Pulitzer Foundation - Tadao Ando

[Dylan]

I thought it was about time I tried and external render.
I was reading through one of my architecture books yesterday and came across this photo. I absolutely love the building and thought it would make an excellent render, so I modeled it and had a go.

It still needs work.

This is rendered on 8 and about 60 passes.
I'm not sure what causes the sparkles I see or how I get rid of them.

I need a different texture below the water as it is tiling badly.
Maybe a touch more bump on the concrete.
I need to change the material on the window sills because the NK zinc I chose does not seem to show up as it should.

[Solo]

ooooh! that's nice!

[notareal]

Sparkles can be result of incorrect material settings, for example some KT libraries (user made at forums) do contain materials that do not obey energy rules.

[olishea]

oh my god, thats pretty much a photo when you sort the water. cant believe how realistic it looks. The sheen on the concrete looks amazing, did you use a template for it?

beautiful subject too, i love his work. wow

have u tried majid's water?

[Dylan]

Thanks.

The sheen on the concrete is Template, Stone Polished.
The water is one of Majid's pond.

[fymoro]

Wow, wow, wow !!! Really amazing

[Boofredlay]

Bravo Dylan. Very nice exterior indeed.

[Dylan]

Update with minor changes.
Sparkles gone, increased concrete bump by .3, changed window frame colour and a different water bottom mat.

[vizfellas]

verrry good

[remon_v]

wow this is so realistic... good job