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Interior shortlisted for Dezeen Awards disqualified after commenter spots “subtle cues” that images are fake

September 9, 2019 Marcus Fairs 0
Interior shortlisted for Dezeen Awards disqualified: Nassim Mansion by 0932 Design Consultants

An apartment shortlisted for Dezeen Awards has been disqualified after an eagle-eyed commenter noticed that the images submitted were computer renders rather than photos. Nassim Mansion, a three-bedroom residence designed by Singapore studio 0932 Design Consultants, was shortlisted for Apartment interior of the year at this year’s awards. But when the shortlist was announced last

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Flooded London by Squint/Opera depicts “curiously utopian” vision of the city under water

July 23, 2019 Marcus Fairs 0
Flooded London by Squint/Opera

Digital design studio Squint/Opera has reissued a series of speculative visualisations depicting London in 2090 when climate change has left much of the city under water. The Flooded London series, first created in 2008, shows how citizens might adapt to catastrophic rising temperatures and sea levels. “The world is currently standing on the verge of

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Amey Kandalgaonkar imagines home built into giant boulder

May 22, 2019 India Block 0
House Inside a Rock by Amey Kandalgaokar

Architectural designer Amey Kandalgaonkar has created renderings of House Inside a Rock, a concept for a modernist concrete house built within a giant rock. Mumbai born, Shanghai-based Kandalgaonkar designed the house to be a contemporary twist on the architecture of the Mada’in Saleh necropolis, a UNESCO world heritage site in Saudi Arabia. Mada’in Saleh was built in

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Jendretzki Design proposes Rat Island eco-retreat for New York City

April 18, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Rat Island private island boutique resort in New York City by Jendretzki Design

US studio Jendretzki Design has revealed designs for a boutique eco-resort on a tiny island within greater New York City. The local studio has envisioned Rat Island for an isle off the city’s Bronx borough. It is one of the 44 isles that make up the New York archipelago, but the only one that is privately owned.

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WOJR envisions House of the Woodland topped with huge roof for Massachusetts forest

March 20, 2019 Jenna McKnight 0
House of the Woodland by WOJR

This set of highly realistic renderings unveil a cabin that American studio WOJR has designed for a forest clearing in Massachusetts, featuring a large pyramidal metal roof set on concrete block walls.  House of the Woodland is a family residence planned for a site in the Berkshires region in western Massachusetts. Envisioned as a retreat from city

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“The role of the contemporary visualiser is deeply misunderstood”

October 25, 2018 Troy Hodgson 0

After architectural visualisers received a bad rap from Aaron Betsky and Es Devlin, Troy Hodgson defends his profession and explains why renderings don’t always exactly match the finished buildings they portray. As the cost of a full architectural education and qualification increases and the profession contracts, new careers and spin off industries are being forged

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“It makes no difference whether you draw with Rhino or a Pelikan”

October 15, 2018 Aaron Betsky 0

An architect’s tool of choice for visualising designs is not important, says Aaron Betsky, as long as the effects of time and use on the finished creations are considered during the process. Who cares whether you use a pen, a pencil, or a stylus? Quite a lot of people. Over the last few years, I

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“Renderers: if can’t show us where we are, show us where we might go”

September 19, 2018 Aaron Betsky 0

Whether for client meetings or the silver screen, architectural renderings that sell fantasy need to be grounded in ambitions for improving the world, rather than sugar-coated versions of reality, says Aaron Betsky. The last embers of a campfire glow by the shore of a river, meandering towards us from a waterfall overshadowed by mountain peaks

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Ström Architects unveils renderings of British seaside getaway

September 10, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Expanses of glazing meet darkened wood in this contemporary holiday home designed by British practice Ström Architects, which will be erected on the Isle of Wight coast. Island Rest house will be set within a sloping creek that overlooks the Solent, a 20-mile strait of water that divides the Isle of Wight from mainland England.

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Architectural renderings are “troublesome and problematic” says Es Devlin

May 10, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

British set designer Es Devlin has questioned the use of renderings to sell property because the glossy images often don’t match up with the completed buildings. Devlin criticised the “weirdly trippy” discrepancies between architectural visualisations and realised projects during an interview with Dezeen last month. “The pictures of buildings before they’re made is something I’ve

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