The house - my favorite Minecraft base
Made in Minecraft version 1.14.4 and rendered with Sildurs Vibrant Shaders and the default resource pack.
Made in survival mode. In Minecraft, the means and the purpose for building something in survival mode are different from creative mode, so this creation is in a different style from the other one.
It needs to be functional first, and nice to look at second.
When building a base in Minecraft, I like to look for an interesting place first, one that inspires me.
This is what the island looked like originally:
Somewhere between functionality and aesthetic, there is also what I am going to call the "flow", for lack of a better term, which I find important as well.
Essentially, that means that I want everything to be easily accessible without making moving around boring. That is why I like making a place that is spread out vertically with many paths to connect the different parts together.
Now this base has a bit of twist in that it also features an underground/underwater section.
I must have been thinking about it a lot when I first started planning for it, because I had a dream about it. That dream helped me come up with how it should look like, with the view of the ocean waters behind the glass walls.
Minecraft's water physics being what they are allowed me to make magic looking doorways that keep the water out but let you come and go as you please.
You might notice some parts look unfinished, it is because they are. Maybe I will get around to finishing it, someday...