Rottweil Residence

Project Overview

Rottweil Residence started with a conversation about what this luxury home project in Toronto, ON needed to communicate. The answer was 3 carefully planned views, each telling a different part of the design story.

Small European contemporary home with white stucco, dark clay tile gable roof, dormer, black-framed windows, minimal landscaping.

The Challenge

The design language was distinctive — a mix of forms and materials that doesn’t photograph itself. Translating that into a render that feels lived-in rather than clinical took several rounds of material and lighting refinement.

The biggest hurdle was fidelity at scale. With 3 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.

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.

Camera positions were planned, not improvised. We mapped out eye-level, bird-eye angles based on the project’s strongest design moments, then refined framing through a series of grey-shaded test renders before committing to final production.

Landscape and entourage came last but mattered enormously. Trees, people, vehicles, sky — these contextual elements are what make a render feel like a photograph instead of a diagram.

The Result

Production closed within 2-3 weeks. The hero image is now the signature visual for Rottweil Residence, and the supporting gallery views have been deployed across the private homeowner’s marketing channels.

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