I'm working on my architecture degree and did this rendering for my class presentation.
Modeled in Archicad and rendered with only 50 samples in blender cycles. Then took it to PS for editing. Then printed on a 4 foot wide foam-core board in excellent quality.
rendered @ 5100 x 3300 px. TRT 40 min. 40 min in PS (got a decent comp)
I find that many of the architectural tutorials and the community on line focus on a production workflow that is impractical for the real world dynamics in architecture offices or that of students. Focusing on details that are inconsequential to the presentation of the project. Although the renderings are AMAZING. When you're presenting to the class or a client those extra 1000 samples (i.e. 10 hours rendering plus another 10 if you modeled grass grass) won't even be noticed.... The reality is that the design processes pushes up to the very last minute. Offices tend to care about speed and also quality enough to pitch the project.
Hope you like!
