"No-one has realised" that most homeware catalogue images are renderings
News: the images in most kitchen, bathroom and bedroom catalogues are computer-generated but "no-one has realised", according to a leading CGI artist (+ slideshow). More
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Jørn Utzon's unbuilt Schauspielhaus digitally resurrected by Virtual Design Unit
News: Swiss studio Virtual Design Unit has created a computer model of an unbuilt Zurich theatre designed by Jørn Utzon in 1964, to show that the building "could be built now" (+ slideshow + interview). More
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Scandinavian Shades of White photo-realistic images by Milan Stevanović
Young Serbian architect and 3D artist Milan Stevanović created these convincingly photo-realistic renderings of an imaginary Scandinavian interior furnished with favourite design pieces he found on the internet. More
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Architectural renderings now "indistinguishable from photos" says leading visual artist
Interview: renderings are now as convincing as reality and are changing the way people perceive architecture, according to architectural visualisation artist Peter Guthrie. "It allows for greater conversation about the built environment," he says in this interview. "Most people are familiar with computer images but would find it harder to interpret a line drawing." (+ slideshow). More
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ImagineHouse by A.Masow Design Studio
A concrete house designed to balance over the edge of a hillside in Kazakhstan is the latest addition to our series of stories featuring photo-realistic renderings (+ slideshow). More
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Private House in Suffolk by Ström Architects
Following our interview with Ström Architects about the value of photo-realistic visualisations, the firm sent us a set of images by rendering guru Peter Guthrie showing a house proposed for Suffolk, England (+ slideshow). More
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Dezeen archive: hyper-realistic renderings
Following our interviews with architects Henry Goss and Ström Architects about their hyper-realistic architectural renderings, here are more images of buildings that could be mistaken for photographs. See all our stories about renderings »
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Woodpeckers by Ström Architects
Here's another small-scale project featuring strikingly realistic renderings - this time a timber-clad home in England by Ström Architects, who claim that investing in quality CGI is "more effective than advertising" (+ slideshow + interview). More
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"The addition of real-world imperfections is taking architectural visualisation to the next level"
Interview: following the popularity of the hyper-realistic computer renderings of Staithe End house that we published earlier in the month, Henry Goss, the architect and visualiser who produced the renders, talks to Dezeen about how 3D visualisations are becoming indistinguishable from real photographs. More
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Staithe End by Henry Goss Architects
These hyper-realistic computer renderings show a forthcoming concrete and glass house in Christchurch, England, designed by London-based Henry Goss Architects (+ slideshow). More
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RSi-studio win award for 3D architectural image
News: Parisian design agency RSi-studio have sent over the image that won them the award for Best Commissioned Architectural Image at the 2013 CGarchitect 3D Awards last month. More
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Tind House by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Milan 2013: Swedish architects Claesson Koivisto Rune will present a kit-of-parts for a prefabricated Scandinavian house in Milan this April (+ slideshow). More
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"IKEA's New Catalogs: Less Pine, More Pixels" - Wall Street Journal
Dezeen Wire: furniture giant IKEA is turning to digital imagery instead of photography to illustrate its brochures and online galleries and expects 25% of all images to be created on computers by next year, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal. More
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Mountain Lodge on Sognefjorden by Haptic
Slideshow: a swimming pool, spa, cinema and games room will be hidden in the rock beneath the main cluster of buildings at this Norwegian hunting lodge and hotel by London architects Haptic. More
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Villa Flåttarna by Wingårdhs
These renders show the cedar shell and glazed facade of a triangular house by Swedish firm Wingårdhs to be constructed on a rocky, harbourside plot. More
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National Gallery of Greenland by BIG
Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to design the new National Gallery of Greenland in the country's capital city, Nuuk. More
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Shard 2012 exhibition by Hayes Davidson and Nick Wood
Here is a selection of images created by photographer Nick Wood and architectural rendering studio Hayes Davidson to demonstrate how The Shard tower by Renzo Piano Building Workshop might be photographed once complete in 2012. More
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Villa Hush Hush by Marks Barfield Architects
Marks Barfield Architects of London have designed a house where sections could be elevated on towers at the touch of a button. More
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486 Mina El Hosn by LAN Architecture
Paris practice LAN Architecture have designed a 142m high "mirror tower" for Beirut, Lebanon. More
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The Shard by Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Here are the latest images of The Shard, a mixed-use tower at London Bridge in London, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. More
