Looks fantastic. Looking forward to the finished model.

Mike, looking at your original plans, I would swap the dining and living spaces, as Richard suggests. Also, I can't tell what the first floor space on the other side of the stairs is - can it be relocated upstairs, and can you slide the stair back? Seems like a lot of space upstairs for one bedroom (compared to the rest of the dwelling).

I've seen others try there hand at these little cube houses. It's an interesting architectural problem.

Nice work, Paul. The only thing I would suggest would be to add some people.

Nice images, Mike. I would be careful of making that living room too small, though. I have a living room where the TV is only 5' from the sofa; I discovered I can only play the simplest, stationary games on my Wii without hitting the TV. It also means very few visitors.

Great render!
That McDonald's looks a lot like a theatre.

Details. Details. Details. Unless the entire window is carved from the trunk of a redwood tree, that window would be constructed from many pieces of wood. But that isn't reflected in your model (likewise on your chair). And I see what looks like hints of reflection in glass, but where is the glass in the window? How is it attached. Some of these things you might ignore if the view was further away, but not this close if your aim is realism.

Great work. Including the before shots perfectly illustrates how simples things can make a huge improvement to an environment.

Perfection

You live in a lock?
Congratulate on your new "house." As usual, great modeling.

Great modeling. But this looks like it should be in the GALLERY and not the WIP page.

@pmolson said:

My first ever dusk shot. I learned a lot. The next one I should have time to refine a bit.

VERY NICE! We'll expect more of these in the future. No excuses.

Nicely done, sir.
No diving board?

It appears you have mastered that skill. Great job.

Looks great. I think I would skew the tray and/or books on the coffee table a bit. Everything is too perfectly aligned.

Using the seats as a reference, I question whether there is enough head room on the raised platform. Composition-wise, I think you can add some more life to the scene, make it appear as if it's in use.

Are those marketing "gurus" college freshman? Their so-called improved rendering makes it appear lifeless. I'm surprised they didn't contact you and ask if you have a color version of your rendering.

There is one consolation: at least they only changed the setting, and not the design of the building.

Very nicely done, John.

Nothing is perfect. I'm sure there is a flaw in there somewhere. But I can't see it. I'm probably blinded by the perfection.

Looks great, Hector. My only two comments are:

1. the bathrooms in the guest wing. Why are they placed all the way at the end? Why not place them between the bedrooms, so they are more convenient. And why does one bathroom have two showers, and the other none?

2. I question your extensive use of weathering steel, especially on the inside (it appears that is what you are using in the kitchen and bathrooms). Weathering steel forms a protective coating of rust, which in turn has a tendency to stain adjacent surfaces. For that reason (not to mention trying to clean it) I don't think it is an appropriate surface for those two locations.

You might also want to consider another material for the gate into the courtyard. Imagine how hot it would get in the desert sun, and someone having to push it open.

One of the beauties of rammed earth are the horizontal striations, as shown in your renderings. I don't know how dry your project's climate is (I see clouds in your sky), but you might want to give your roofs an overhang, so your weathering steel fascias do not leave vertical rust streaks on your rammed earth walls.

Overall, nice project. It's a pity your client, after paying designer's fees, couldn't afford more than a sofa.

@cotty said:

I don't know if they speak German in Sweden

We don't speak it in the U.S., either.