https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9jlp4jIgAACc4Q.jpg:large 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Our_Saviour
http://www.worldtravelimages.net/Copenhagen_Runde_Tarn.html
http://themysteriousworld.com/top-10-amazing-churches-world/ 

Contract Revoked 3000
http://imgur.com/gallery/goByg 

 

With trees on the roof. 

https://image-store.slidesharecdn.com/6f661ade-cfef-4c58-b491-32d71ec9ca0e-medium.jpeg

Would be hard to design this in Quake I guess 

http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/02/Mystery_plume_on_Mars 

Professor Indellkoffer, speaking at a dinner of the California Astronomical Society, expressed the opinion that the explosions on Mars are undoubtedly nothing more than severe volcanic disturbances on the surface of the planet. 

It looks more like a nipple. 

Severe volcanism on tectonically inactive Mars of a strength that could send plumes of smoke into space, is hardly worthy of a 'nothing more than.' 

At twenty minutes before eight, central time, Professor Farrell of the Mount Jennings Observatory, Chicago, Illinois, reports observing several explosions of incandescent gas, occurring at regular intervals on the planet Mars. The spectroscope indicates the gas to be hydrogen and moving towards the earth with enormous velocity. Professor Pierson of the Observatory at Princeton confirms Farrell's observation, and describes the phenomenon as (quote) like a jet of blue flame shot from a gun (unquote). 

 

it isnt the war of the worlds, not yet..;) 

http://www.nasa.gov/mp3/590327main_ringtone_landingGearDrop.mp3

http://www.nasa.gov/mp3/590189main_ringtone_131_launchNats.mp3 

http://marijatiurina.tumblr.com/post/111584463299/i-have-collaborated-with-saatchi-saatchi-for-their 

http://www.candb.com/site/candb/cache/artwork/1600/jesse_van_dijk-after_the_breaking_of_the_world_767_1600x681_marked.jpg 

http://jessevandijkart.com/ 

https://twitter.com/Oniropolis/status/569583669192601600 

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Japur: this city is filled with lots of architectural goodness.

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I will probably map [6] 

I think the jam you're looking for was three jams ago 

you were IN IT 

http://leray.proboards.com/thread/3634/inspirational-thread

Lots of inspiring images, not sure why they're in a Q2 thread though :P 

Hahaha ... but no. Jam2 was ikwhite and ikblue themed, which are Hindu texture sets mostly, but no one went for that style, neither most of the pics posted for inspiration back then were. So, first, that jam was mostly Arab kind of Muslim architecture. Second, it doesn't have to be the same, the theme could be the architecture, but being done in whichever texture set the mapper wants, like knave textures for example, or done in another textures that fits closer to that architecture, like Hexen2, Heretic2, Daikatana, or even UT ones. Both options would lead to a very different jam, in my opinion.
Third, even if the theme were the same if it is interesting enough, why not repeat it? And those buildings are impressive enough to inspire.
Fourth, i wrote too much considering the lesser importance of this topic. Because, well, the probability of this jam happening is almost zero.


* Fifthelephant
Lots of inspiring images, not sure why they're in a Q2 thread though :P

Reasons?
First: why not? :D
Second: being Quake 2 doesn't mean they can't do some medieval themed maps, in fact there were some of them in the previous contests, and at least one mapper is doing one with for this contest.
Third: it can serve as direct inspiration for a base castle.
Forth: it can serve as inspiration for lighting or layout, not only for theme and brushwork.
Fifth: yes, i'm bored

By the way, are you planning on sending a second map for the contest? Do you believe you'll have the time? 

"make it like a particular style of medieval architecture popular in country X during the century Y - no, stop, your arches are all wrong!"

Is a bad idea for a map jam. 

apart from the last 2 pics, the remaining ones are all examles of persian architecture since the buildings were built by the moghuls.

So lun wins :)