93 Contemporary Bedroom | Praxis Studio

Project Overview

When we took on 93 Contemporary Bedroom, the residential architect in Malibu, CA had a specific problem: their design was strong, but nobody outside the studio could see it yet. They needed 2 renders that would change that.

Contemporary bedroom with gray upholstered bed, accent wall in textured gray, pendant lights, armchair with ottoman, desert landscape artwork, and neutral tones throughout.

The Challenge

Lighting was the quiet challenge here. The residential architect wanted Daylight conditions, and getting those to look natural — not staged, not oversaturated — is where a lot of archviz falls flat.

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

Lighting development ran parallel to the modelling. We tested multiple Daylight setups early — before the geometry was even finished — so we could lock in the mood and atmosphere without burning production time later.

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.

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.