My first rendered images of my original concept art of my lighthouse:

This is my first concept art work for my final lighthouse design made to look like a Sci-Fi tower. the light is going to be pointing straight up to a mirror that rotates around at the top. it has sharp edges and a clean exterior look to give it a futuristic look. it is made to look like it is made in a "Dystopian"  or a "futuristic" style. a lot of Sci-Fi architecture has a lot of unpractical components that are more for the aesthetic. taking this in mind a made the arched, glass door on the front that is made to give it a fashionable look yet has no real purpose. the mixture of very sharp edges and the contesting very curved faces make it represent "speed" keeping true to the original WW2 concept of futuristic buildings created in the space aged comics that started to come out at about that time. 

Sci-fi and futuristic architecture

 

 

Futurism was created in the 20^th century in Italy, it quickly went out of fashion but then remerged again after WWII after the creation of space aged comic books became popular marking the beginning of the Sci-Fi era.

 

(as seen in the image above: the architectural lines are curved and represent “speed”)

(reference)

http://www.okoloweb.cz/projects/comics-visions

http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Architectural_styles

Sci-fi architecture

 

There are 4 main types of buildings in Sci-Fi: futuristic, retro, dystopian and modernist.

Futuristic is usually white and has lost of bright lights and rounded edges.

Retro is usually an older style that is recreated to make it look worn i.e. steampunk.

Dystopian is apocalyptic and broken, usually with a lot of ruins.

Lighthouses