★ The final renders — the real building, done right (16)
The new accurate pass that answers the latest round: the true corner geometry + scale, the ‘FIG ST’ at window scale on the front face (glass-block bay + far door kept), the loved deep-green proud tile and the chrome trim swept from restrained to rich — day and dusk. These are my picks; swap or cut any freely.
a5THE flagship — the real building at true scale: deep-green proud tile, the glowing ‘FIG ST’ at window scale, chrome trim, the recessed corner entry + ON AIR. Hay’s breakthrough, made accurate.
a5Flagship front face — DUSK.
a5Flagship corner — DAY: dimensional ‘FIG ST’ in a chrome-framed panel, glass-block bay, golden hour.
a5Minimal chrome — the green tile dominant (closest to your reference).
a5Light chrome, dusk — a restrained amount of silver trim.
a5Moderate chrome, golden hour.
a5The whole building from across the street — true massing and scale.
a5The classic chrome corner — on the REAL angular corner (not a rounded drum), capped at the amount you liked.
a5The stucco-lean option — smooth Santa-Barbara cream stucco with green tile as pilasters, base and the FIG ST portal.
a5The wordmark — classic high-school / varsity steel letterform (the ‘old school sports’ vibe).
a5The wordmark — cream tiles inset into the green field (the tile-inlay mark; ‘the tile is the skin’).
a5The wordmark — fine silver ‘FIG ST’, no hyphens (your original silver-tile idea, cleaned up).
a5The proud tile up close — ~1.5″ relief, body-matched grout (no white lines), a slim chrome reveal.
a5Green tile over a terracotta-brick base wrap — the earthy ’70s companion (‘also nice’).
a5The courtyard gate at dusk — opening to the alley/courtyard between the two buildings.
a5The courtyard gate — the loved cool-silver lights, courtyard glowing beyond.The a3 pass — proud tile, correct wordmarks, the courtyard gate (11)
The tactile proud tile, the correct ‘FIG ST RECORDING’ letterforms in cream and cool chrome, the courtyard gate that shows the alley between the two buildings, and the lead color systems.
a3THE material thesis, up close: proud ~1.5″ hand-glazed tile, body-matched grout, no white lines.
a3The loved ombré fade, tile-by-tile, deep green → mint.
a3Basket-weave in proud monochrome green.
a3The exclamation-T ‘FIG ST RECORDING’ in cream tile, grid-aligned.
a3‘FIG ST RECORDING’ in polished chrome dimensional letters (cool silver, not brass).
a3The courtyard gate — open to the alley between the bungalow (left) and studio (right). DAY.
a3The same courtyard gate at DUSK.
a3Flagship corner — Forest + Cream + Camel-Wood + Chrome, proud tile.
a3System 1 — Forest + Cream + Terracotta + Charcoal (earthy ’70s).
a3Green-on-green — the darker companion + large/small mosaic mix.
a3The ombré fade at building scale on the giant sign wall.The green identity (15)
Green + cream is the locked identity — deep bottle/forest green glazed tile as “the glossy version of the stucco,” body-matched grout (no white lines), proud ~1.5″ tile, warm “fantastic” cream. Chrome is the metal.
a0“My favorite mint rendition — great use of the mint, nice sign.”
a0“That’s better” — the mint facade, refined (tile, not windows).
a1“Lovely green — pretty darn good; I really like it.”
a1“Love the big tiles, especially mixing with some little tiles.”
a1“Grout that matches the paint rather than white lines — I dig that.”
a1“The chrome is amazing — we should consider it for a version.”
a1“This is cool.”
a1“Those rounded trim-border tiles — easier to pop out than recess. Very cool.”
a1“Interesting green — the darker companion green.”
a1“A cool layout, like that.”
a1“I like this Fig St logo here — a focal point on this side.”
a2“Clean… love the sign on the left a LOT, love the deep green.”
a2“I like these larger tiles and the fade. Very cool.”
a2“I like this” (blackened-bronze accent on the fixed corner).
a2“I do like these fading green tiles” — the flagship green corner.Wordmark & signage (11)
The distinctive custom ‘FIG ST’ mark — railroad / subway / train-station / high-school-nameplate energy, aligned to the tile grid — and the loved corner-sign placement.
a0“I like the FIG ST. corner sign placement, a LOT, very cool.”
a0“That FIG ST. sign feels like an old railroad or a NY subway stop.”
a1“VERY cool Fig St. logo — add this to our logos.”
a1“Cool sign on the left, love that tile idea.”
a1“REALLY like that crazy simple logo — that should be documented.”
a2“That ST with the little T feels right to me.”
a2“A beautiful sign, I like this as a logo option.”
a2“This train-station / public-high-school feel I really like… Fig St. on two lines.”
a2“Really compelling logo — between a street sign and a train station.”
a1“Tiles as the glossy version of the stucco… proud 1.5″… the cream is fantastic.”
a1“Compelling — the green-on-green corner and the green-on-green door.”The courtyard gate & entry (10)
The entry is a GATE into an open-air courtyard between the bungalow and the studio — a film-studio-lot threshold. The loved gate shapes; silver metal, never gold.
a1“Very fucking cool — the green, the sign, the doors” (simplify the recesses).
a1“Wrapping these shapes in tiles — this design really comes alive… glass blocks.”
a1“The silver/chrome trim, that’s very cool, and the chrome pipe.”
a1“I love that chrome/silver/steel trim — it’s beautiful.”
a1“The shape of the entry feels more gate-like, I dig it” (silver, not gold).
a2“This could totally be an entry into a courtyard.”
a2The same courtyard arch at dusk — “SO cool.”
a2“This one is just kind of amazing — the domed entry… wow.”
a2“The T that looks like an exclamation point… this logo is fantastic. ‘Fig St Recording.’”
a2“This is fire — same logo I like.”Tile craft (4)
The loved tile moves to carry into the finish: the ombré fade, the basket-weave, large-format + small-mosaic mixes, and rich material combinations.
