Curved Glass Brick Office

Project Overview

Curved Glass Brick Office started with a conversation about what this commercial project in Chicago, IL needed to communicate. The answer was 2 carefully planned views, each telling a different part of the design story.

3D render of a 4-story boutique commercial building with dramatic cylindrical glass curtain wall sections framed by brick piers, curvilinear floor plates, elevated garden terrace, urban infill context on a corner lot with landscaped perimeter wall.

The Challenge

At 2 deliverables, there’s a real risk of redundancy — views that look too similar or don’t add new information. We planned the camera positions deliberately so every image earned its place in the set.

Stakeholder alignment was part of the challenge. Multiple decision-makers had different priorities for what the renders should emphasise, and we had to find compositions that satisfied all of them without diluting any single perspective.

Our Approach

We leaned on physically-based rendering throughout. Every material — glass, stone, metal, timber — was defined by real-world optical properties. That’s what makes the difference between a render that looks ‘nice’ and one that looks true.

We ran the first round of test renders at reduced resolution to get quick feedback on composition, materials, and overall mood. This let us catch issues early when changes were cheap, not late when they weren’t.

The rendering pipeline was set up to handle 2 outputs efficiently. Shared lighting rigs, consistent material libraries, and a standardised colour pipeline meant every image maintained the same visual standard.

The Result

All 2 images were delivered on schedule within 1-2 weeks. The commercial architect has used the package across their website, printed materials, and investor presentations.

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