested everything and kitchen, bathroom, and living room seem to work all fine

lot details: Agave Abode, Oasis Springs (20x15) – $28,194

gallery id: rubyrosett

p.s. i've never posted on this sub before so lmk if i've done anything wrong !

Took me weeks and weeks and weeks to finish only this one house because I am a noob and as I was building this house, I was also learning as a new simmer. "Ooooh this is how roof works", "ooooh this is how to freely place objects on surface", "ooooh this is how to make attic functional", "ooooh this is how terrain and ponds work", "ooooh this is how platforms work", "oooooh this is how to do this" etc. I also watched a lot of tutorials on Tiktok and Youtube to finish this build and for ideas / inspo. Throughout the process of building this house, I had also revamped or rebuilt almost the entire house because either the furniture in the house were suddenly missing (usually happened when I moved household and I selected "keep furniture" instead of "sell furniture") or I just hated or was not satisfied with the way some things looked in the house that I decided to do an overhaul on the entire room / space in the house. Hopefully I will develop my building creativity to build non boxy / square houses someday.

EA ID: yulianamour

3-storey house + attic, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 30X30 lot

This house features:

Pool, swings, jacuzzi, sauna, elevated platform for telescope viewing / observatory, outdoor bar, outdoor grill, book & reading spaces, grand piano, two bedrooms with walk-in closets, one children's bedroom plus playroom, spa & massage room, laundry room (with fake washing machine and dryer because I don't have Laundry Day installed) and... the skylight gym + yoga attic.

This house has been play tested and it's on the gallery (the house name is "Simple Fun Family House").

I also don't have a lot of packs installed. I only have Cats & Dogs, Island Living, Eco Lifestyle, Spa Day, Dream Home Decorator, Sleek Bathroom Kit and Book Nook Kit and some maker's packs that I claimed / downloaded for free.

EDIT: I realised that whenever I place this house on any lot after saving this to the gallery, the stairs leading to the outdoor grill area and sauna go missing. Apparently some people also experience missing items like pillars and stairs when placing house from the gallery on lot, sometimes caused by conflicting platforms/foundation surrounding the build items, or not enabling MoveObjects On cheat. Just manually re-add stairs to the outdoor grill area if the stairs went missing after placing this house.

I'm so proud of these, especially the watering can. The fertilizer is a bit wonky because it was hard creating the label without cc, but I think you can still tell what it is. I playtested each of the units, so it should be fully functional.

This is a residential rental lot, and each of the gardening tools is its own unit.

On the gallery under shnazzy214.

a light and airy contemporary gym with lots of pockets to rest and socialize. light simply pours through every activity and lounge area. enter through the serene lobby space, complete with a cozy sunken seating area. the ground floor has a double-storey gymnasium, and a separate building volume housing a long pool. the second floor offers seating areas with gorgeous views through the tubular glass facade and atrium, and two open-concept classroom spaces to work on fitness.

the rounded glass has this glitch where it only shows the furnished and populated interior of the building of the floor you're viewing from (this is noticeable if you're on the second floor and looking in from the outside, the ground floor will appear empty, or if you're viewing the building in it's entirety from view level 3)

up on the gallery titled "burners & builders 2.0", uses only businesses and hobbies! hope someone can get some use from this build <3

I built this massive estate and honestly it was a struggle lol. It’s just the shell but I furnished the kitchen and built an underground spa. Here’s to living large!

New home.... playing with infants and toddlers is exhausting! Seems like it takes ages for them to grow up.... I'd rather build and decorate 😄

Soon after my previous build, I got to work on another build idea that had been rattling in my brain for a few years by now. A classical mansion full of colonnades and mezzanines and esplanades and spaghetti alla puttanesca and whatever other excessively fancy terms you can think of, but paired with a modernist plate glass addition as a contrast between the two build styles. And after three separate build sessions spanning half a year, I think I have finally completed it.

The entryway is a grand hall dominated by the central staircase and expensive artwork from floor to roof. To your left as you enter is the main entertainment room built to satisfy guests and the expansive master bathroom against the back of the house. Following through either of these rooms or a small hallway at the very front of the house leads to the lower floor of the modern expansion housing the master bedroom and a private den. Crossing over to the other side of the main hall is a kitchen, large dining room, and small half-bathroom meant for the "kitchen staff" (if The Sims 1 had such a feature), all enveloped by another long hallway looping around that half of the house. The front yard features a pond and some gardens while the backyard contains a large (if narrow, cursed TS1 lot sizes!) swimming pool and additional outdoor group entertainment.

The second floor features a similar main hall, which this time includes a tiny book nook against the back balcony for the resident wishing for a quiet retreat. The left half of the mansion is dominated by a private spa, with a gigantic bathroom in the "classical" portion while the actual spa room is contained within the "modern" section. On the other side of the room is an additional private bedroom designed with the romantic encounter in mind, featuring sexier colors and lighting and a small parlor with a fireplace to really set the mood. Unlike the interior hallways surrounding the first floor, the second floor is wrapped in outdoor balconies.

And lastly, roof. Not much to say about it although it does offer a splendid angle of the exterior of the house. Also, the finance page to show how much it cost, just under $550,000. Reminder that this is 2000sbucks we're talking here, so with inflation that figure is probably at least $10,000,000. I don't know, I'm not a finance guy. I also know where the save file is if anyone wants it for a self-guided tour in detail....if I could figure out how to upload it.

Hi its my first time here I've been sick the past few days so decided to make my first big build for my new save its not perfect (the terrain tool is hell on console) but I'm so proud of it! Built with packs only Gallery ID: xProphetHD