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.

From a futuristic Cyber Punk to just a Theme Park.

dudes its a FISH SHAPED BUILDING who are we to complain?

The architect would have had to have revised the design plans first. The construction team can't just arbitrarily build something they think is better and was not previously approved by a licensed architectural engineer first.

blimp; hard to look at after how beautiful it could have been, and even if how it could have ben wasn't there - it's still an ugly rather childish blimp

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/mimetic-architecture-osm/index.html

The contractor could very well have consulted with the owner over changes. No way would a responsible owner let things change so much unless they approved them. Absentee owner with hands-off attitude gets what they deserve.

How did they get from "this awesome" idea to "make the kiddies smile" idea

I like the second one better. It looks more friendly.

This isn't what was proposed... the mouth window would cost how much...ok go with the new design.

Chonkee

Both horrible

"BOW BEFORE MY MIGHT AAAAAAAAA" --planned one "lol wut" --real one

It’s so much more adorable though!

The derpy one is cuter though. lmao

"Yeah the best I can do is a blimp with fins"

Fish looks more upset then anyone else could be with the result

Both are a disaster...

wth happened there?

Probably it was cheaper on Wish 🤭🫣

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.

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

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

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.

Maybe putting up trees can help

if the photo was taken from the same angle it would be about the same. also a pic at night would show the highlights when its lit up and have a similar look.

The 🪩 effect was totally lost 😞

a horrifying result -- at least the trees look better IRL than the render

Eco friendly on the render, industrial mammoth in reality - totally different styles and concepts

I kinda like the real version better

Honestly, it looks bad in the first pic, worse in the second.

It looks derelict.

I drove past it a number of times, it looked terrible, thankfully it has gone

Again the futuristic utopia vs reality

This looks like total amateurs gave it a try

Taken from completely different angle.

OK. Not gonna lie. The finished product may not look the same, but I am really liking the way that facade turned out.

This, to me, looks like an oversized air traffic control tower. In both images.

If they used the copper colored cladding, this would actually be close to the rendering.

goes to prove that some people cannot think in 3 dimensions -- as a design professional it's worse crime than being a colour-blind air force pilot.

Well, the holographic teleportation device wasn’t ready on time or this generation is too early for it

If the architect would take into account how the exterior will look on gray overcast days, it might improve the appearance of these modern stark structures.

so ugly, I have nothing more

Again, pressure wash it!

I think this one turned out remarkably close. It might be even closer if we saw the real building from the same angle as the render.

Why does it not match?

Again, looks flat and short in comparison to the actual project

Yet if you didn't knew that rendering than the actual building is quite pleasant.

Try again at night, may look different

Looks way better in reality

Bomb shelter?

The rendering looks completely impossible.

The designers dream big but the constructors must stick between materials limitations