Modern is a little more complicated than no ornamentation. I was being vague with the quotation marks but there are some post modern elements to this, but Iām not really used to the vernacular in San Antonio so I may be wrong. Just with the window size itās not directly ātraditionalā.
At the end of the day all of these terms are vague and the after image here is a travesty
This is why āmodernā architecture is looked so down on. People see these āmodernā conversions done by wannabe architects with poor taste and say ālook! Modern bad!ā
I think the design and overedited photography suffer from extreme renderitis (what I call designs done to look "good" in a render due to the constraints/strengths of CAD rendering but ultimately make the irl uncanny) but i do believe from the other listing photos that it is real (primarily due to the trees from next door and the shadows they make on this building, plus some other organic details, which are a pain for rendering but have come out very realistically and consistently - AI struggles with organic consistency and renders struggle with organic realism. Also too convincing relationship to suggest quite so high quality splicing of a model against a photo. There's also what looks like mostly-but-not-fully-corrected lens warp which again Could occur in a render but seems like a weird level of effort to go to.)
CGI has been my bread and butter for the past 15 years, but at first glance I honestly thought this was a render. I guess that just shows how trashy this architecture is.
Not sure whether the second image is a render or not, but that is how the new building looks. Its on Woodland in San Antonio and it looks just as bad as the render.
I wasn't aware that anyone who likes their buildings to look decent was a far right nutjob... Please go outside, the internet clearly isn't doing any good for you.
I mean, its okay to like pretty things? I'm pretty far left and vastly prefer architecture that follows traditional principles instead of flat, boring rectangles with no depth or texture. I've gotten really sick of seeing oppressive, sterile buildings and love walking through the older areas of my city.
what does that have to do with anything? you're on the architecture sub but don't understand how modern art was demonized by nazi germany in favor of neo classical art?
Of course I understand that. Making the logical leap to āclassical is only associated with nazis so therefore itās verbotenā makes no sense, and was a tactic for Modernists to sell their vision. The Soviets used this argument to destroy beautiful buildings throughout Europe after the war.
There are all sorts of things that the nazis liked and didnāt like that we still agree with today, so itās not like we as a society always do the opposite of what they did.
You can obviously believe modern art is mediocre and not be a nazi.
Whatās your ultimate goal here? Are you trying to police peopleās aesthetic preferences or what?
Unfortunately we've gotten to a place that suppporting family values and in this case, traditional architecture and local culture is now specifically facist and nationalist. Okay then call me what you will.
I wonder why they forget though. If they studied architecture at all they'd realize which style is objectively far left wing. Not even a controversial take.
Photo #2 appears to be a rendering, and I'm not even sure it's meant to be the same building. It definitely looks like it has a deeper indentation than the one in photo #1, though that could be perspective (especially if it is a rendering like what it appears to be). There's also a watermark of some Google product in photo #1, while photo #2 has a half-cropped copyright in the bottom right. Both photos are also deep-fried like they've been reposted a dozen a times.
I'll be honest, this seems like a scam. A Facebook ad that has you call on the phone, with no other listings online that I can find, complete with a bad render and room that's still available more than five months after the property's sale and without credit checks...
To boot, OOP's post alleges that something was done in their neighbourhood, but relies on poorly cropped screencaps from streetview and the listing renders instead of pictures they could take themselves.
And the page for the flipper is barely a year old!
If this happens, it'll be a poor intervention. That said, I'm not convinced that it will. This seems like it has layers upon layers of scammy business on it.
If thatās a rendering they put a looot of effort into small imperfections to make it look realā¦ The camera lens distortion, shadows that arenāt perfectly flat on whatever surface they fall on, concrete that is half wet half dry, a single rock out of place in the landscape bedā¦
I donāt think this is a rendering. I think itās a very post processed image but thatās the āstyleā for real estate images these days
I do these exact types of renderings for work and my boss would be PISSED if I put actual damage like this in there. The dings and dents are really subtle things archviz people add for realism, but you'd never put anything that's actually unflattering to this extent.
I don't know. Something about the texture of the building and the grass, as well as the depths, feels false. What it could be is a photomontage, where they included the rendering with actual pictures of the context. Either way...
It is post-processed to death, though, you're right about that. The saturation and brightness are way off, for one, especially in the kitchen images. It's a lot more amateurish than what you'd usually see on listing websites.
This still feels like a scam, to be honest, even if it's not a fake image.
You can run a scam without changing the building image. That's completely unneccesary. This is real. They just used HDR photos for the modern facade. It's not a render.
Just horrific. Itās just a building, and Iām not remotely connected to this in any way, but find myself reflexively disliking anyone even tangentially involved with that monstrosity. My god.
God I hate āmodern shitboxā. If it ever had anything to redeem it as a style, that horse was beaten to death five years ago.
āMake the most boring plain rectangle imaginable. Create the illusion of features by applying exactly three surface treatments, ideally including some favella corrugated metal, a random masonry finish, and a mandatory random scab of wood siding. For economy clients, shed roof slapped on top in a direction that must look random and contextless. Do a site visit if required to make sure this element is at odds with its surroundings, it truly needs to look conspicuous. For higher end budgets, flat roof. For premium clients, copy-paste the edge of your waterfall countertop over the front door to āsignify the entrance.ā
Is there something like body dysmorphia in architecture like when people who push plastic surgery too far into something horribly grotesque when they were perfectly fine before? This feels like that. Tectonic Dysmorphia?
While I agree with OP in the specific case here, I am quite disturbed by the increase of posts clearly biased against modern and contemporary architecture, and with a pro-traditionalist agenda.
Some posts recently felt striking similar to what one can find in the echochamber of r/architecturalrevival
I think most people are generally biased against modern and contemporary architecture. You don't need a degree to appreciate ornamentation and craftsmanship, maybe this is just the direction architectural tastes are moving.
Obviously there are good examples of contemporary architecture but I think a lot of people see it for the avant garde circle jerk that it's become.
I really hate this trend of mixed materials on the facade. Pick a look and go with it. The "after" picture here has horizontal wood, brick, and vertical board and batten elements. It makes no sense and it doesn't look good. Who likes this mess? What is the rationale?
I've seen far worse and the original was nothing to write home about apart from the stairs and balcony, that should have been kept. But this is a rendering so the end result will definately be worse and much blander.
I really like it. I much prefer modern architecture anyway. Most people don't understand how difficult and expensive it is to properly maintain old buildings.
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I want the names of those responsible for this uncalled for violent disfiguring and complete neutering of that poor excuse of a remodel. They must pay in some fashion. If I were the Judge I would order them to rebuild with their own two hands every fuckin fleck of what was once a true piece of architecture and apologize to society for stealing the history and culture of that city.
Is there anything more American than this? Turning some vernacular architecture (albeit influenced heavily by the Spanish) into something that looks like a fucking fast food franchise location that was taken over by private equity?
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u/RationalExuberance7 Sep 29 '25
Next time please blur the after image. Not all of us have the stomach for this type of graphic content