it is hard to understand exactly which roof planes you are talking about. All of the roof pitches visible on the front are 14/12 however sometimes I do have to lower the main ridge 2 steps lower to 12/12.

If you are saying the pitches on the sides are 16 but the main roof is 8, that would generally look very odd. It may be that the Architect is trying to avoid a too-tall main roof. (Many cities have a maximum 35 foot high rule, although they enforce this rule differently. )

The way to resolve this is to keep the front roof plane at the same or slightly lower pitch than the side planes. The roof ridge must be kept close to the front of the house- not in the middle.

Now this becomes tricky to explain. Imagine the roof behind the main roof ridge as a U shape. The main roof ridge would be the line that connects the 2 perpendicular lines of this U. Imagine these two extensions as minor ridges running from the main roof line to the rear of the house-they can be gabled at the rear or hipped. Then fill between these with a lower pitch roof- the lower pitch roof will not be so noticeable at the rear and can also be mitigated if you have a shed dormer or screen porch.

That is how the roof lines of traditional homes have been done for ages.