House DS / GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten

Jump starting this week with an inspriation piece from GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten. The photo set taken for their DS House by photographer Julien Lanoo have a very familiar look & feel to them… can you guess what I’m thinking about? Some of them look more like renders then photos, but I like it. The toned down colors, framing and the great reference these are for materials such as grass, glass, metal & wood.

Photography by Julien Lanoo

original post House DS / GRAUX & BAEYENS architecten at archdaily

24 replies
  1. tomglimps
    tomglimps says:

    @ronenbekerman beautiful extention! Seen it a while ago in #Architizer =) Thought i’d prefere rusty look instead of black finish =p

      • MartinZmeskal
        MartinZmeskal says:

        @ronenbekerman@BBB3 lol, thats what i thought when i saw the pic on the home page :)…i though…oh not again :))) another day in envy :)……but really….i thing those photos are photoshoped a lot in some places…you can tell on the bushes and on the sharpness of some elements when you compare the background with the foreground ones…………………and then again…i would not bet if those werent renders 🙂

    • ronenbekerman
      ronenbekerman says:

      @Vpower This washed out look is kind of refreshing for me. it makes for a photo in “limbo” not fully real looking / almost like render at times – Could be interesting approach in rendering as well.

  2. micarstens
    micarstens says:

    I also like the washed out look. But then again: on graux-baeyens website the images look far more saturated…and therefore more photo like. Am I wrong?

    • ronenbekerman
      ronenbekerman says:

      @micarstens They do look much more saturated… maybe a bit too much. I wonder why archdaily showcases them as they do and the architects otherwise? I do feel the washout set is more “presentation” like, no?

  3. kainfury
    kainfury says:

    You really have to write if it is a photo or a render. With the quality of some artists, it’s hard to tell!

  4. ArkinAdamEsref
    ArkinAdamEsref says:

    I actually think if someone were to create this in 3d it would actually look better than the photo! could be a good challange? 😛

    • kainfury
      kainfury says:

      @ArkinAdamEsref

      I agree, I would see this as a night render, with nice light reflections in the water.

      • ArkinAdamEsref
        ArkinAdamEsref says:

        @ronenbekerman@ArkinAdamEsref Any view would be nice – Maybe the challange could be to create an overcast / de-saturated image similar to these? Just a thought 😛

  5. Peter Fernandez
    Peter Fernandez says:

    I must say this really reminds me of Peter Guthrie’s work. When I first saw it, I was like “Awesome Renders”, so realistic, only after reading and looking closer I saw it was photographic. Good to see photography try and go the other way round. Refreshing

  6. ChristianMiranda
    ChristianMiranda says:

    What a great set of photos…I really like the architecture, its forms, finishes and the way the photographer has controled the saturation, specially on the exteriors. The style of the photos matched the design, the bricks and cool black gloossy finish perfectly!

  7. koen
    koen says:

    hey guys,

    thanks a lot for the interest in our work,

    much appreciated

    koen & basile

    Graux & Baeyens architects

  8. bpositive
    bpositive says:

    Lovely architecture. Though I think the old house, in particular the roof, could use a little refresh to blend more in with the minimalistic new.

  9. alex_starc
    alex_starc says:

    hey! i was wondering what material was used for the black walls?is it some kind of metal plating?it looks very modern

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