50 Examples Of Architecture Expectations vs. Disappointing Reality

The realized fish looks much cuter than the proposed one. 😍

The actual ones looks much better, less agressive and pointy. The back end of the planned was fine, but even though I don't believe in feng shui etc. the head of the top one messes with my energy and give me an uneasy feeling at the back of my neck. Stressed anxious feeling. The bottom ones gives calming vibes.

Chonk fish.

Both are extremely ugly…

From a futuristic Cyber Punk to just a Theme Park.

wth happened there?

That isn’t even close. Such an ugly monstrosity. Looks like a tank.

Is it made out of disassembled shipping containers?

Someone turned instructions upside down?

I want something light, airy, modern, welcoming…Look, the best I can do is a dry-docked Zumwalt-class Destroyer…Umm, okay?…

Probably it was cheaper on Wish 🤭🫣

The first one would df been so nice tho 😭

either an unskilled architectural firm couldn't figure out how to make construction detailing for the complex façade in the original design, or the contractor value-managed the hell out of the project.

Almost looks like they decided that reflective panels were not a good idea. Was it the Guggenheim in LA where the sidewalk temp was like 140 degrees due to reflective panels?

ughhh

Ugh…this is so misleading. The terminal was supposed to launch this fall and has been delayed. The first picture was one of several submitted and not the final design. There are no actual cruise ships that currently visit Visakhapatnam yet. The delay is until March and the angle of this photo is also misleading. It’s a beautiful building and once landscaped and after construction is completed, it will be exactly what was ordered.

Clearly.a budget cut. Its cheaper to build in straight lines than in curves.. shame really as the idea looks beautiful and looks like a building that might have aged well.

Looks like an automobile dealership.

All these so

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ahhh, I can see the Indians defecating in the streets already!

Why do these renders look so futuristic and the actual buildings so downsized and bland? 😩

It's same as render without fake sparkly computer lights on it. Real light doesn't glow like that unless they want such bright light bulbs in there that noone will be able to see

Champagne taste vs. beer budget

I rather like the real version. Looks like a glass hobbit-inhabited building

To be honest many of these are the perspective and angle of the picture plus building are not shiny and alone as in the design

Those graphic designers should take it more easy with the lighting 😄

The window structure details should have stayed

All the "reality" pictures are taken in the worst lighting. The poor lighting doesn't even give it a chance. How about better lighting in the reality pictures or have the concepts rendered in suboptimal conditions like the real images.

Lego -> MegaBlox

I don't get either one. Is that the same Turkey whose leader recently said (the equivalent of) that the Earth is flat ?

It's the brightening. So many of these are so dark in reality. The tinting on the windows, the material of the outside, etc, add darkness to the buildings once they are complete, and they look like sad versions of the rendering.

Ok what's the problem? I don't get it! As they could control people to walk by or cycle through while pic is taken! And what how old is the building when the pic was taken? If it's like a few years old then what do you expect in a city environment to happen with bare concrete? Yeah right! it gets dirty really quick. 🤷