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Great work, love the building.
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Thanks guys.
Carloh, I'm working on a a couple of my own designs that I plan on rendering in LumenRT. I've amassed quite a few models of historic downtown buildings (such as this one); maybe one day I'll join 'em all together and render Danielville
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Another great model Daniel. And in one of my favorite towns.
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Beautiful Daniel, well done.
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This truly is a fine model and representation. It is lamentable the disappearance of fine masonry work, since there seems to be a disappearance of fine masons.
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Great model and great poster.
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Very pretty. I think it's hard to get a pretty 2D elevation. You've been successful!
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Thanks for the kind words.
Tim, I'm not so sure it is a lack of good masons, but rather a lack of good designers who can design with masonry. That, and budget restraints - a steel lintel is much cheaper than a brick arch (and today's engineers would insist on adding a curved steel lintel to that arch!). -
Yes, Daniel:
My comment was rather loaded and you filled in some of the details. I think all would agree, that this kind of construction has a place in history and whenever possible, we should preserve it. The dilemma is that many of these masterpieces are obsolete for their intended uses and often the building may not fit an adaptive re-use. Consider the criteria for modern hospitals. An early, or even a mid 20th century structure may not fit the needs or the codes and regulations of today as it would be prohibitively expensive. I won't babble on, but there were examples in my home town that folks still lament. They shot themselves in the foot. -
Here in earthquake country, these masonry buildings need massive work just to stay legal. We had a ca 1906 hotel that went a long time boarded up, for lack of any viable development. When the top of the walls begin to crumble, it became a hazard and had to be fixed or destoyed (I think it was water damage to the roof). Someone finally made condos of it for the renovation, and reportedly lost their shirts....But we have the building back and looking nice.w
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