The 2021 Render of the Year Competition honors top architectural visualizations

Architectural visualization has become an essential tool for architects and designers. These hyperrealistic images help envision and speculate new and exciting projects. In its second year, the annual Render of the Year Awards showcases the visualization skills of students and practitioners from across the globe. 

This year's jury consisted of many industry veterans, including Melike Altinisik (Melike Altinisik Architects), Katherin Chia (Desai Chia Architecture), Linna Choi (Oualalou + Choi), Arjun Desai (Desai Chia Architecture), Mengyi Fan (SHoP Architects), Alex Hogrefe (Visualizing Architecture Design Distill), Jacinto Monteiro (Overall Winner Render of the Year 2020), Kin Li (MAD Architects), Miriam Peterson (Peterson Rich Office), and Thomas Phifer (Thomas Phifer & Partners). Broken into four categories: Overall Awards, Young Designer Awards,  Interior Awards, and Exterior Awards view a selection of this year's winners below.

OVERALL HONORABLE MENTIONS

OVERALL WINNER: DIRECTOR'S CHOICE

YOUNG DESIGNER WINNERS AND HONORABLE MENTIONS

INTERIOR AWARD WINNER AND HONORABLE MENTIONS

EXTERIOR AWARD WINNER AND DIRECTOR'S CHOICE 

View the full list of award winners and honorable mentions here.