The architect and the client cannot agree on a design

Some of the outright failures to come together between builder and architect are also due to conditions that do not allow it. Or because the architect is a professional and recognizes where something does not work – even if the layperson thinks everything would fit in their shareware house design program.

In my mental cinema, I just see an architect being insulted for not being able to achieve the desired TV viewing distance in the bathroom of the semi-detached house ;-)

That the architect does not participate in "Bauhaus Toscana" for reasons of taste should be able to be clarified before serious design work begins.

I wouldn't overestimate this now. Something like this happens from time to time and you have to try to be willing to compromise. Give the architect a few thousand euros and come to an agreement. He has provided a service after all. If a new architect shows up, discuss beforehand whether he can build on it. Many will refuse that, and then the money would have been wasted for you.

... when as a client you find that the architect's ideas do not meet the client's taste

>>Taste<< is formulated too generally here. What exactly does it depend on? I do not believe that the architect wants to enforce his "taste"; rather, I believe there are execution-related restrictions and dependencies.

What I am getting at: even your next architect will run into the same limits within the apparently narrowly defined requirement framework, and you will be back at the same point. But several thousand euros poorer.

Would you perhaps like to tell us more details: where lies the difference between the design in your head and the architect's design... which decisions do not suit your taste... where does the hamster start limping?

Just wanted to give you a quick update, we are continuing to work with the architect after all. He took our concerns very seriously once again and convinced us that he would work on it again. Yesterday we received the results and it is actually very good. If it still hadn't worked out for us, he had offered to outline how much work he had invested and then we would look for an amount that would have been acceptable to everyone. He said it was his goal to convince clients with his work and if he doesn't succeed, then he has failed somewhere. Overall, a happy ending.

How funny it is when you keep a question general or even talk about a friend, and then later switch to the first person form ;) Great that you were able to agree. Maybe you could show one or the other version of your design in a floor plan thread?!