3D Rendering New York

Renderings that sell before the building tops out

New York condos, rentals and commercial spaces are pre-marketed in one of the most competitive real estate markets in the world. Sales often open while the site is still a hole in the ground, so the renderings do the work a finished building cannot: they sit in the offering plan, cover the sales gallery wall and lead every listing. We create photorealistic exterior hero shots with accurate skyline context, plus amenity spaces, lobbies and model-unit interiors that help a project stand out.

Light is what makes a New York rendering convincing – the way it falls between buildings, reflects off glass and warms an interior at dusk. We build each scene around it, and around the city's real textures: brownstone and cast iron, pre-war brick and limestone, new glass towers, water tanks on the roofline, the rivers and the bridges. Architectural visualization in New York also has to respect the block: neighboring buildings, street trees and storefronts are modeled, not blurred away.

3D rendering New York, step by step: from Revit model to final image

Send us what you have – architectural drawings, a Revit or SketchUp model, a finishes schedule from the interior designer and any reference images. We review the documentation, fill gaps in the model and propose camera angles for each view. The first thing you see is a set of clay previews: untextured white renders that let you lock composition, framing and massing before materials and lighting are applied.

Draft renderings follow, with materials, lighting, furniture and context in place, and you mark them up online. The number of revision rounds is fixed in the proposal, which keeps the schedule predictable. Once drafts are approved we produce final high-resolution images with post-production – color grading, people, greenery and traffic. As a guide, each view takes about five working days; animation takes longer and is scheduled separately.

Scope of our 3D rendering services

We cover the full set of visuals a New York launch needs: exterior renderings from the street and from the air, aerial views that place the building in the skyline, interior renderings of residences, and amenity spaces – lobbies, lounges, fitness rooms, roof decks, pools and coworking floors. For commercial projects we visualize office floors, retail frontage and hospitality interiors. Examples of each type are in our 3D visualization portfolio.

Beyond stills, we prepare 3D floor plans and unit cards for every line in the building, 360° virtual tours that let an out-of-town buyer walk a residence from a phone, and animated films for the sales gallery and digital campaigns. Files are delivered in the formats each channel requires: listing platforms, printed brochures and offering materials, construction fence graphics, large-format gallery prints and vertical cuts for social media.

Is it practical to work with a rendering studio outside the US?

It is, provided the studio is upfront about how it works. G2 Collective is based in Poland, in the European Union. We have no New York office and we do not pretend otherwise – every project is run remotely. The time difference works in your favor: you review drafts in your morning, while our team is still at work for a call, and revisions are usually ready by the next one. Work effectively continues while you are offline.

All drafts are shared through online review links, so the developer, the architect and the brokerage team can comment on the same image instead of forwarding PDFs. We communicate in English, keep a single point of contact on each project and sign NDAs on request, which matters when a building has not yet been announced. Site context is built from your surveys and photography or, where none exists, from maps and street-level imagery.

How much does 3D rendering cost in New York?

As a guide, exterior renderings start from $370 (about €330) per image and interior renderings from $320 (about €280) per image, excluding VAT; packages and animation are quoted individually. It depends on scope, and anyone quoting a flat number without seeing the drawings is guessing. Our approach is a fixed price per image or per package, agreed up front and quoted in USD or EUR. The price is driven by the number of views, the level of detail, whether the images are interiors or exteriors, how much surrounding context and landscaping must be modeled – a skyline aerial is more work than a courtyard view – the length of any animation and the deadline.

A studio in Europe typically has lower overheads than a comparable New York studio, so the same quality of architectural rendering usually costs less; the tools – 3ds Max, Corona Renderer, V-Ray – are identical. Packages offer the best value, because one 3D model feeds the exteriors, aerials, floor plans and tours. Tell us how many views you need and when, and we will send an itemized fixed quote with the revision rounds stated.

One team for renderings, branding and the project website

For developers and brokers we can also deliver the building's name and identity, the brochure and the project website, so the visual story is consistent from the first teaser to the closing. If the project needs branding, take a look at our logo design for New York clients; if it needs a lead-generating site built around the renderings, see our real estate websites.

We work with residential and commercial developers, architecture firms preparing presentations for clients, community boards and review bodies, brokerages and new-development marketing teams, interior designers, and hotel and restaurant groups. Whether you need a single hero image or a complete launch package, the first step is the same. If you are looking for 3D rendering New York teams can rely on remotely, send us your drawings and view list for a fixed quote and schedule.