Architecture has come a long way since Marcus Vitruvius penned his famed De Architectura, two-plus millennia ago. He’d have loved today’s software that permits creation of 3D architectural renderings.
Mention “architectural rendering” and most people conjure up images of weary-looking little men hunched over drafting tables, toiling laboriously to execute every meticulously drawn line perfectly Maybe they’ll even envision ancient Roman architect Vitruvius painstakingly poring over De Architectura, struggling with every word and illustration in his lengthy tome.
According to Vitruvius, architecture must not only be durable, but it must also be useful and beautiful. Or, to coin a phrase, “both decorative and functional.”
Architecture incorporates more than just a building’s exterior; it encompasses the interior environment and its overall flow, as well. You should use your space to its best possible advantage; and, like professional developers, realtors and architects, you should consult a professional design firm to handle your updating or renovation design work.
When choosing a design firm, look for a company that uses cutting-edge technology and can provide you with the most realistic architectural renderings possible. Look for a firm that can convert standard CAD drawings into striking three-dimensional renderings that look amazingly lifelike.
An appropriately equipped design firm will have the capacity to convert CAD drawings to lifelike 3D renderings. This firm should also be able to evaluate your space and work with you to develop an interior concept that suits your taste and style - while respecting the existing architectural style of the home, room or office.
You need someone who will undertake your project efficiently and with the flexibility to try new ideas, someone with a vision and capacity for spatial design. But all the ideas in the world don’t do a bit of good if you can’t see what the designer is envisioning for your space. You also need a design professional who can convert ideas to actual renderings - ideally, a professional who can provide animations and 3D visualizations and renderings.
And if your project involves an exterior rendering, you’ll want to use a firm whose staff possess the skills to make the fullest use of cutting-edge technology - especially when it comes to adding in the types of real-life environmental variables you’d expect to see in a valid representation of your exterior space - things like landscaping details, sidewalks, vegetation and people in motion.
But you don’t want to pay an arm and a leg. You want something cutting edge, yet cost efficient and practical. Oddly enough, a professional architectural design firm skilled in providing 3D renderings could be less expensive than a traditional design company that drafts with outdated software - or by hand.
Oh, and lest you pooh-pooh the notion of his relevance today, Vitruvius was a man of real vision, a man ahead of his time. Centuries before the invention of the lawn mower and decorative lawn gazebos, he was on top of these things. The first of his Ten Books encompasses subjects that now come under the purview of landscape architecture.