10-31-2015, 03:39 PM
(10-31-2015, 02:34 PM)The85 Wrote:(10-30-2015, 05:48 AM)rangersfan Wrote: Looks like they drained good amounts of creativity out of the design for the new renders.
A lot of times when developers work through more detail design and site plan approvals with municipal staff, by no choice of their own, design elements need to be modified. This could be due to engineering requirements/realities or because more money than anticipated needs to go to some other less visible aspect of the project at the municipality's request, such as stormwater management or tree protection.
And the original renders may at times be done by an architect only, before having worked with the structural engineers. An engineering sanity check often reveals either impractical or very costly design elements that need to revised. (Of course the level of revisions is highly dependent on the experience and adventurousness of the individual architect.)