Architectural visualization
in Seattle
Overcast is the default here, and rendering it as sunshine is the fastest way to lose a local architect.
Working in Seattle
Planning context
Most multifamily work goes through Seattle Design Review, which is public and unusually specific about massing and how a building meets the street. Environmentally critical areas — steep slopes, wetlands, watercourses — constrain a large share of sites, so imagery frequently has to show a building sitting on ground that is doing something complicated.
What gets built here
Craftsman and bungalow stock, dense townhouse and backyard-cottage infill, and a genuine mass-timber sector — Seattle is one of the leading cross-laminated timber markets in the country. Exposed structural timber is the specific rendering problem: treated as a flat wood texture it reads as laminate, and the grain has to run the way the panel actually spans.
Who commissions it
Architects on multifamily infill, developers working the townhouse and DADU density rules, and technology-sector clients commissioning custom residential on the Eastside.
One thing we get right here
Seattle is overcast for much of the year and the sun sits low even in summer. A Seattle project rendered under hard clear midday sun is the most obvious tell there is — the local expectation is soft directionless light with a cool cast, and surfaces that are slightly wet and therefore reflective.
Services
What we make for Seattle projects
Exterior Visualization
Facades, elevations and streetscapes rendered at the fidelity a considered building deserves.
From $950Interior Visualization
Rooms rendered with the light, materials and styling that make a space feel lived in rather than assembled.
From $850Aerial & Masterplan
Whole-site imagery for estates, precincts and staged developments — context, landscape and scale in a single frame.
From $1,550Architectural Film
Cinematic film that moves through a building the way a person would, not the way a camera on rails does.
From $6,800Interactive & Virtual Tours
Navigable 360° environments for display suites, sales galleries and off-the-plan campaigns.
From $2,500Start a Seattle project
Send the drawings and a sentence about what the imagery has to do. Fixed price and a date back, usually within the business day.
Request a quoteWe work across Seattle, Bellevue, Capitol Hill, Ballard, Kirkland, Redmond and Tacoma. Everything is delivered remotely from drawings, survey and site photography — so where the studio sits makes no difference to the result.
FAQ
Seattle questions
Do you work on projects in Seattle?
Yes — Seattle, Bellevue, Capitol Hill, Ballard and across WA. Architectural visualization is a studio discipline, not a site-attendance one: we work from your drawings, survey and site photography, so the studio's location has no bearing on the result.
What do you need to start a Seattle project?
Elevations and a floor plan are enough to begin. A site plan with a north point matters more here than most people expect, because it is what makes the sun angles real rather than decorative.
How much does it cost?
Exteriors from $950 and interiors from $850, quoted at a fixed price with scope and a delivery date before anything starts. All prices in USD.