Gabriel Saunders has been named Winner at New York’s Architizer A+Firm Awards 2021 in the Best Rendering Studio category. 

The award recognizes outstanding achievements by the studio and excellence in their field. Gabriel Saunders submitted a number of projects, both local and international.

“The award represents the work of the whole studio and the contributions made by our diverse team to produce excellent work for our clients”, Costa Gabriel says. “Our team is very proud to be part of this Award, and to be recognized globally”. 

In this growing industry, the skills and talents of various studios around the world are constantly improving and the benchmark to create beautiful and realistic imagery is set very high. “It would be surprising to many the amount of thinking and work that goes into creating a set of images to evoke an emotive response,” says Veronica “but we always say that you are only as good as your last job so that keeps us motivated to constantly improve”.

“Winning the Award has been a moment to share with our clients. Receiving the recognition of a Studio Award celebrates the great outcomes that are possible when you work together with a clear vision of a project” Veronica adds.

“It was a difficult decision to choose the projects to submit for this award”, Costa says. “The clients that we work with are an intelligent group of people. Our job is to harness this and realize their work as beautifully as we can”. 

Gabriel Saunders submitted five projects to represent the studio’s work in 3D Visualisation. The projects ranged in size, location, and design styles to give an indication of the varying technical and creative approaches used to create unique-looking projects. From a small local project in Elwood by developer Hip v Hype and architects Fieldworks composed of a natural, rustic and soft look & feel, to a large, vibrant, and luxurious hotel in Dubai under the Dorchester Hotel & Residences banner for Omniyat with Foster + Partners, Gilles & Boissier and Fifth Estate NYC. 

The submission also included three local projects that showcased collaborations with some of Melbourne’s best studios. They included a stunning project with lush landscaping by Orchard Piper with Jolsen, Myles Baldwin, Tamsin Johnson, Studio Ongarator, and Shannon McGrath, a collaboration for Little Projects with Hyatt Centric and revered interior designers Hecker Guthrie, a long-standing client, and finally, for V-Leader a residential building that appears to float by making use of glass and water in the design with Tract and Sharyn Cairns by Melbourne design luminary Carr Design.

The jury’s commendation, not only recognized the technical capabilities of the studio but the studio’s collaborative approach with both internal and external teams to achieve great work. “Our work and our approach has resonated with the judges at an international level and we just couldn’t ask for more than that”, Veronica says. “It also speaks to the high caliber of work happening in Melbourne. We have worked on many local projects that are of such a high standard. There is definitely a culture of strong design in Melbourne”.

About Gabriel Saunders

Gabriel Saunders was established in 2010 by Costa Gabriel And Veronica Saunders as a boutique studio that delivers curated projects. The studio delivers solutions for architecture and interior design projects and product brands around the globe.

Combining their expertise in Architecture and Interior design respectively, they lead a diverse team of 17 people made up of visualisers,interior designers, stylists, photographers, architects , post production artists and administration team including account and production managers.

About the Architizer A+Firm Awards

The Architizer A+Firm Awards 250+ jury includes leaders of the design and architecture community industries as well as many esteemed members from the technology, media, art and technology communities.

Judges included Kelly Wearstler Virgil Abloh Chief Creative Director and founder of Off-White and Men’s Artistic Director at Louis Vuitton, Charles Renfro Partner, Diller Scofido + Renfro, David Rockwell, Principal, David Rockwell Group, Michel Rojkind, Founding Partner, Rojkind Arqitectos, Little Wing Lee, Founder, Studio & Projects; Design Director, Ace Hotel Group, Debbie Millman, Designer, Educator, Podcast Host, Shohei Shigematsu, Partner, OMA and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries.