12 Favorite Articles of 2015
2015 is coming to an end but before we get started with 2016, here are 12 of my favorite articles posted on the blog during 2015. I wish you all the best this new year.
Be good, do good!
Making of Lake Lugano House
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David Santos has set upon recreating the Lake Lugano House. A beautifully designed house by JM Architecture that he modeled using SketchUP 2015 and rendered with V-Ray for SketchUP v2.0 as part of a personal study of HDRI based dusk lighting. Follow David in this article as he takes us from start to finish on this one. Enjoy!
David Santos
David Santos is a 3d Artist from Ecuador. He studied architecture for 5 years in Universidad San Francisco de Quito. He started using SketchUp since the beginning, and ArchViz has become his passion. He specializes in 3D visualization and have been working on his own since 2014, mostly on local projects.
Making of House on the Lake
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David Santos has set upon recreating the Lake Lugano House. A beautifully designed house by JM Architecture that he modeled using SketchUP 2015 and rendered with V-Ray for SketchUP v2.0 as part of a personal study of HDRI based dusk lighting. Follow David in this article as he takes us from start to finish on this one. Enjoy!
Giona Andreani
Giona Andreani does virtual photographs of not yet built architecture. He is passionate about technology, science fiction, mountain biking and, particularly, analog photography, which allows me him to log off from the hyper technological and frantic world to which we are connected every day. He works in the field of architectural visualization with Master’s degree in Architectural Visualization from State of Art Academy and degree in environmental architecture from “Politecnico di Milano”.
Making of Renaissance
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I’m very happy to share yet another behind the scenes based on SketchUP + V-Ray. This time by Javier Wainstein. Follow him in this article as he describes the making of Renaissance, which he started to model referencing The Jane – A military church in Antwerp reinvented as a restaurant by Piet Boon.
Javier Wainstein
Javier is a student of the Industrial Design in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After some additional studies in Canada and Germany he went back working for architectural firms in Argentina, and today specializes in 3d interior visualization.
Making of 3XN Bla Planet
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THE BIG BLUE Making-of is here. Follow Victor Larsson as he describes his process behind the great scene awarded the Best of Week 14/2015. I love the interior that you see above the most, but you should check out the complete set. You have to see the original photo of this place to really appreciate the work done on this one. Original Photos by Adam Mõrk. Enjoy!
Victor Larsson
Victor is a self-taught 3d-artist and graphic designer, currently working and living in Gothenburg, Sweden. His desire to bring ideas to life has resulted in many years of experience in the field of digital art. Victor have worked with several of Scandinavia’s biggest architectural offices.
15 Renwick Case Study by MARCH
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The 15 Renwick visuals by MARCH captured my attention the moment I stumbled upon them. The different approach to architectural visualization is pretty clear and being interested to know more about how they approached this project and executed it, I contacted Kevin Cimini at MARCH with the aim of learning more and sharing it all with you here. Today I’m happy to post this case study of the Renwick 15 project. Enjoy!
MARCH
MARCH is a design and consulting firm focused on digital environments. We create art around the unbuilt and approach still and moving image making from a conceptual perspective.
MARCH collaborates with leading brands, agencies, architects, artists, stylists, developers and marketing firms. We couple digital prototyping with advanced imaging to create virtual architecture for an array of applications.
Making of Arrival
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nookta‘s work was featured on the blog before, with the making of the Mediterranean House, and today I’m happy to share the making of their latest Best of Week 20/2015 – “Arrival”. It is their in-house project based on architecture from the 60’s in California, USA. Following the modern movement architecture, discovering the creations of Richard Neutra, Donald Wexler and Pierre Koenig, which inspired them immensely. “Arrival” describes the revitalization of an abandoned place. A place where time has passed and things were left behind. This image is the best I’ve seen from nookta on many levels, and it is great to share the making of it here with you. Enjoy!
Nookta
nookta is a German based Architectural Visualization studio founded in 2012 they have strong focus on aesthetics and style.
Making of Arts & Crafts
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Diego Querol shared his beautiful Arts&Crafts images back in March on the forums. Since then he shared two more sets related to this great personal project, the upper area of the studio and a Tattoo Salon, as well as winning the 3dawards with the image behind. Today he takes us for a ride into his great looking mess of things, breaking it down to bits from initial concept to final post-production. Enjoy!
Diego Querol
Diego Querol is a 3D artist based in Spain heading studio diego3dq, for Interior Design and Architecture through 3D modeling tools and lighting simulation.
Making of Hotel 114
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Thomas Vournazos, from Slashcube, posted on the forums a super cool looking visual of Hotel 114 – A small project he did for a hotel design in Oberkampf area in Paris. Showcasing a vibrant, night life scenario, was the main goal for this image and nicely done. Using Maxon’s Cinema 4D along with Corona Renderer for C4D, Thomas describes his workflow in this article for all to learn from. Enjoy!
Thomas Vournazos
3D Artist, based in Zürich. Lead 3D Artist and Founder of Slashcube. Working with creative people for creative imageries.
Making of Sea and Mountain Cabins
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Today I’m happy to share with you this making of by Dusan Stevic from Architectural ID, a Serbian based visualization studio founded in 2011. The “Sea and Mountain Cabins” is a commercial project for showcasing their client’s cabins. Follow Dusan as he dives into the process of showcasing a wooden dominant design using 3dsmax and V-Ray is his main tools with lots of Floor Generator on the way. Enjoy!
Dusan Stevic
Architectural ID is a Serbian visualization studio founded in 2011. Team began experimenting with CG early on their architectural studies and are now specialized in architectural visualization.
Making of Vertical Garden
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It’s time for some blender render to be featured here on the blog! I stumbled upon this beautiful work by Paulina Kochanowicz not long ago and thought this would be a perfect one to start with. First, because it looks great… I love vertical green walls and this one is beautifully executed. Second, it is all done inside Blender and rendered with the built-in Cycles render engine. Keep in mind all you see here is done with a freely available open-source platform. Enjoy!
Paulina Kochanowicz
Paulina Kochanowicz is an Interior Architect and a graduate of Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (2011), She is also a founder and chief designer at Seryjny Projektant studio. They design architecture, interiors and products. They also run designing courses in Serial Designer Academy.
After several years in the profession, by curious coincidence she stumbled upon Blender software, which has accompanied her ever since. Making visualisations became Paulina’s true passion and invaluable complement to her profession.
Lucid Arch Dreams by Benoit Dereau
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Seeing the Lucid Arch website for the first time it immediately captured my attention. This was prior to “The Vineyard” as I was making final prep for the challenge and I contacted Benoit Dereau, the creator, to learm more about it at that time. Benoit is a 3D Generalist who accumulated skills in architectural visualization and level-design for video games production. In the last couple of years he combines his CG knowledge to produce architectural visualisation scenes through real-time engines and today he showcases Lucid Arch Dreams here. Enjoy!
Benoit Dereau
Making of Cliff House
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The Cliff House won Best of week 35/2015 and today I’m happy to share this making-of by Matias Moret , as he details the process of visualising this west coast, British Columbia, Canada based house. Looks like a great location to live in. Enjoy!
Matias Moret
Estudio MOT specializes in home made visualizations.