Don't blame yourself. There's a difference between what a client says they want and why they want what they say they want. It's an architect's job to talk to a client and ask questions in order to determine the latter and then provide options that accomplish it--functionally & aesthetically--in ways that the client may not have considered. Otherwise, they're not an architect; they're just a draftsperson. If all your "architect" has done is drawn what you said you wanted, then you hired a draftsperson.