Architectural visualizations are crucial to the design and planning phases of a project. They help communicate ideas, gather feedback, and make informed decisions before construction begins.
However, when you compare the finished building with its initial representation, sometimes you don't see the shining sun reflecting in its windows and the greenery around it that's more lush than that in the Garden of Eden.
So to remind you that what we see isn't always what we get, here's a collection of pictures that exemplify the contrast between the promised ideal and reality.
#21 The New Munch Museum In Oslo Opened, And It Might Not Look Exactly Like The Vision Picture
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When the rendering sets expectations far higher than anyone can achieve, does the realistic one become useless?
Is the stylized version of the rendering actually bad for architecture in general?
Should everyone just stick to models and forget renderings altogether?
I guess, time will tell.
#25 Sara Cultural Center In Skellefteå, Sweden. In Reality It Looks Very Sad
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47points
#26 Glasiaren, Gothenburg. The Building Turned Into Something That Resembles An Old Refrigerator With Ugly Magnets
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46points
#27 Totalitarian New Box In Kungsängen, Sweden. The Gray Color Looks Way Worse Than It Should Be
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46points
#28 The Vision And Reality Of Kv. Poolen The New Bathhouse In Frösunda, Sweden
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43points
#33 "Bal Gown" In The Hague, Netherlands. It Had The Potential
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#35 Planned vs. Actual Pune Metro. Left - Sant Tukaram Metro Station, PCMC. Right - Deccan Gymkhana, Pune
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37points
#36 Citygate (Getingboet) In Gothenburg, Sweden. Those Windows Look Really Different
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36points
#37 The Elite Hotel Carolina Tower At Nya Karolinska In Hagastaden, Stockholm, Sweden
According to the vision, the place would suddenly become much brighter when the hotel will be completed. Unfortunately, they were wrong.
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35points
#38 The Render One Looked Way Better. Scandic Central In Örebro, Sweden
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#39 An Expectation Image Of Metropolia's Myllypuro Campus vs. An Image From Reality
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