Theory & Articles, Blog #03
Architecture & Digital Asset
Free Graphics, 3D Models and Textures for Architectural Rendering
For your architecture rendering, you can’t get enough cutout people or 3D models and textures. However, for many people, spending more than 20 minutes searching for photographs of a certain texture or 2D person can be a breaking point. Time savings in this area are very beneficial, particularly for school-age children. The problem is that there are numerous free resources available online that have already done the legwork so you don’t have to. Many of these websites saved my life while I was in architecture school.
Some of our most used websites that hold free cuts, 3D models, and textures can be seen below.
As a result of well-organized content, a few of these architectural rendering resources have been placed on the list.
Often, a client or project is looking for something extremely specific that requires a lot of online searching.  We are always looking for more sources of downloadable 3D models and textures to utilize for architectural rendering, so email or comment if you have any more. An entourage will always be in order!
Architecture Rendering
Free 2D People, Vegetation, Vehicles and more….
- Escalatina –Database for Latin-American architects to populate their renders with local figures
- Nonscandinavia – Free Hi Res 2d Cutout people from around the world
- Cut Out Life – Database of render people of various ethnicities
- Cut Out People – Free cut out people, animals, transport, nature, and objects
- Skalgubbrasil – Database for Latin-American architects to populate their renders with local figures.
- Skal Gubbar -Library of free high-resolution cutout images of people
- Mr. Cutout – Database of render people, vegetation, vehicles, objects, and more.
- CadTutor – Free collection of images, trees, people, skies, and more.
- Flyingarchitecture – V-Ray textures which include bump and displacement maps.
- Design freebies – Free high-resolution photos of skies, clouds, sunsets, and much more.
- Immediate Entourage – Such a great site to find a large collection of cutout people.
- XOIO AIR – Large collection of office scenes, coffee scenes, people scene from above, people scene from below, etc.
- Gobotree – A large and growing library of free images and cutouts created by the people at Vyonyx
Free 3D Model & texture
- Onecommunityglobal – a list of the most realistic plants optimized for SketchUp
- Coalesse – free furniture models for non-commercial use.
- cgtrader.com – Huge collection of excellent quality 3D models, free and paid for
- Hdri-Skies.com – Good collection of free HDRI sky maps in 4K resolution
- TonysTextures – 4000 free textures and several tutorials and other freebies for architectural visualization.
- Swtexture – Free high-quality wood texture
- Archive 3D – Large collection of free 3D models
- 3Dup.com – Free Grasses and weed models in 3ds, very useful!
- Bricks’n’Tiles – Design Photo-realistic textures for high-quality 3D content
- CGDigest – Selection of models from furniture to transport and electronics
- Turbosquid Free – Loads of good quality free models
- CG Textures – The worlds largest free texture site
- Archi-Vision Studio – Watercolor entourage images (skies, trees, bushes, people, and cars)
- 3dmd.net – Free textures for 3D artists
- 3Dmodelsharing – Free library once you register, various file types
- Archweb – Free cad blocks and textures
- HDRI-Hub – Small collection of free HDRI skies.
- Gtrove – Small collection of free HDRI’s
- NoEmotion HDR’s – Free collection of day, evening, and night HDRI’s
- Krost Office Furniture – Free collection of SketchUp models
- SketchUpTexture – Growing collection of free good quality models and textures
- Knoll Office Furniture – Free SketchUp models…100’s of them
- 3drender.co.uk – Some free samples and models
- Textures Forrest – High-resolution free textures
- DesignBeep – Collection of high quality and free brick textures
- High-Resolution Textures – Free Textures, game textures, 3D textures, design resources
- Texturemate – Free textures, brushes, and patterns
- carbodydesign.com – Free 3D car models in various formats, some SketchUp models
- BIMstop.com – Free models, but you need to register first
- SteelSelect.com – Free SketchUp Component library for eaves guttering
- Landscapeforms – SketchUp library of 3D models
- Render Textures – Seamless diffuse, bump, and displacement maps
- OpenFootage – HDRI panorama’s and more
- Graphic Mania – High-quality old paper Photoshop textures
- Grunge Textures – High-quality textures, metal, brick, concrete, stone, asphalt, wood, and more
- Smartibl – Some HDRIs and other goodies
- Naldzgraphics – Free high-quality wood textures,200+
- Designmoo – Free PSDs, vectors, textures, patterns, fonts, and more
- LeMog – Free texture library (French)
- CadYou – Free 3D models textures and Cad Blocks
- Vyonyx – Cutout people, trees, textures, and tutorials
- Archiforge – Textures and CAD library
- 3D Warehouse – Huge collection of free 3D SketchUp Models
- Appiani – Free 3D library and textures
