MONOLITH®
Bucharest — worldwide
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A small studio of artists, architects and technical directors. We take on few projects at a time so every frame gets our full attention.

Est. 2016 · Bucharest, RO
Approach / 01

Direction,
not decoration.

We started MONOLITH because most renders look like software, not places. Ours are directed like photographs — a point of view, a time of day, a reason for every reflection.

That means fewer projects, longer conversations and real drafts on a shared board before anything is final. Developers use our images to sell, architects use them to decide, and buyers use them to imagine themselves inside. All three deserve the truth of the space, rendered with intent.

What we hold to / 02
01

Craft over speed

A render is done when the light is right — not when the clock runs out. We quote real time and protect it.

02

Truth of material

Concrete should feel heavy, glass should feel deep. We build materials from the real thing, not presets.

03

One story per frame

Every image says one clear thing. If it needs a caption to work, we reshoot it in CGI.

Team / 03

The people
behind the pixels.

Four leads, a rotating cast of collaborators, and one render farm that never sleeps.

Adrian DimaFounder · Art Director
Ioana RusuLead Architect · Modeling
Matei FloreaLook Development · Lighting
Sara BarbuReal-time · Interaction
Toolkit / 04

The engines
we drive.

We're software-agnostic and pick the right pipeline per project — offline for stills and film, real-time for the interactive work.

Blender3ds MaxCoronaV-RayUnreal EngineHoudiniSubstanceNukeDaVinci ResolveThree.js
Recognition / 05

Selected
recognitions.

A few of the 34 marks along the way.

2025CGarchitect 3D Award — FilmWinner
2025Architizer Vision AwardFinalist
2024CGarchitect — Interior StillWinner
2023Ronen Bekerman ChallengeJury pick
2022The Chaos Awards — Real-timeShortlist
In their words / 06
“They sold the whole first phase off a MONOLITH film. Buyers said it felt like they'd already been there.”
Lena PetrovaSales Director, Meridian Living
“The only studio that pushes back on our drawings. Their questions made the building better before it existed.”
Tomas KernPartner, Kern & Vogel Architects
Work with us

Let's render
the unbuilt.

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