Spanish Mission Style Building

[glorybound]

An apartment I have been working on. Not a very easy client to work with, but it's forging on. I have been getting comments like, "extend the building by a foot on each side". Really, at this junction in the game! Or, "figure out the roof here and extend it". It's not my job to figure anything out. Of course, I don't talk this way to the client, but I told him that what I end up doing is correct, unless he provides me with documents. It is funny what people think is important. Some of these architects are more technical than creative. Unless you are willing to pay me per hour to make a change nobody will care about, don't ask me too. I recently read that your per hour charge should be insanely large, which will deter these frivolous changes. Unless, of course, that's how you want to make your money.

[rusteberg]

courtyard looking great. i would remove the red plants in the foreground or make them larger as they feel too staged/evenly spaced - giving the image too much "3D feel". I'd also tone down the saturation of the saltillo tile just a hair and make it more of a matte finish. I think addressing those two items would make an extremely convincing image..... vantage point on the exterior is weird/throwing off the scale - foreground is too out of focus giving it a miniature look - it also feels like your camera is right on the ground which would make those trees in the foreground not very tall based on how you're graphically presenting them

[glorybound]

On the interiors, they have a landscape plan, so those red plants are there, but I agree. I can work on the material. I did boost the saturation on everything, which is not something I usually do. I'll try it without the saturation. The exterior has been a challenge. The client just response with little nick picking and nothing positive, so to tell you the truth, I am losing interest. I don't need my ego stroked, but come on, nothing good about them? He is complaining about roof lines, but his drawings don't make sense and the building isn't coming together how he thinks it should. He worked in 2D CAD, so things were not thought out very well. He drew lines in elevation that doesn't exist.

[fixeighted]

I actually really like the interior and especially the terracotta tiles. They look like they have been rained on a bit, which imo looks good. I would bring the camera up a little to show more of the upper part and some sky possibly.
It's different anyway, which is good Certainly no architecture like that around here!
The exterior I would alter a little; make it a bit wider as it looks cramped at the sides. Also it's got that extreme dof 'model' feel which is a little strange and not helped by the framing red plants, which I would lessen a lot or remove, so giving more sky and making it breathe more. Alternatively, if he's annoying, just leave it as it is

I have been given drawings over decades that make me really puzzled as to how architects actually work. I call it 'cubist architecture' as they constantly draw elevations that don't match up, with roofing all over the place and other quite extreme errors that I (not an architect) can spot at first glance. Just weird. Par for the course and extremely time-wasting

[glorybound]

"I have been given drawings over decades that make me really puzzled as to how architects actually work. I call it 'cubist architecture' as they constantly draw elevations that don't match up, with roofing all over the place and other quite extreme errors that I (not an architect) can spot at first glance. Just weird. Par for the course and extremely time-wasting "

Yes, and we are told to make it work!

[fixeighted]

Well oddly the last one I got given was just a few weeks ago, where it was the typical thing of them having drawn front and sides that couldn't possibly have worked. When I flagged it it was literally weeks before they got back to me
and simply said just change it so it 'appears' to work, which I did - simple enough - and they were perfectly happy. Again....just weird
As long as they pay the bill and I know I tried to help them out, then I also am content.

[glorybound]

I agree it is value added. The problem is when they blame me for their poor drawings. This guy keeps telling me the roof isn't correct and I keep saying that it's built to the drawings and if he would like it changed, which I would be glad to do, he needs to provide me some more information. What I am not willing to do is spend hours on something, send it over just to be told he doesn't like it and try again. Most of my clients produce a good set of documents, but some, not so good. I think everyone is busy and people just try to pass the buck.

[fixeighted]

Agreed, 100% - you are not there to bail him out. Bottom line is it's his responsibility to provide drawings which describe his project, unless he's paying you to co-design, which he is not.
Fingers crossed he goes away soon eh?