Ask your architect for 3D color renderings showing your options.

We asked and he does not have that capability.

IMO then get another architect or sit down and color this yourself. IMO a MCmansion farmhouse with too much of everything gables, roof lines , window grids etc. A simple modern farmhouse can be quite attractive without a bunch of unneccessary gee gaws added I sure would not want all those roof angles anywhere where you get snow. I also do not think having 2 different materilas for roofs is a good idea.

Thoughts on the look with no brows/awnings above the windows? I've attached a new drawing without them.

It is an improvement. However, as Patricia mentioned, it still looks like a "MCmansion farmhouse with too much of everything gables, roof lines , window grids etc".

This house has been discussed before, maybe under a different username. I suggested multiple ways to simplify the design.

I don't see anything McMansion-like about twin gables and a wrap around porch but I would want to see a 3D model in order to simplify the garage wing.

If the designer doesn't do 3D modeling you should hire someone to do it.

McMansion is probably a bit strong, but I think there are lots of seemingly unnecessary details...tall roofline, 2 gables on the house, gable on the porch, gable appendage on the garage, hipped/brow awning on garage, shed dormer on secondary garage, ect.

No “brows”, I would eliminate the gables on the porch and the garage hip roof thing. It doesn’t go with the farmhouse look. See inspo pic 2.

I like wide board and batten.

That whole garage side looks a hot mess and detracts from the main house. I would rotate that wing 90 degrees for side entry garage and have that bulk be on the side elevation, not the front. Again see inspo pic 2

Here is a previous thread https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6140843/review-open-floor-plan-for-new-home

And an older one https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6115686/open-floor-plan-farm-house

If you model this design in 3D, the massive left side wing with uneven roof ridges and shallow pop-in, pop-out walls, I suspect it will be a big surprise. And even if you could live with it, it can be made better.

Here is one way of reducing the complexity of the garage wing:

Take the far left roof and dormer and repeat it on the other side of the main garage gable and lower the 2nd floor in the wing by 3 risers (22").

The shed dormers could be smaller or deleted.

The cost savings should allow you to clad the house in shingles.

Bunch of small alignment issues you can see in the elevation, and the windows and doors are just place holders.

And one with B&B

This is one of my favorite houses in Kennebunkport, ME. Bringing the rake trim of the main roof down to the porch roof is typical of the big bold shapes of the large Shingle Style "Cottages" on the coast.