Architectural visualization built to survive the hand-off, from Rhino to the final board.
Architectural visualization trusted by award-winning practices
01 · Selected work
Yakushima, Japan
Shortlisted, 2026 competition. The brief hinged on an atmosphere, not a form: the particular quality of light through Yakushima's rain. We built the visual concept around that single idea, so the jury felt the place before they read the plan.
Seoul
An invitation-only competition, alongside Zaha Hadid Architects and OMA. In a field of that caliber, the renderings don't just illustrate the design, they argue for it.
San Francisco
National press coverage and over 110,000 Instagram impressions. A civic visualization built to hold up in front of city stakeholders, not just architecture critics.
02
We speak the same technical language.
All our artists are architects.
Competition images starting at 1,000 EUR.
International team, experience, clients.
We'll model the facade you haven't specified yet, without a fifth clarification email.
Multiple sketch options.
Composition experts, with 20 years of know-how.
Testimonials
We presented the project to the client this morning and it went really well. They absolutely loved the images. It has been a huge effort from both our teams and I want to thank you all for the amazing push given the extremely tight deadline.
You and your team always come thru for us, and we are always grateful! You all are great partners and we look forward to making images of this stadium with you all for many more years.
Thanks for all your work on this project, we think it has been a great collaboration. The images are very well received by the team and we will be submitting this project in the next few days!
03 · Recognition
Featured award
Winner: Architizer Vision Awards 2025 · Rendering Artist of the Year
2024 CAD'oro Awards, Grand Prix & Best Introduction (Snøhetta)
2024 CAD'oro Awards, Best Façade (Shigeru Ban)
2025 CAD'oro Awards, 3rd Place (Salvis AG)
Hundreds of images delivered for award-winning architects. We know what a jury is trained to look for, and how to make the right call in the final hours before a deadline.
04 · The real risk
Somewhere in that chain, the concept quietly dilutes: too artistic for the city council, too literal for the jury. Version chaos the night before the deadline. And a budget you keep having to justify to a client who "just wants to see the plan."
None of that is a rendering problem. It's a partnership problem, and it's the one we solve.
05 · How we work
Our team is qualified architects first, visualization artists second. We read a Rhino file the way you do. We can model the façade you haven't specified yet, or the interior that's still a diagram, without waiting on a fifth clarification email. Fewer revision rounds. Fewer surprises the night before the jury.
20
Years
6
Continents
15,000+
Visualizations delivered
300+
Films & animations
06 · Showreel
ZOA Studio · showreel
07 · About AI
"AI isn't here to replace craft; it's here to give our artists more time for the decisions that matter."
We use AI where it genuinely helps: micro-detail work, faster iteration on textures and light. We never hand your concept to it. The decisions that make a jury trust your building are always made by a human architect. And if you'd like us to use AI in the design itself, we're glad to, whenever that's what you ask for.
Make friends. Amaze people.
08 · Contact
Tell us what you are working on and when you need it. We reply within one business day — with next steps, not a sales pitch.
We reply personally.
Running a smaller studio? We scale from a single competition image to a full animation campaign. Reach out the same way.
Brief received.
We reply within one business day.
09 · FAQ
Honest answers, and if yours isn't here, just ask.
Rhino, Revit, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD or SketchUp. Whatever you already model in, send us the file you have; we don't need a special export.
Competition images start at 1,000 EUR; larger masterplan and aerial views are priced individually. Every image includes two sketch options before we go to final, so you can steer the composition and the mood. Send us your brief and we will calculate an exact quote for your project.
Plan on at least one week for a single image. When the conditions are right, our full workflow runs comfortably within two weeks.
For animation, budget from 150 EUR per second. A 60-second piece takes a minimum of two weeks, though four is more typical.
