Hello and Welcome to Style and Culture. A building contest, where you will need to stick to a certain theme for each round. We will be building houses from 5 different cultures. Each of these cultures have there own authentic style, and It is up to you to represent these styles in each round. I will give you some certain things which I am looking for from each culture, but the rest is up to you. Some Round information is set out at the bottom of this post, but more detailed criteria will be posted after the previous round has ended.





1)There will be No Eliminations in this contest, so you get chance to show off your skills in all of the cultures, some of which may be a stonger area for you than others.

2) Custom Content is allowed. Although I'm sure it would be possible to represent cultures with maxis content, feel free to use some CC to help you if you wish.

3) Houses should be fully furnished and landscaped. We are looking for the complete package here.

4) Photo requirements will be posted each round, but make sure you make your pictures no bigger than 650x550. You can add borders to your photos, but please no other photoshopping.

5) There is no budget in any round, so splash the cash!

6) Your house must be playable, although Judges cannot play test your house, if they spot something which could mean that it is not playable then you could lose points in that section.

6) Have fun, PM me with any issues, and try to be punctual with deadlines. I will allow a few hours for extenions If You have PM'd me first.







You will be Judged on the following criteria:

How well the house represents the particular culture. /5
Creativity /5
Appearance /5
Playability /5

Here are Our Judges:

1. MissTech
2. danirawr_SC
3. lewjen

Emergency Judges:

1. Aba23
2. Vampire_aninyosaloh
3. Simsimsims






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2. butterfryby APP ROUND 1

3. teardrops182 APP

4. Clw8 APP ROUND 1

5. KyriaT APP ROUND 1

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Application Round ~Spanish - Think Villa's and Pools.
25/05/09 - 07/06/09

Round One ~Chinese - Think lanterns, reds/golds e.c.t.
01/06/09 - 07/06/09

Round Two~Tuscany - Think country cottage, beautiful landscaping.
07/06/09 - 12/06/09

Round Three~Greece - Think Pillars, patterns and pottery.
12/06/09 - 18/06/09

Round Four~Free Choice - You choose a different culture of your own.
18/06/09 - 24/06/09

These are all subject to change, to allow for extensions e.c.t.

Rounds will close eighther when all entries are in, or by the date shown above for that round.

Please note that my time is BST ( British Summer time ) - I will try and get some sort of clock thing linked to this post if I can.






Any Prizes at all would be greatfully accepted. I am not a very good designer myself so unfortunatly cannot offer anything good

If I have missed anything, or you need more information please feel free to post/PM me.

Time in London, Uk

Contest Approved
Begins 5.25.09
Ends 6.25.09

Application Round: Your first task, is to build a lot based on a spanish theme. The Lot can be any size, and can be any type of home,(cottage,villa,apartment,dorm,community lot,e.c.t) Both the Exterior and Interior should be complete, and there should be an underlying influence of spanish decor in your design. Spanish Style Spanish style home decorating is rustic but also a colourful look in your home. The Spanish style is very interesting with vibrant colors and textures used within it Often there are vibrant decorations on the walls, and the flooring is usually tiled or hardwood. When you choose to decorate your home with Spanish style home decorating you can bring the elements in without spending a lot of money. You can simply add photos of your family, bright colors and comfortable furniture to achive the perfect home. Colors When it comes to Spanish colors, you should think about using bright colors like red, yellow, orange, and blue. These colours are bold and will certainly stand out. Be sure to add a beige or white to the mix as well to give the colors a nice background. For this round and any other round, you will be Judged on the following: How well the house represents the particular culture. /5 Creativity /5 Appearance /5 Playability /5 Picture Requirements: 1 x Front view shot of the whole lot. 3 x Favourite parts of your lot which show the Required elements. 1 x Overview shot of the lot Deadline:SUNDAY 7TH June 11:00PM BST (see clock :D) Please note that round 1 entries are due on this day too. Quote: Time in London, Uk (Depending on how many contestants There are by then app's could be open through round 1 aswell.) Have fun and good luck.

Originally Posted by MissTech If you need judges, I would be happy to help out.

I did play test this house, and several issues that I though may occur didn't!
I have made a picture to prove this as, to be honest, I didn't believe it myself! See it here.

Originally Posted by lewjen I'll be a judge.

Originally Posted by lewjen I know I should have asked this earlier and I feel really stupid now, bit what's an emergancy judge? I'm so sorry for asking this now!!! *pleads*... sometime later... *dirbles*

Originally Posted by Vampire_aninyosaloh I could be an E.J. or a judge if you want...

Originally Posted by lewjen I'm Ok with being a judge. Recently my mum has been taking me out the house for clothes (huh) but I'm pretty sure I'll be able to judge every round. Just to clarify I pm (?) you my verdict (can't think how else to describe it). Sorry I'm new to judging.

Originally Posted by lewjen Thank you for your patience with me... I seem to be very incompetant (hope I used the word in the right context) and yet I didn't even realise it.

Originally Posted by lewjen I have a sudjestion for free choice: You could have that as the bonus and you get points for the reasons you chose that culture. And you get more points if you go for a harder culture to incorperate into a lot.