Updated on: 30 October 2026
ArchiVinci 2.0 was announced on this blog in July 2024 as the next version of ArchiVinci, the browser app that turns sketches, photos and 3D model views into architectural renders. This page was updated in October 2026: it keeps a short record of what the 2.0 announcement listed and explains how the app works today, because several of those features have changed since.
In short: the 2.0 announcement promised a faster engine, more realistic images, more detailed textures, more ready-made styles and a better upscaler. Today there is no style list to pick from, because you describe the style in a sentence; the default engine is called ArchiVinci 4.0, Upscale comes with a plan, and Edit render changes only the area you mark.
What ArchiVinci 2.0 Introduced in 2024
The July 2024 announcement listed five improvements: a faster, more efficient rendering engine; more realistic images for presenting a design to clients; more detailed textures for materials such as wood, marble and concrete; more ready-made styles in the Interior and Exterior modules; and an improved upscaler for larger versions of a result. It also promised renders that stayed closer to the outlines of the uploaded design.
In 2024 a style was a preset: you picked a name from a list before the run, and the render took on that look. The two sets below show what such style variations look like: one living room and one house, each in three looks.
What Changed Since 2.0
Version 2.1 followed in October 2024 and changed the set of modules again: what it added and the modules the app has today are in our ArchiVinci 2.1 release note. Here is what became of the 2.0 features.
Styles You Describe Instead of Presets
The app no longer has a style list. In the Interior and Exterior modules you upload your image and describe the style, materials and colours in a sentence; the prompt is optional, and the app warns above 200 characters. Every run generates a new image that follows your upload, so the same house can be tried in one style after another.
The three pictures below come from the same upload, each run in the Exterior module with a one-sentence style prompt:
Craftsman: "Craftsman house: low-pitched gables, tapered porch columns on stone piers, wood siding in sage green."
Spanish Colonial Revival: "Spanish Colonial Revival house: white stucco walls, red clay tile roof, arched windows, wrought-iron details."
Modern farmhouse: "Modern farmhouse: white board-and-batten siding, black window frames, metal roof, covered front porch."
Try today's ArchiVinci on your own design Upload a sketch, a photo or a 3D model view (JPG, PNG or WebP up to 5 MB) and describe the look in a sentence: ArchiVinci generates a new photorealistic image that follows your upload, in seconds. A new account starts with 3 free credits. |
Engine, Upscale and Editing Today
Engine: the default engine is now called ArchiVinci 4.0 and uses one credit per image; the engine menu also offers other AI engines, paid with coins that come with every plan.
Upscale: it appears under an image generated in ArchiVinci, needs a plan and returns a JPEG of up to 4096 px on the long side.
Keeping your design: the default engine, ArchiVinci 4.0, keeps the perspective, geometry and colours of your upload. Every run draws a new variation: run it again for another option, or use Edit render to mark an area and change only that part.
Materials: textures are described in the prompt. To change one surface afterwards, mark it in the Edit module and use Apply texture, with 103 materials in 15 categories or your own sample.
New Since 2.0
Floor Plan Maker is a desktop-browser app for floor plans. You upload a plan image or PDF for AI to rebuild as an editable plan (1 credit on a free account, refunded if the conversion fails), start from a hand sketch or a short brief, or draw from scratch, with wall lengths and furniture dimensions shown as you draw, like in a CAD program; then you see the plan in 3D, walk through it and render it. Drawing, editing, the 3D view and the exports are free.
ArchiVinci's SketchUp extension is free to install and renders the active SketchUp view, or up to 4 saved scenes at a time, with your ArchiVinci account.
How a Render Works in ArchiVinci Today
The AI render generator runs in your browser, so no local GPU or render setup is needed. It takes four steps:
Upload a sketch, a photo or a screenshot of a 3D model view as JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 5 MB, in the Interior or Exterior module. ArchiVinci does not open model files such as .skp or .rvt.
Describe the style, materials and light in a sentence if you want to, and pick a lighting button such as Daylight, Golden hour or Twilight.
Generate: in seconds you get a new image that follows your upload; with a plan, up to 4 images per run.
Refine and download: Edit render changes a marked area only, Download saves the JPEG, and Upscale and Animate need a plan. Results stay in your history for 7 days.
A new account starts with 3 free credits, and on a free account each run uses one. Every plan includes unlimited renders on ArchiVinci's own engine and commercial use rights: using the images for clients or marketing needs an active plan. The plans are on the pricing page.
Try it in ArchiVinci
Upload a sketch, a photo or a 3D model view and describe the result in a sentence: ArchiVinci generates a new image that follows your upload. A new account starts with 3 free credits.
Render a sketch, photo or model view: Render AI
For architecture concepts: AI architectural rendering