Congrats, Aaron. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Nice modeling and style.
Is it being converted to a hotel? 'Cause in my opinion (not that its worth anything ) the addition has a very commercial look to it.

I think most people would mistake that for a photograph.

Very nice, although the word nice seems insufficient. I agree with chedda on the reflective pavement - I think the problem is one expects the pavement to be reflective from rain, but your skies are sunny and clear, so their is an incongruity in your renderings.

Michael, looks great. The FormFonts people look good, too. Effective way to convey the plan to clients, who so often cannot understand the typical 2d plans.

I wouldn't mind having a window like that, either, cotty.

With a view like that, I'd want bigger windows.

Beautiful work. The only thing I would recommend changing is that the areca palm should be a darker green.

Impressive, Mike. That has to be the most realistic window I've seen. Once you fix the garden image, it will be a bang-up job.

Incredible bit of modeling.

How utterly bucolic, John.

great model/rendering. What an incredible structure. Thanks for posting.

Beautiful design, mezek. I hope your client is as good at keeping a kitchen as clean as you've shown it.

Beautiful images.

Thanks for the nice comments.
ntxdave and Bryan, I always try to do these buildings as accurate as possible, as I will use them to generate elevations for the construction drawings.

ccaponigro - I really didn't have any problem with the commission, in fact I was complimented on my research and finding that historic picture. But there is always that one person on every board who asks all the questions and leaves you thinking "this guy's a dick and he's going to object to the project."

Paul - I purposely did all those things because I knew you'd enjoy criticizing me
All your criticisms are valid, and some did occur to me, but this really was a very quick job. Most of the modeling was done on my own time. I didn't even bother to model the curbs (or texture the brick arches - what was I thinking?!). The building was the important part and that is what I spent the time on. The landscaping conveyed the idea to the client and she was happy with it. I purposefully left the sky white - I used the image on the cover sheet of the CDs and I wanted it to bleed into the page. Plus, there is a lot more context (a large building to the right and behind) and I didn't want to worry about them. The image did it's job as far as the client and the Historic Commission were concerned.

HornOxx - here's a few examples of slow and clean:
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=81%26amp;t=59034%26amp;p=537244%26amp;hilit=historic#p537244
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=81%26amp;t=55330%26amp;p=502327%26amp;hilit=historic#p502327
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=333%26amp;t=45542
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=333%26amp;t=55326

Quick and dirty modeling job of a small historic building we are renovating. It was built in 1899 as a hospital for the East Tennessee School for the Deaf. We are enclosing the central "porch" areas for use as offices. Originally, the historic commission wanted it glassed in with the columns and railing maintained, so it would still look as it does, but I was able to track down an early known photo that shows the area enclosed with narrow windows. So the commission agreed that even though our design is not 100% historically accurate (we don't have the budget) it's still more accurate than what is there now.

Very nice,, yvan79. I think a stronger contrast with the shadows would help the images pop. You might also want to play with the reflectiveness of the glass - I would expect to see more reflections on those windows given how light it is outside.

Looks great, Garystan. In the future, if possible try to avoid texturing mishaps like this.

Everything 70s is new again.
Nice rendering. A bit dark for my taste.

Very nice. Are you going to add some aircraft to the flight deck?

looking at pictures of the actual ship, the bottom of the hull is dark gray, not orange (or red, like the designer's original renderings)