Archinect - News 2024-04-28T06:46:45-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150291058/decentraland-is-playing-host-to-six-figure-deals-as-architects-begin-to-embrace-the-metaverse Decentraland is playing host to six-figure deals as architects begin to embrace the metaverse Josh Niland 2021-12-13T18:55:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a4/a408b7f1bd168b59c1308c3138edf238.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>As part of the design community&rsquo;s incorporation of talent into the nascent, ever-growing world of blockchain technology and digital architecture, more spaces are cropping up that have the potential to do outsized business opportunities with ramifications in the metaverse and beyond.</p> <p>One of those spaces is the relatively new <a href="https://decentraland.org/" target="_blank">Decentraland</a>, a 22-month-old 3D platform that currently plays host to over 90,000 parcels of land subdivided into individual 9-square-mile plots which can command prices as high as <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/metaverse-property-decentraland-sale-price-mana-coin-cryptocurrency-2021-11" target="_blank">$2.43 million</a> as the cost of digital land has <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/nfts-are-spurring-a-digital-land-grabin-videogame-worlds-11616414401" target="_blank">boomed</a> in unison with the rise of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1732715/nft" target="_blank">NFTs</a>.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5a/5a5dc6f4752d7d23099c4393f9e7e8e8.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5a/5a5dc6f4752d7d23099c4393f9e7e8e8.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Metapurse HQ. Image courtesy Voxel Architects.</figcaption></figure><p>Thus far, Decentraland has featured some headline-grabbing projects, including a functional digital twin of the auction house Sotheby&rsquo;s London <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/06/07/crypto-crazed-sothebys-launches-first-virtual-gallery-in-digital-metaverse-decentraland" target="_blank">headquarters</a>. The display of NFT art has become one of the most predominant forms of building in the metaverse, followed by gaming, retail, and other forms of entertainment like <a href="https://www.bestuscasinos.org/blog/will-the-metaverse-change-online-gambling-forever/" target="_blank">blockchain casinos</a> that have users li...</p>