What does AI build when architects are in charge?
Six studios spent a week letting the models draft. We went through every frame to find what's worth keeping, and the five prompts that changed how we work.
Six studios spent a week letting the models draft. What came back wasn't faster, it was louder. We went through every frame to find what's worth keeping, and the five prompts that changed how we work.
What does AI build when architects are in charge?
Six studios spent a week letting the models draft. We went through every frame to find what's worth keeping, and the five prompts that changed how we work.
What does
AI build when
architects are
in charge?
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We test, we compare, we publish what's useful and put the rest down. Magazine on the cover, library underneath.
The fastest way we've found to go from SketchUp massing to a publishable render. Architectural priors, exposed seed, and enough control not to feel like a slot machine.
Best for iterating in front of a client. Real-time canvas, weak at plans.
Our go-to base. Understands materials. Struggles with scale. Needs a LoRA.
Still the best at atmosphere. Worst at geometry. Use for the front of the book, not the set.
Boring, fast, reliable. The last node in nine of our ten workflows.
Underrated for site-plan mood work. Pair with a trained checkpoint.
Grasshopper integration that actually respects tolerances. Ugly UI, good bones.
What AI rendering actually does, where it still fails, and how to evaluate tools without getting sold a demo. No hype. No sponsored placements.