RNDRD is a frequently updated feed of high-quality images from
published architectural projects of the 20th century. RNDRD does not
publish photographs of completed work, only renderings: hand-drawing,
collage, models and graphics of all sorts. RNDRD uses out-of-print
academic and trade journals as its source of images, culling the most
striking renderings from thousands of pages of print that will not be
available online. RNDRD aims to provide a clearer image of the
evolution of architectural rendering, from turn-of-the-century
beaux-arts drawings and 60s collage to the emergence of computer
graphics and renderings in the 1980s. As the internet increasingly
becomes the main source for architects to engage with precedence in
architectural rendering, RDNRD hope to provide a broader array of
images and methods of image-making, simply by trudging through the
dusty bookshelves of now un-read and un-referenced work.


RNDRD often publishes early and lesser-known works by more familiar
names as well as works of unknown architects. RNDRD is interested in
whatever is immediately striking, strange or or broadly typical of a
period. RNDRD loves awkward models, the sketchiness of early computer
graphics and even building types and strategies, now hackneyed, that
once appeared as innovative solutions.


Buildings are expensive, but paper is cheap. The most interesting
project may not be the one that was built. RNDRD wants to give these
unseen works and forgotten trends a presence on the internet.


RNDRD is organized by decade and by rendering type, providing easy
access and a full citation of the image source. All images are
available in highest-resolution by email. Journal and magazine
suggestions are welcome.

rndrd.com @ gmail.com

Josh Conrad

Lauren Hamer