Vorkosigan House sketches
Lois McMaster Bujold Fan Art
The Vorkosigan family has a grand house in the capital Vorbarr
Sultana. This building is called Vorkosigan House, and it is
frequently mentioned in Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan novels.
I have made these sketches of how Vorkosigan House might look,
based on hints in the novels.
Notice: The books do not give any clear description of the
shape of Vorkosigan House, so it could be H-shaped,
U-shaped, L-shaped, or perhaps T-shaped
or some other shape.
New: Comments about the porte-cochere added.
Some comments about the sketches:
- The individual rooms, and stairs, bathrooms, doors, etc.
are not shown in the drawings.
- There is a rather narrow walk behind the parapet bordering
the roof, where people can walk.
- There should probably be a roof over the porte-cochere in
front of the main entrance.
- Level 0 (basement): The gray area is a ramp down to the
garage in the sub-basement.
- Level 1 (ground level): The gray area is the main foyer.
- Level 2: The gray areas are corridors. Note that the front part
of the foyer has double height, and the corridors surrounding it
are open towards the foyer.
- Level 3and 4: The gray areas are corridors.
- The small square on all levels towards the rear of the building
is a grav lift shaft.
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Extra: A cross-section through
the front part of the H-shaped house.
Some things to note about the cross-section:
- The garage in the sub-basement, and the ramp down to the garage.
- Perhaps the Butterbug Lab is to the left of the wine cellar.
- The main foyer on the ground floor (level 1) has double
roof height.
- The corridors on level 2 have one open side with railing
towards the foyer.
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Some comments about the sketches:
- The individual rooms, and stairs, bathrooms, doors, etc.
are not shown in the drawings.
- There is a rather narrow walk behind the parapet bordering
the roof, where people can walk.
- There should probably be a roof over the porte-cochere in
front of the main entrance.
- Level 0 (basement): The gray area is a ramp down to the
garage in the sub-basement.
- Level 1 (ground level): The gray area is the main foyer.
- Level 2: The gray areas are corridors. Note that the front part
of the foyer has double height, and the corridors surrounding it
are open towards the foyer.
- Level 3and 4: The gray areas are corridors.
- The small rectangle on all levels towards the rear of the building
is a grav lift shaft.
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I have tried to be a Fan Mapmaker and made a (very)
provisional Map of Barrayar |
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All Bujold fans have surely waited for the
Vorkosigan ComConsole,
reskinned versions of Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Suite,
Netscape, or MS Internet Explorer with a "Vorkosigan" look. |
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See my entry in The Lois McMaster Bujold
Webring. |
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