Architecture visualisation has become a large part of our industry, with many architects and architectural students being equally skilled and interested in both disciplines. Architectural presentation and representation has never been more important and is often the difference between winning and losing a project.
The use of technology has now become the go to architectural presentation technique with its ability to demonstrate and share not just the buildings mass, form, and materiality but also the atmosphere and feeling the architecture will eventually evoke.
The progression in technologies and its accessibility, has also lead to the advancement of architectural presentations, where it is no longer enough to just have a series of beautiful images, presentations often now consist of highly detailed animations and walkthroughs that give the user ultimate control over what they are seeing via a VR headsets and controller.
There are many different genres to architecture visualisation, some are purely photorealistic and strive to mimic a photograph, and others are atmospheric and focus on the environment the building creates …selling more of the atmosphere.
The list below shares a variety of resources and tutorials that focus on the these varied styles, along with a few exempla companies that demonstrate the current high standard of architectural representation and presentation.
