LightframeArchitectural Renderings & Previz

Architectural rendering & previz · Los AngelesBuildings,
before they exist.

Photoreal stills, animation and previz for builders, developers and architects. Plans in, pictures out, in days.

Start a projectSee the work

What we do

Every image starts as a measured 3D model built to your drawings. Light, materials and context are rendered physically, then finished in post-production for the richness a camera would see. The architecture never drifts.

You get the accuracy a planning board or a buyer can trust, at a pace and price built for real project schedules.

100% built to your CAD and BIM drawings. No drift, no invented geometry, nothing unbuildable.

Selected work

In-house studies by category. Client work shown on request.

All work
Backyard ADU with a cedar slat screen and standing-seam roof at golden hour
01

Backyard ADU

A 500 sq ft studio with a cedar screen and a vaulted ceiling

Hillside home cantilevered over a canyon at blue hour with the upper floor glowing
02

Hillside Fire Rebuild

A fire-resilient canyon home with a cantilevered upper floor

Eichler-style A-frame gable with raked glass, orange front door and standard olive trees in warm late sun
03

Eichler Atrium House

Post-and-beam, an A-frame gable and a glass atrium

Island trade show booth with a glowing SOLENNE header ring over a spa bath and kitchen vignette
04

SOLENNE Kitchen & Bath Booth

A 20 by 30 foot island booth for a tile and fixture brand

Glass pavilion lit from within at dusk, moon over the ocean behind
05

Coastal Pavilion

Glass house on an ocean hillside

Charcoal stone onsen bathroom under glowing paper lanterns
06

Bathroom Remodels

Six remodel concepts, from spa to retro

Timber living room with slanted glass wall at golden hour
07

Timber Living Room

Slanted glass, exposed fir, golden hour

Services

One model, every deliverable. Stills, motion and studies share the same scene, so adding a view never means starting over.

Details & turnaround
  1. 01Marketing stillsPhotoreal exteriors and interiors for pre-sales, listings, planning submissions and investor decks.
  2. 02Animation & flythroughsCinematic camera moves, time-of-day passes and short social cuts rendered from the same model as the stills.
  3. 03Previz & design studiesFast massing, clay and material studies while the design is still moving. Decide with pictures, not guesses.
  4. 04Real-time walkthroughsInteractive tours of the same model for sales centres, client meetings and trade-show screens. Walk the rooms, switch finishes, change the time of day live.

From preview to final

Framing is approved on fast preview passes before any time goes into light and material. Drag to compare a twenty-minute preview with the delivered image.

Final render of the pavilion at dusk
Clay model of the pavilion, front elevation
Clay reviewFinal render

How a project runs

Six steps, two of them yours: send the plans, approve the previews.

The full process
  1. 01

    Brief & plans

    Send plans, elevations, sections and a finish schedule in any format: PDF, DWG, SketchUp, Revit or hand sketches. We confirm views, mood and deliverables within a day.

  2. 02

    Model

    The building is modelled to the drawings, at scale, with the real site orientation. Nothing is traced from an image, so every view is measurably correct.

  3. 03

    Clay preview

    You see every camera as a clay render within days. Approve the framing before any time goes into materials and lighting.

  4. 04

    Light & material

    Physically based sun, sky and interior lighting, scanned materials, and the furniture, planting and context the brief calls for.

  5. 05

    Render & refine

    Path-traced renders, then post-production for planting, people, weather and colour, with the architecture locked to the model so it never drifts.

  6. 06

    Review & deliver

    Online review page with side-by-side revisions. Two rounds included. Delivery at print and web resolution with usage rights for marketing.