Je ne sais pas français, ainsi, tout ce que je dis est probablement jibberish. Joli rendu, mais un peu granuleuse.

Outstanding work, jMjOhio.

Unless there is some cosmic event (which we cannot prevent, anyway), I doubt the Earth will become uninhabitable in 100 years, or the extinction of the human race is nigh. In it's long history the Earth has already seen 5-20 (depending on how you define them) mass extinction events, and yet life found a way to continue. Two completely different catastrophes illustrate the tenaciousness of Mother Nature; after the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980, and the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, scientists discovered returning life much sooner than expected. And homo sapiens have shown themselves to be most adaptable.

I'm guessing you have the same problem I have in real life when I am trying to photograph small spaces - it's just impossible to fit everything in the frame. You might consider turning off some exterior walls so you can position the camera outside. Did you consider small, round recessed lights?

It would be nice to see more, maybe even a floor plan. Unfortunately, that one image doesn't really convey the "round" design. You might want to also reconsider the lighting; the lights give it a very institutional feel (think 2x4 fluorescents in a lay-in ceiling grid), and seem at odds with the shapes of the spaces.

I was never that good. But I was quite the draftsman once (I learned before the advent of personal computers) and was very good at rendering elevations in both pencil and technical pen. Sometimes I miss those days.

My work, and a series of factors in my personal life, has veered me away from SketchUp and the forum for over a year now. But I am starting to ease back into it.

Great Find. Some of those designs remind me of the farm house my Dad built for us - 24'x36, three bedroom one bath, for a family of five. Back then people understood the difference between needs and wants. My bedroom was about 8' wide; just enough space for a twin bed (against the wall), a tall dresser, and a small bedside table.

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@daniel said:

Impressive. Most impressive. Obi-Wan has taught you well.
I'm not convinced of the dining room/murphy bed room. Not sure it will work logistically, and tucking the dining room back within an enclosed room is counter to the Usonian house concept.

Hey Daniel, so glad to get a note from you, the reason for the multi purpose room comes from the way my sister( the client ) uses her spare room now, it is primarily intended as a guest room but would be used as a dinning room only during the Christmas holidays.

Well, that's a new one. I once designed a home for client that had a formal dining room, but no living room, but did have an alcove for the Christmas tree (complete with fireplace - ya gotta hang those stocking some place). Did your sister like the design?

@pbacot said:

@serrot said:

@daniel said:

Impressive. Most impressive. Obi-Wan has taught you well.
I'm not convinced of the dining room/murphy bed room. Not sure it will work logistically, and tucking the dining room back within an enclosed room is counter to the Usonian house concept.

Hey Daniel, so glad to get a note from you, the reason for the multi purpose room comes from the way my sister( the client ) uses her spare room now, it is primarily intended as a guest room but would be used as a dinning room only during the Christmas holidays.

I am back to using a home office and I wish I could fold up my mess and make it back into a guest room more easily. A revolving wall would be nice.

I think pressing a button and having the floor open up so the mess - and unwanted guests - will fall into a bottomless pit would be nice. To each their own.

Is this to be the first in a "Young Banksy" series?
Like the black sky - makes the buildings pop.

Beautifully done job all around, Richard.

Nice job, Jim. Every once in a while I'll run across a train depot such as that in East Tennessee that has been saved and repurposed. They are a rather iconic structure. It's a shame they are disappearing.

Impressive. Most impressive. Obi-Wan has taught you well.
I'm not convinced of the dining room/murphy bed room. Not sure it will work logistically, and tucking the dining room back within an enclosed room is counter to the Usonian house concept.

Well, Paul, you know me - I'm gonna be honest and blunt. I find this batch of renderings to be pulchritudinous.

It was a dark and stormy night....it still looks fantastic. Love the weathering on the concrete. I think the only flaw is the foreground texture.

kenancakir, nice model, and the second pass at texturing looks better (IMHO). Good touch on adding the shingle caps on the hips - a lot of people overlook that.

Hey John! Remember me?
Fantastic images, as usual. Glad to see you're still in the game.

I heard of SketchUp when it first came out. DataCAD (cad software we use) sent out a promotional disk, and offered it at a discount. I remember trying it out, but at that point it was too basic. Bought my first license at version 3.

Very nice modeling and detailing. However, I think you've created a problem with your window sill the way you have it detailed. With the window butting up against the backside of the metal sill, water can seep in between the two and travel under your window. The preferred solution would be to extend that metal under the window, and at some point turn it up.