The Archive of Silence
library
A crumbling stone building where failed linguistic specimens are documented. The walls are black with the residue of extinct ink-producing flowers, and the floors are carpeted with desiccated petals t...
The Architecture of Babel — Buildings
The Withering Wards
quarantine facility
A stark structure of iron and smoky glass where dying languages are isolated. The building is divided into hermetically sealed chambers, each maintaining the precise conditions of the language's origi...
The Lexicographer's Lament
tavern
A warmly-lit establishment built from dark wood and amber glass, where linguistic scholars gather to debate and drink. The ceiling is hung with dried specimens of language-bearing plants, their preser...
The Morphological Markets
marketplace
A sprawling iron-and-glass structure where linguistic specimens are traded. Merchants' stalls are arranged according to language families, with Indo-European specimens in the north wing and isolated l...
The Etymologist's Spire
observatory
A towering structure of polished brass and beveled glass, rising above the greenhouse complex. Its main chamber houses sophisticated audio-botanical equipment for detecting and recording new linguisti...
The Conservatory of Forgotten Phonemes
greenhouse-archive
A soaring Victorian-style greenhouse of wrought iron and impossibly thin glass panels that seem to capture and multiply light. The central dome rises fifteen stories, filled with spiraling walkways an...
The Grafting Theatre
laboratory
A circular amphitheater of oxidized copper and clouded glass, where apprentice gardeners conduct their illicit linguistic hybridization experiments. Terraced rings descend to a central platform where ...