Gunar Courtyard Complex

Project Overview

This multi-family residential project in Calgary, AB arrived with ambition. Gunar Courtyard Complex needed 3 photorealistic exterior views covering everything from hero marketing shots to detailed design-review angles.

Eye-level courtyard view of a European multi-family housing complex with cream render, wooden roof structures, cherry blossom trees, lush landscaping, stone walls, and people seated on benches.

The Challenge

Balancing aesthetics with accuracy is always the tension in this work. The property development firm wanted images that looked aspirational — but the architects needed every proportion, setback, and material call to be precisely as drawn.

The project site has strong character — mature trees, sloping terrain, established neighbours. Ignoring that context would have produced renders that felt disconnected from reality. We had to model the environment as carefully as the building itself.

Our Approach

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.

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.

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.

The Result

We delivered the complete package of 3 renders within the agreed 2-3 weeks window. The property development firm confirmed the images are now central to their sales and approval materials.

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