buildings by led_tool_mises

led_tool_mises · #1 Posted **Jul 18, 2009, 1:16 AM**

hello, everyone. i'm new here, but not to google sketchup. i've designed 4 buildings (hotel, house, and baseball & football stadiums). i've started on a skyscraper, with about 2 hours under my belt (off and on). i was hoping to get some ideas and or criticisms et cetera. i've also read about kerkythea, but have no idea how to use it. i think i may plan on building a whole downtown, so maybe having not so intricate buildings would be better? (i have a not so powerful cpu). thanks, everyone!

quick facts about the building (more to come upon completion):

70 stories (919ft)
mid to high end residential (including two story penthouses)
class a office space
ground floor retail (including grocery, movie theater, fitness center, pharmacy, restaurants, etc) ... (all retail has street frontage)
3 or 4 star hotel
attached parking garage

basically, a live-work-play building...

preliminary renderings:

so what do you think? should i finish it?

thanks for your time,

led_tool_mises

Vellu · #2 Posted **Jul 18, 2009, 8:11 AM**

The facade looks good: simple yet nicely varied in a balanced way to give the viewer some excitement. I like the overall shape, but I feel the building is a bit chubby. Maybe make it thinner or give it more height. Also, if you're just doing a single building and not a whole city, you might want to give it a bit more 3d, like push the windows in a bit, to make the renders look more realistic.

Patrick · #3 Posted **Jul 18, 2009, 11:30 AM**

The base is very interesting I'd love to see how this building turns out.

Flamesrule · #4 Posted **Jul 18, 2009, 12:54 PM**

I like the signyou did and the base!Like Vellu said the building is a bit on the chubby side and needs to be thinner.I a good yet simple building.I can't wait to see what it will look like when it's finished!

Aleks · #5 Posted **Jul 19, 2009, 1:03 AM**

Looks nice. One tip I'll give you is make components. I didn't learn that until too late.

Just make 1 floor of the building that you can copy. When you're done with that floor highlight the entire floor and right click. On the little menu that comes up click on make component. A small window will pop up, click "OK". Then select the Move tool and click on one of the corners of the floor. Then on your keyboard click Ctrl. You will see another copy of the floor you just did. Then you can stack them up with out making every window!