The finishing touches to the plans...

Over the course of the following weeks the look and feel was further developed and to my great relief was looking just as sensational as Mel said it would...

June 2010...drumroll....here's what the architects came up with...

I have been more than a little slack in updating over the course of the past very busy few months. The architects came up with their grand plans about 5 weeks after we gave them the brief. It seemed like ages so I was thrilled to hear from them when they wanted to get together to show us what they had come up with.

I must admit when the architects presented us with their concept I was a little shell-shocked. This is the initial imagery:

While Mike loved the general concept I felt like it looked too much like a hospital or commercial building and a lot heavier structure than what I had anticipated based on the relatively light weight concept pics we'd provided as inspiration. This image was without all the materials added and looked more clinical I guess. My staff interior designer assured me that with appropriate warmer tones and cladding it would look sensational. I still had my doubts but should have trusted her insight as she really does have great visualisation skills...