Mutliple graphics for same building  - I think they have said this will be in the game already, I know they have said they will graphics for when you have multiple of the same building next to each other (e.g. 4 farms together becomes mega farm). They should also do something to look the borders between towns look more natural.

oh lol! i had no idea.  will have to try that out when i play again.

Yeah that's it!  but instead of CTRL its SHIFT.  thanks!

from my thread: https://forums.elementalgame.com/384080

further suggestions:

-only allow the gardens to be build outside of cities and don't envelope them with walls. it was very rare that farming space was protected by city walls

Architectural themes would be nice. Rather than have everyone looking identical, you could have a list of four or so different themes to apply to a faction which would alter the appearance of buildings. So for example a Classical theme which has a lot of columns, statues etc, or a Desert theme which has minarets, arches and a general Arabic flavour.

Adaptable buildings would be nice too. Ditch the four tile housing improvements for example, and just have a single "Residential area" generic improvement. When built, you then get something appropriate to the city - based on say the main resource production. So for your food producing cities you get Estates, while industrial cities get Slums and prestige producing cities get Manors. This could be extended to certain key buildings like the town centre, town hall and similar. As a bonus, it also means you can see what kind of a city it is simply by looking at the building styles.