Shaun is a Scottish architectural designer and the founder of Fenestra, an AI rendering platform for architects and interior designers.
In architecture he has practised at HASSELL and John Wardle Architects, worked on AR/VR at Meta Reality Labs, and co-founded iheartblob, an experimental architecture collective known for its explorations into mixed reality and digital design.
He has taught at UCLA's School of Architecture and Urban Design, and his work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the V&A Museum, MAK Vienna, and the Tallinn Architecture Biennale, where he co-designed the world's first blockchain-enabled pavilion.
Articles by Shaun McCallum
AI Kitchen Design With ChatGPT and Fenestra
Photograph a client's kitchen once, then try new worktops, cabinets and lighting in ChatGPT and Fenestra. The walls, windows and layout stay as they are.
Nov 3, 2026
ChatGPT for Interior Design: Render Your Own Room
Use ChatGPT for interior design ideas, then render them into a photo of your own room with the Fenestra plugin. Walls, windows and layout stay put.
Oct 27, 2026
How to Render a Rhino Model with AI, Step by Step
Turn a Rhino model into a photorealistic render with AI. Import the .3dm, frame the camera, set the light, prompt and generate, then make detail shots and video.
Oct 20, 2026
9 Best AI Interior Design Tools in 2026
Compare nine AI interior design tools, including Fenestra, Gendo, Visoid, xFigura and ComfyUI, for professional rendering, room redesign and 3D planning.
Oct 19, 2026
Best AI for Architects: 10 Rendering Tools Compared (2026)
Compare 10 AI rendering tools for architects, including Fenestra, Gendo, Visoid, xFigura, Veras and ComfyUI. Explore inputs, editing, video and workflow fit.
Oct 19, 2026
Crit Space is now open to everyone
Crit Space is now open to every Fenestra account. Generate renders, camera angles and video on one infinite canvas, then review the whole project with your team.
Oct 13, 2026
Flux 3 for Architecture and Interior Design
Flux 3 Image is live in Fenestra. Local edits that leave the rest of your render untouched, ten references in one frame, and native 4K for presentation boards.
Oct 2, 2026
How to make an architecture presentation board with AI
Make an architecture presentation board with AI: generate renders, detail shots and video on one canvas, pick the best views and share the board with clients.
Sep 29, 2026
Bring Back Drawings, Not Just Photos
Turn your own projects, or the buildings you photograph on site visits and study trips, into pen, doodle, watercolour and rubber stamp studies. Four prompts, one consistent visual language.
Sep 22, 2026How to Make an Architectural Walkthrough From a Single Render
Make a walkthrough video from one render, photo or sketch. Pick the camera move, get an MP4 back in minutes, and skip the 3D scene and the render farm.
Sep 15, 2026
Architectural Rendering Styles: A Visual Guide
A visual guide to the main architectural rendering styles, from photorealistic to marker, ink, watercolour and clay, with examples and prompts for each.
Sep 1, 2026
What a skateboarder taught us about filming architecture
A cinematic AI architecture video that isn't a flythrough: a skateboarder as the lead, a Vienna timber tower in support. The full image-to-video workflow.
Aug 25, 2026
Multi-shot architectural films from one prompt
Direct a 30-second, multi-shot architectural film with sound using Seedance 2.5, and see when LTX 2.5 Fast is the better pick. Includes the exact timed prompt.
Aug 18, 2026
How to create AI architectural reels for Facebook and Instagram
One render into a 9:16 architectural reel for Instagram and Facebook: construction transitions, day-to-night timelapses, material swaps. Seedance 2.0.
Aug 11, 2026
Hailuo 3 vs Seedance 2 for architectural animation
Hailuo 3 vs Seedance 2 on the same three prompts and frames. Compared on keyframes, camera motion, resolution and audio for architectural animation.
Aug 4, 2026
One room, many realities
A controlled AI architectural rendering workflow for exploring lighting, materials, and mood without losing the underlying interior design.
Jul 28, 2026
Introducing New Drawing Styles!
Brand new AI styles in Fenestra, including marker, crayon, ink, pastel, stipple, loose pencil and many more. Create renders that represent you.
Jul 21, 2026
Edit Area Is Unlimited!?
Learn how to edit images with AI in Fenestra using prompts, sampled textures and reference images while preserving fine details in 4K and 8K.
Jul 14, 2026
Nano Banana 2 Lite Is Now Available in Fenestra
Nano Banana 2 Lite is now available in Fenestra. Generate architectural visuals faster for just 3 credits, then refine your best ideas in 2K or 4K.
Jul 7, 2026
How to Create Interior and Architectural Animations with AI
Turn a single render into a cinematic interior or architectural animation with LTX 2.3 and Seedance 2.0 Mini in Fenestra. No 3D model or render farm.
Jun 30, 2026
How to Make a Scrolling Website for an Architecture Project
Create a scrollable architecture project website from your renders and video clips. Make short architectural videos in Fenestra, then share a link.
