Shingle Cottage 14

Project Overview

2 renders. Asheville, NC. A luxury home project called Shingle Cottage 14 that the custom home builder needed visualized before ground broke. That was the starting point.

Grey cedar shingle two-story home with stone foundation, covered side porch, awning windows, and hydrangea garden.

The Challenge

Each viewpoint served a different audience. The hero shot needed marketing punch. The detail views needed technical precision. The aerial needed context. Making all of them feel cohesive while serving different purposes was the real puzzle.

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.

Our Approach

Camera positions were planned, not improvised. We mapped out corner-view 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.

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.

The modelling phase was methodical. We built the geometry from the architectural plans, cross-referencing elevations and sections to catch anything that might read differently in three dimensions than it does on paper.

The Result

We wrapped production within 1-2 weeks, delivering 2 final renders optimised for both digital and print. The hero shot leads the project’s marketing, and the gallery views round out the full story.

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