Building Rawabi: From Renderings to Cons...

After almost a decade of planning, Rawabi, the first Palestinian planned community on the West Bank, has officially begun its transformation from the development stage to the implementation stage.   And Zum was a part of the project from the beginning. We first began work on the project in 2006...

Commercial Real Estate Marketing: Archit...

When it comes to marketing a commercial property there are lots of ideas from just as many people on how to go about doing it “right.” A simple Google search online yields everything from strategies and plans to tips and tactics. There are even companies that cater solely to the marketing of commercial...

3D Printing & 3D Rendering Together...

The expectations developers have for both commercial and residential construction projects have changed drastically just within the last few years. Architects are now expected to offer a 3D Visualization of their complete design for analysis and approval regardless of the size of the project. Flat, one-dimensional...

The 88 San Jose: 3D Architectural Walkth...

Visualizing Amenities and More at The 88 The 88. Cool name, even cooler concept. The 88 is a residential and retail space in San Jose that was a unique project for us to work on because of the variety of high-end amenities that the space offers to residents. We were initially brought onto the project...

Oyster Point Business Park...

ZUM and Shorenstein complete first round of 3D Architectural Visualization. We’re excited to announce that we recently finished the first phase of a project that has the potential to effect major change in the South San Francisco area. We’ve told you about our work with Shorenstein, a great development...

Lot 11 at Santana Row and Visualizing Po...

Wilson Meany Sullivan, Federal Realty and WRNS Studio team up on LEED Gold certified office in San Jose. We’re often approached by developers who are in the planning stages of a major project, and need our help to visualize their ideas. In a way, we’re virtual storytellers, because we take seed of...

LOT 11 at Santana Row...

LOT 11 is a new office building located in San Jose and will be adjacent to the existing Santana Row retail development. This new building is aimed towards the emerging tech start-ups in the Silicon Valley area. It features tall open ceiling designs with exposed concrete slabs that deviate from your...

Suzhou Village – China...

This project was commissioned by JRDV architects, a firm located in downtown Oakland. One of the partners was a former colleague at KMD architects, he contacted us for this rush job as they had a presentation to the Chinese government. Our task was to capture a certain mood and feeling in our rendering...

Rawabi – The Middle East Article...

In the July 2011 issue of The Middle East magazine, our renderings for Rawabi were featured on the front page and on page 33-34. The article talks about investments made in Palestine and their economy.

88 Hillside...

An Oliver McMillan development, 88 Hillside is located in Daly City, CA. It is made up of 5 separate buildings containing numerous residential units plus a number of commercial spaces on the ground floor. We were commissioned to do three renderings as the developer was planning to renovate the buildings...