that should go on the front of the marketing brochure 
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No CPT to be seen anywhere and Vornado knew it would be towering over them to the Southeast from the getgo. I like Stern’s park place tower much better but this one probably made twice as much $. All about that location baby
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Very true. Yeah between deleting towers or making proxy developments 80% smaller than they, render makers play with reality.
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This one is great.
Very very tiny nearby towers that in reality are over 980 ft.
And it has to be intentional, otherwise whoever designed it must of got an F in rendering class.
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This is absolutely hilarious they make the hudson yards towers look so small and pudgy LOL
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Lol these are great. I feel like we could start a separate thread just to show off, discuss and be amused by innacurate renders.
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I support this. There should be a gallery of terrible renders.
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I agree that “illustration” is misleading, and will only lead to disappointment when the actual structure is completed: it like when a movie gets completely over hyped - the real thin is a bit of a let down. On a side note. I have always had some concern about the use of the word ‘render’ when referring to an architectural ‘illustration’ . I have always used either the term “rendering” or “illustration”. I suspect that the use of the word ‘render’ in this context is an improper or incorrect use of the word. I checked the dictionary and still can not come up with a definitive on that question: till then I will say ‘rendering’ or ‘illustration’.
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Technically, you’re right about ‘render’ – ‘render’ is a verb, whereas ‘rendering’ is a noun (a gerund to be exact).
Strictly speaking, then, an architectural illustration should be called a ‘rendering’ not a ‘render’ (just as a canvas in a museum is not a ‘paint’ but a ‘painting’). I try to follow this usage myself, but alas in the battle between prescriptive and descriptive grammar, descriptivism often wins out! 
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Hey, thats is a great clarification - good to know there are grammarians in forum - because the word ‘render’ has been common usage in most architectural forums; and reading it has always seemed somehow wrong. I guess that makes me ‘right’ at least when it comes to strictly prescriptive grammar; or better “technically speaking”.
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That’s good to know, especially for a person who makes renderings
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Builders build buildings.
Painters paint paintings.
And renderers – including awesome ones like you @TK2000 – render renderings!
Again that’s what’s technically correct according to traditional grammatical categories; but ‘render’ is so commonly used as a noun these days that it may soon be accepted as correct – if it hasn’t already!
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