Category · AI in arch viz
AI in architectural visualization, without the hype cycle.
We test AI tools the same way we test a new renderer: on real client work, with deadlines and reference photography on the second monitor. This category collects our field notes on denoisers, concept generators, upscalers, and everything in between, written from the perspective of studios shipping every week.
Featured · AIBlender + Unreal Engine 5 · 13 min read
GPT-6 Astra's Blender to Unreal workflow: what it actually means for arch viz studios
OpenAI's Astra demo showed a model building an editable Blender scene and handing it off to Unreal Engine 5. A close look at what the pipeline does well, where it falls apart, and what it means for working arch viz studios.
All AI articles
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AIMidjourney v7, Nano Banana, Stable Diffusion XL · 11 min
Prompting AI image generators for architecture without the generic AI look
The prompt patterns I actually use in Midjourney and Nano Banana to get architectural output that reads as a considered render, not a stock photo pastiche.
#ai-prompting#midjourney-architecture#nano-banana-architecture
AIStable Diffusion XL, ControlNet, Blender 4.4, 3ds Max 2026 · 12 min
ControlNet and img2img over your clay renders, the honest workflow
Running Stable Diffusion over a rough 3d clay pass is the one AI workflow that actually respects your architectural drawings. Here is how I run it in production.
#controlnet-architecture#stable-diffusion-archviz#img2img-clay-render
AIVarious · 12 min
AI in archviz, an honest year end review of what actually helped and what wasted our time
One year into using AI tools across our studio pipeline, here are the ones that survived, the ones that got quietly deleted, and the ones we are still arguing about.
#ai-in-archviz#ai-tools-review#archviz-workflow
AICorona 12, V-Ray 7, Blender 4.4 · 12 min
AI denoisers in archviz: OptiX, Intel Open Image Denoise, and where each one earns its keep
A working comparison of the two AI denoisers running inside every major render engine, with the artefacts you should actually be looking for on a client frame.
#ai-denoiser#optix-denoiser#intel-open-image-denoise
AIMidjourney v7, Nano Banana, Stable Diffusion XL · 11 min
Using AI concept generators without wrecking your archviz workflow
Midjourney, Nano Banana, and Stable Diffusion have a real place in a professional archviz pipeline, but only if you know what they are and are not good at.
#ai-in-archviz#midjourney-architecture#stable-diffusion-archviz
AITopaz Video AI 6, RIFE 4.9, DLSS 4 · 13 min
AI upscaling and frame interpolation for archviz animation, without the plastic look
Topaz Video AI, RIFE, and DLSS 4 can rescue a stretched deadline, but only if you understand exactly what each tool is doing to your frames.
#ai-upscaling#topaz-video-ai#rife-frame-interpolation
How we cover AI
Practical, tested, no-hype
Every article here is written by a working arch viz artist and reviewed against a real project. We compare tools on the same scene, publish settings you can paste into your own file, and call out where a model breaks on materials, reflections, or geometry. If a workflow is not production-ready, we say so.