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[Pixelcon]

I think Bobby you're forgetting also that about 90-95% of the time the architects have no say in who does the rendering for commerical projects. The client appoints a marketing agency and they take care of it all. The architect can suggest a visualization mob but it's really up to the marketing agency and how little money they want to spend.

[tammo]

I still don't get why that image looks so bad.
Placing a bad looking tree in your scene takes as much time as placing a realistic model from your library.
The same goes for the cars and the texture.
Throwing in sun and sky with GI on is also nothing that is very time consuming.
It's almost as if they made this looking bad on purpose.

[andybot_cg]

I think Bobby you're forgetting also that about 90-95% of the time the architects have no say in who does the rendering for commerical projects. The client appoints a marketing agency and they take care of it all. The architect can suggest a visualization mob but it's really up to the marketing agency and how little money they want to spend.

Don't know about going to marketing agencies, at least in the US. I think here most architects are responsible for the visualizations, and most often, it's that intern who knows a little sketchup throwing together some dog's breakfast that looks exactly like the example Bobby posted. If a firm is sophisticated enough, they'll either have staff who can do some decent rendering, or they know to outsource to an arch-viz freelancer (which is where most of my work comes from.)

[Pixelcon]

Don't know about going to marketing agencies, at least in the US. I think here most architects are responsible for the visualizations, and most often, it's that intern who knows a little sketchup throwing together some dog's breakfast that looks exactly like the example Bobby posted. If a firm is sophisticated enough, they'll either have staff who can do some decent rendering, or they know to outsource to an arch-viz freelancer (which is where most of my work comes from.)

I guess things are different here
Here, even though I'm on par with external render companies, it still gets taken to marketing agencies, then sent out to an external renderer. It could all be done in house for a fraction of the price and possibly quicker too but thats just the way it works for some reason...

[flino2004]

there are different types of renderings for different situations (I commented this before)...I use Sketchup and I love it...and for schematic design the output looks great if you use "Styles"
the presentation for early stage of the project is not the same for marketing, investors, planners, neighborhood meetings, etc....sometimes you need photo realistic renderings at all.
I've seen so many clients focus in a color that they don't like on the renderings than the design itself so I prefer to show SU images in white to just talk about design, form and function...once I pass the stage I can concentrate on materials, lights, etc

now, if you are taking about designin US, you see a lot mediocre architecture everywhere (fake windows, huge parapets,fake towers, volumes, etc). Houses with 4 elevations but only the front one was designed, the other ones only have windows and vinyl siding. If you take the proportion of good designed buildings compare with amount of buildings is minimum.....the only thing is a constant is parking, parking and more parking for those stupid SUVs.

so it doesn't matter how beautiful is the renderings if It has crappy design.

[tbkelima]

..hmm.. maybe that kind of quality image done by not pure architect firm, maybe a contractor firm, because in my country, i always also facing that kind of rendering, which is mostly done by contractor firm.


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