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serengeti
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 Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:35 pm Post subject: Looking for an Architect who can fix a home elevation |
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Hello,
I have a few elevations drawn out for my dream home in India, and they seem to lack the sparkle. Bottom line - they did not hit the mark. I am attaching one of the elevations so you can look at it, and help in giving it a touch of the english/victorian or the french design or even a modern Indian design. I am willing to compensate so let me know if you're interested and we can work out the details. It would also help if you can share your previous work if possible.
Thanks much!
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P.C.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:43 am Post subject: |
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"Bottom line - they did not hit the mark."
Sorry but what is it you complain --- wasn't it what you expected , or what is it you miss about it ? |
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serengeti
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| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:31 am Post subject: Looking for an Architect who can fix a home elevation |
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| No, this is not what I expected. The style looks monotonous and common. What I am looking for is a unique and an eye-catching design. This is going to be a 5-storey structure including ground/garage and a penthouse. If I have to define an eye-catching design for this kind of tall structure then, it would have a flavor of either chinese architecture or include tall pillars like roman architecture or have sloped roofs as in victorian style or just a plain french design centering the penthouse so that it looks empire state building on the top - if you know what I mean.. These are all pure ideas and I'm sure you architects will know better when it comes to home designs. Does this help explain any better what I'm looking for? Please let me know. |
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serengeti
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| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:41 am Post subject: |
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I know it is still a broad perspective, and this is where I need an architect's help to narrow it down and come up with an uncommon yet good design for Indian standards.
I have read several posts in this forum and I know that you guys have good talent so go on take a shot at it.. Again, thanks in advance for your help. |
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Stephans
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| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not an architect but am always happy to espouse an opinion.
The biggest issue is the wedding cake balconies - way too much going on there, including the down angles obviously designed to resemble a pitched roof of the floor below each. One option would be to replace the as drawn balustrade detail with a classical Greek balustrade profile, which would give the building a more simple and elegant elevation.
The fanlights over the French doors should be either deleted or expanded in a radial arc to crown the full width of the window joinery (rather than demi lune). I'd also delete the demi lune fanlight halfway up the stairwell.
The parapet detail atop the stairwell (or is that a liftwell?) is strangely proportioned. I'd scale it back to a simple capping, or possibly with balustrade crowning it in order to have it resemble a tower like those often seen on large Victorian Italinate houses.
As I said, I'm no architect and I'm sure others will have a more educated opinion. Good luck!
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serengeti
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| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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Stephans,
Good input! I am not so familiar with the terminology you used so it took me a few readings to understand what you said  However, I am not sure what a "classical Greek balustrade profile" is or what you mentioned regarding Victorian houses in the last sentence. Do you have or know of any sample images for these so that I can look them up? |
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P.C.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:07 am Post subject: |
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" No, this is not what I expected. The style looks monotonous and common. What I am looking for is a unique and an eye-catching design."
Thank's --- yuo see what you just said there relive me as that is something like what I would have answered ; very much in your grephics are me against , , but asking here , you shuld be prepared that putting up this kind of architecture almost made me not answer --- you see even you critisise this rather trivial piece of architecture, then the example still point in the direction one would think you want to go ---- now if you had omited the graphics you proberly would have greater response , maybe even the totaly opposite the wedding cake aproach , but in a way your words still indicate that you are not ready for 3D-H. |
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serengeti
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:37 am Post subject: |
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P.C., thanks for your candid opinion. What is 3D-H? I am glad that you and Stephans responded, and I didn't realize that I suppressed others' responses by putting the graphics until you mentioned it. However, I do respect the work of the person who came up with that elevation as he has put some time and effort into it, although it didn't appeal me.
Do you have any recommendations or suggestions on how to modify the elevation?
Thanks again! |
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P.C.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Not realy --- but please understand this in a positiv way ; I am very impressed by the tradisional architecture the detail and Decor, but I see a building in a different way than how this will connect to the building structure as such. I see a house as an efficient as possible framework, for the exact size rooms you, not the building technike decide, --- I find more modern building technikes more relevant as they offer a vider choice of interiours, a different aproach would offer other ways to connect rooms ,ann in all this kind of facade tigh the structure into limited way's ---- only a particular floor plan is possible everything will be dictated by fasion.
Your choice are decided by other perceptions maybe you want to see the house as a particular facade containing a particuale set of floor plans ,but there new buildnig methods wouldnot be capable of the tradisional facade display, modern buildings are different so are the interiours they offer. |
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serengeti
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:59 am Post subject: |
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Can you or anyone tell me where I can go on the internet to get advice or help on this elevation? I am looking for someone who can look at the attached image, get an idea of the structure, and advice on how it can be modified or changed.
Thanks,
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P.C.
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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First I has to correct and explain that this is not what I know as an elevation , it is a facade drawing , this you could easily have made into a 3D drawng, but it will be of the vertical facade not the horisontal floors , it will be easy to use this and expand the 3D drawing with several floors but then what ????
Just want to correct as I understand a floor plan, --- you still need to search for these words to find examples if building structure as I suggest ; --- 3D-Honeycomb Per Corell ---- try a Google search , but these are in a modern building method , 3D-H ,where a facade drawing would be strange and alian simply irelavant as the modern building are build different than your facade drawing indicate, with 3D we are past the old technikes with facade drawings, with 3D-H the facade sort of just grow while the building are put together as a framewirk , not walls as you expect . With this kind of building structures I can fabricate plans wothout the need of facade drawing , they are not called for ------- xheck this and you will understand how different new technikes are
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lekizz
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To be honest, serengeti, it is still very difficult to know what you want. You have mentioned Indian, English, French, Chinese styles, plain French in the style of the Empire State Building....
I agree that the facade drawing looks strange, quite repetitive and neither one 'style' or another, dominated by the large balconies. In my experience, tall English Victorian town houses don't normally have balconies. Balconies, shutters and things more appropriate for an Indian climate seem more common in France. Certainly it is common for the storeys to be different in height and appearance in C19th town houses. For example the ground and first floors may be quite grand with tall ceilings, while the top floor may be quite small, tucked into the roof behind a parapet - the servants would probably live here, four flights of stairs is a long way to climb!!
In fact, you could set back your penthouse (top) storey and it could realistically look like whatever you want - possible modern, open, maybe with a terrace - because it is unlikely to be visible from the street. |
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meena
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| Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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HI,
I think I shall design the Elevation for you, but I need the plan with dimensions.
If possible you can send them in autocad drawing.If interested please mail at - blocked -. |
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serengeti
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:15 am Post subject: |
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| I will send the plan with dimensions in a few hours. I don't have it handy right now. Thanks! |
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meena
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| Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:05 am Post subject: |
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HI,
Please contact in this mail id: ar_meena_mary22@yahoo.co.in
and also send your drawings in this mail. |
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