1717 Brock St South

Project Overview

The design-build firm came to us mid-design with 1717 Brock St South, a commercial project in Hilton Head, SC. They needed 2 images that could work for client presentations now and marketing materials later.

3D render of a 6-story mixed-use building at 1717 Brock St South, red brick lower floors with concrete upper floors, glass balcony railings, pilotis at ground level with retail/commercial, people walking at street level, green landscaping.

The Challenge

The biggest hurdle was fidelity at scale. With 2 compositions to produce, we couldn’t afford to let quality drift between the first render and the last. Every image needed to feel like it came from the same visual universe.

One of the trickier aspects was environmental context. A building doesn’t exist in a vacuum, and placing this commercial design convincingly into its Hilton Head, SC surroundings required careful attention to vegetation, street furniture, lighting conditions, and neighbouring structures.

Our Approach

We started where we always start: with the drawings. Every wall thickness, every material notation, every site boundary got translated into the 3D model before we touched a single texture or light.

Post-production was restrained. We adjusted contrast, corrected any colour casts, and added subtle atmospheric effects — but the goal was always to enhance what was already there, not to paper over problems in the base render.

We shared work-in-progress renders with the design-build firm at two key milestones: after initial composition lock and after material refinement. Both rounds stayed tight — targeted feedback, fast turnarounds.

The Result

Production closed within 1-2 weeks. The hero image is now the signature visual for 1717 Brock St South, and the supporting gallery views have been deployed across the design-build firm’s marketing channels.

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