Category · 21 articles
Interiors work from the ArchVizDaily journal
Every interiors breakdown and tutorial we have published, from render setup to final grade. Sorted newest first.
InteriorsCorona · 11 min
Terrazzo in renders: aggregate scale, seam layout, and the polish that sells it
Terrazzo almost never fails in a render because of the colour. It fails because the chips are the wrong size for the camera, the seams are missing, and the polish reflects nothing. How to build a terrazzo floor that reads as poured, ground and polished rather than printed.
InteriorsV-Ray · 10 min
Limewash and clay plaster: rendering walls with depth instead of flat paint
Perfectly flat walls are the quiet reason renders feel synthetic. Limewash and clay plaster get specified more every year, and they behave nothing like emulsion. The texture, sheen, and application variation that make soft walls read as material rather than as default shader grey.
InteriorsCorona · 11 min
Polished concrete floors: getting the sheen without the plastic look
Polished concrete lives or dies on roughness variation. A flat mirror gloss reads as resin and a flat matte reads as MDF. How real slabs behave under light, and how to build that behaviour into a material that survives a close up.
InteriorsCorona · 12 min
Rendering CLT interiors: what makes mass timber read as real
Exposed cross-laminated timber is now a headline feature in offices, schools, and housing. The panel joints, lamella grain, and warm bounce are what separate a convincing CLT render from a room wrapped in a generic wood texture.
InteriorsV-Ray · 12 min
Bookmatched stone in CGI: the veining detail luxury clients notice first
A mirrored marble wall is the signature move of high end interiors, and the one most renders quietly get wrong. How to build bookmatched slabs that survive a close look.
InteriorsCorona · 13 min
Cove lighting, downlights, and lamps: building an interior that feels designed
Most evening interiors fail because every fixture is doing the same job. A layered approach to cove, downlight, and practical lamp lighting, with the numbers that keep it believable.