Jun 23, 2026
Is conversation the next 3D modelling tool? We tested AI modelling in Rhino
We tested AI 3D modelling in Rhino, driving geometry by conversation, then rendering in Fenestra. Where text-to-3D works, and where it doesn't yet.
Jun 16, 2026
Fenestra 101: Sketch to Render, Virtual Staging and AI Editing for Architects & Interior Designers
Watch the Fenestra 101 webinar on AI rendering basics for architects: sketch to render, virtual staging, adding furniture, editing and removing objects.
Jun 9, 2026
Stop making AI slop. Make something only you can.
How you can make your renders unique. AI made photoreal rendering instant, drawing, not realism, has always been the real work in architecture.
Jun 2, 2026
One image, three directions
A faster way for studios to land design decisions. Take one image, push it in three directions, then refine. The render workflow that wins client meetings.
May 25, 2026
Fenestra 101: Our First Webinar
Join us June 3rd for Fenestra 101, a hands-on intro to AI in architecture and interior design. Image generation, 2D and 3D inputs, video. 30 seats only.
May 11, 2026
AI will design all architecture.
From first prompt to competition board: how architects use GPT-Image-2 and Fenestra to design, test materials and document faster. Step by step.
May 4, 2026
GPT-Image-2 is a serious contender for best editing model
GPT-Image-2 brings strong prompt adherence and contextual understanding to architecture, from single-image edits to competition boards and triptychs.
Apr 27, 2026
Seedance 2.0 now in Fenestra
Generate cinematic 720p architectural animations with automatic audio, sharper prompt adherence and cleaner interior to exterior transitions
Apr 20, 2026
Create, edit, enhance and animate in Fenestra Studio
Create, edit, enhance and animate images with AI in Fenestra Studio: architectural rendering workflows, interior design tools and realtime visualisation.
Apr 13, 2026
Realtime AI Image Generation for Architecture and Interiors
Realtime AI rendering in Fenestra Studio. Like Nano Banana 2 but much faster. Move the camera or change a material and the render keeps up at 15+ FPS.
Mar 30, 2026
AI will replace some architects. Not the ones using it properly!
AI is not replacing architects, but it is changing who succeeds. Designers who know how to use AI move faster, explore more and gain a real advantage.
Mar 23, 2026
Can AI Draw 2D Architectural Drawings?
Testing Nano Banana 2 to see if AI can generate architectural elevations, diagrams, and sections from a single image.
Mar 16, 2026
Renders, Diagrams, Animation.
A simple workflow for creating project visuals and animations using Nano Banana 2 and video generation in Fenestra.
Mar 9, 2026
Simple prompts work best. Work iteratively.
Short, simple prompts often beat long ones in architectural AI workflows. How to get more reliable results from Fenestra and modern generative models.
Feb 23, 2026
Wake Up New Seedance + Qwen Dropped
Seedance 1.5 Pro and Qwen Image Edit 2511 in Fenestra: edit images, change views and turn still visuals into animated videos with audio.
Jan 12, 2026
How to use Nano Banana Pro for Interiors & Architecture
Nano Banana for architecture and interior design: use Nano Banana Pro in Fenestra to turn 2D plans into top-down and eye-level renders.
Nov 24, 2025
5 Nano Banana 2 (Pro) Prompts for Architecture & Interior Design in Fenestra
Nano Banana 2 is live in Fenestra with 1K, 2K and 4K output. Five Nano Banana Pro architecture and interior prompts for renders and cinematic shots.
Nov 20, 2025
One Click 1080p Video Renderings
Cinematic 1080p video renderings in Fenestra in one click with Seedance 1.0 Pro and Lite. Pair with Nano Banana, Flux Krea Dev and Flux Kontext.
Oct 27, 2025
Add Anything: Bring Furniture, People, and Materials Into Your Interiors with Nano Banana
Add Anything is a new Fenestra AI workflow that lets architects and designers add furniture, people, or materials to interiors using Nano Banana.
Oct 20, 2025
Interior Design Reinvented: Nano Banana Meets Fenestra
Use Nano Banana in Fenestra AI for interior design. Try 5 expert prompts to swap furniture, add people, change lighting, and create stunning archviz.
Sep 15, 2025
Axonometric Illustrations with Fenestra x Nano Banana
Nano Banana for architecture in Fenestra: turn renders into axonometric illustrations and physical models. Exact prompts, workflow steps and tips.
Sep 8, 2025
Nano Banana x Fenestra
Discover how Fenestra’s Nano Banana AI model helps architects and designers explore forms, materials, and moods faster than ever.
Sep 1, 2025
Sketch → Render in Minutes
Sketch to render: sketches, scribbles or 3D screenshots into photorealistic architectural renders with Fenestra. Sketch rendering for fast design work.
Aug 11, 2025
Create Consistent Views In Fenestra
Turn one architectural render into five consistent views — perspective, aerial, axo, model, and animation — using AI in Fenestra. No extra tools needed.
Jul 7, 2025