To this dis­cus­sion I would add that the rep­re­sen­ta­tion can be out­sourced to a few excel­lent ren­der­ing offices doing the images for star­chi­tects: http://​www.​arte-​fac​tory.com/ for exam­ple.

Some­times I feel that these unpol­luted “real images” over­shadow the look of the real build­ing once the con­struc­tion is done… noth­ing left for com­pre­hen­sion of the viewer and expres­sion of the cre­ator.

On the other hand this seek for real­ity flat­tens any indi­vid­ual inves­ti­ga­tion in rep­re­sen­ta­tion (as in span­ish archi­tect Isas­kun Chinchilla’s draw­ings and others (see: http://​www.​fresh​madrid.​com/​e​s​t​u​d​i​o​s​.html).

Be aware of “reality” I would say!