Skyscrapers and architectural renderings

One of my other hobbies is making 3D renderings of proposed skyscrapers, mostly in Sydney and New York. Thanks to the public exhibition of development application (DA) documents in New South Wales, there is a great wealth of information for most proposed developments that I get to work with including floor plans, elevations, and material finish samples. It's less consistent in the New York City planning system but most major buildings still have public zoning diagrams and engineering details.

I draw up my 3D models in SketchUp as accurately as I can based on public DA and zoning documents. They are then rendered in Kerkythea and edited into base photographs in PhotoShop.

These renderings are licensed under Creative Commons for use in Wikipedia articles and elsewhere (mostly forums like SkyscraperCity).

338 Pitt Street,
Sydney
(Castlereagh Place)

505 George Street,
Sydney

2 World Trade Center,
New York City

Base images by (1-3)Domenico Convertini via Flickr (CC BY-SA 4.0); (4)Phil Dolby via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Base images by (1)Erik Cooper via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0); (2)Jess Hawsor via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); (3)Billie Grace Ward via Flickr (CC BY 2.0); (4)Mu Solé via Pixabay

Circular Quay Tower,
Sydney

Hyde Metropolitan,
Sydney

175 Park Avenue,
New York City

Base images by (1)The Dronalist via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0); (2)Ben Cappellacci via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0); (3)mrlaugh via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0); Martin de Lusenet via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

270 Park Avenue,
New York City

Base images by (1)Dimitry B. and Anthony Quintano via Flickr (CC BY 2.0); (2)Paul Arps and Rob Snell via Flickr (CC BY 2.0); (3)Ben Cappellacci via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0); (4)Rich Brome via YIMBY

350 Park Avenue,
New York City

Base images by (1)Reading Tom via Flickr (CC BY 2.0); (2)Chris Rycroft via Flickr (CC BY 2.0); (3)The Dronalist via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

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