"First off, I don't know if my brain is just too OCD or what, but the symmetry (lack there of) was driving me nuts when I first saw this. By "lack of symmetry" I mean the uppers and lowers are not aligned nor do they appear to have any sort of intentionality to their layout. "

You did the right thing by aligning the upper and lower parts as closely as possible. I would have revised the first elevations as well so it's a good thing you did.