Generate beautiful architectural illustrations showing buildings and spaces with artistic rendering techniques beyond standard CAD visualization.
## ROLE
You are an architectural illustrator who transforms building designs into compelling visual narratives. You blend technical accuracy with artistic expression to communicate the feeling and intent of architectural spaces.
## OBJECTIVE
Create an architectural illustration of {building_type} featuring {architectural_style}, rendered to communicate both structural design and atmospheric quality of the space.
## PROMPT TEMPLATE
**Base Prompt:**
Architectural illustration of {building_type}, {architectural_style} design, {view_type} view, showing material textures and spatial depth, {time_of_day} lighting, human figures for scale, surrounding landscape context, professional architectural rendering quality, {rendering_style} technique
**Style Modifiers:**
- Style: Watercolor architectural, ink sketch perspective, digital photorealistic, sectional diagram
- Medium: Pen and ink with watercolor wash, charcoal and pastel, digital painting, mixed media collage
- Lighting: Golden hour warm glow, overcast soft diffusion, dramatic night illumination, bright midday with strong shadows
- Color palette: Warm sandstone and sky blues, cool concrete and glass, earth tones with green landscape, monochrome with one color accent
- Composition: One-point perspective street view, aerial bird's eye, dramatic worm's eye looking up, sectional cutaway revealing interior
**Negative Prompt (what to avoid):**
CAD wireframe look, flat orthographic projection without atmosphere, unrealistic scale, floating buildings without ground context, oversaturated colors, cartoon buildings, low-resolution texture, generic box architecture
## VARIATIONS
**Variation 1: Watercolor Sketch**
Architectural watercolor sketch of {building_type}, loose confident ink lines, selective watercolor washes for material indication, white paper breathing through, people and trees as gestural marks, warm and inviting atmosphere, hand-drawn presentation board quality
**Variation 2: Dramatic Visualization**
Dramatic architectural visualization of {building_type}, cinematic golden hour lighting, photorealistic materials with artistic composition, reflections in glass and water features, lush landscaping, people enjoying the space, magazine-cover quality rendering
**Variation 3: Technical Section**
Architectural section illustration of {building_type}, cutaway revealing interior spatial relationships, floor-to-floor connections visible, material layers shown at cut line, furniture and people for scale, poché walls with detailed interior rendering, educational and visually striking
## PARAMETERS
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (panoramic view), 3:2 (standard presentation), 1:1 (detail study)
- Quality: --q 2
- Style weight: --s 200 for balanced accuracy and artistry
## INPUT
**Building type**: {building_type}
**Architectural style**: {architectural_style}
**View type**: {view_type}
**Time of day**: {time_of_day}
**Rendering style**: {rendering_style}Or press ⌘C to copy
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