# ZOA Studio

> Budapest- and Valencia-based architectural visualization studio creating photorealistic renders and cinematic animations for architects, developers, and design practices worldwide. Jury Winner in the "Rendering Artist of the Year" category at the 2025 Architizer Vision Awards and Grand Prix winner at the 2024 CAD'oro Architectural Animation Awards. Tagline: "Human touch on every render."

ZOA Studio (legal entity ZOA3D Kft.) was founded in Budapest by András Onodi and Máté Hámori and now operates a second office in Valencia, Spain. The ~25-person team specializes in exterior and interior renderings, competition imagery, stereoscopic VR, cinemagraphs, standard and signature animations, 3D modeling, product visualization, and the studio's signature "Impression Package" (fifteen high-resolution renders in one week). Past collaborations include Zaha Hadid Architects, Snøhetta, UNStudio, Gensler, MVRDV, Shigeru Ban Architects, Populous, MAD Architects, and Stefano Boeri Architetti.

## Services

- [Architectural Animation & Visualization Services](https://zoa3d.com/architectural-animation-and-visualization-services/): Full service overview — exterior and interior renderings, stereoscopic VR, cinemagraphs, standard and signature animations, modeling, product visualization, and the Impression Package.
- [Work](https://zoa3d.com/work/): Portfolio grid of project case studies, filterable by Animations, Cinemagraphs, Featured, and Images.
- [For Architects](https://zoa3d.com/architects/): Audience-specific landing page for architectural practices.
- [Contact](https://zoa3d.com/contact/): Project inquiries, briefs, and office addresses (Budapest and Valencia).

## Studio

- [Team](https://zoa3d.com/team/): The ~25-person studio led by co-founders András Onodi and Máté Hámori, with senior leadership across Operations, Art, and Projects.
- [Careers](https://zoa3d.com/careers/): Current openings for CG artists and animators in Budapest and Valencia.

## Selected projects

- [Tallinn Ülemiste Railway Terminal — Zaha Hadid Architects](https://zoa3d.com/project/tallinn_railway_zaha_hadid/): Renderings for ZHA and Esplan's winning competition for Estonia's new rail terminal (credited as "image © ZOA studio" by Designboom and Architizer).
- [Mandarin Oriental Hotel — UNStudio](https://zoa3d.com/project/mandarin-oriental-hotel/): High-end renderings produced with UNStudio for the Mandarin Oriental hotel project.
- [Not A Hotel Yakushima — Satio](https://zoa3d.com/project/satio-not-a-hotel-competition-renderings/): High-end renderings produced with Satio for the Not A Hotel Yakushima project.
- [Bluebonnet Hill Austin — Gensler](https://zoa3d.com/project/gensler-bluebonnet-hill-campus-visualizations/): High-end renderings produced with Gensler for the Bluebonnet Hill project.
- [Inaura Tower, Dubai — Arada × MVRDV](https://zoa3d.com/project/inaura-dubai-teaser-animation/): Teaser animation for Arada's Inaura Tower (architecture by MVRDV's Jacob van Rijs), unveiled at the project's January 2026 launch.
- [Rákosrendező Masterplan Budapest — Coldefy](https://zoa3d.com/project/rakosrendezo-masterplan-architectural-competition-visualizations/): High-end renderings produced with Coldefy and Sporaarchitects for the Rákosrendező Masterplan project in Budapest.
- [Viva Virgolo, Bolzano — Snøhetta](https://zoa3d.com/project/bolzano/): CAD'oro 2024 Grand Prix-winning animation for Snøhetta's Bolzano cable-car project.

## Editorial

- [News](https://zoa3d.com/news/): Studio updates, project reveals, awards, interviews, and writing on the craft of architectural visualization.
- [How photorealism signals credibility in architectural competitions](https://zoa3d.com/news/how-photorealism-signals-credibility-in-architectural-competitions/): Lead artists Péter Kollár and Mohamed Atef on photorealism as a credibility signal to competition juries — and how AI imagery threatens to erode it (December 2025).
- [What architecture competitions really demand](https://zoa3d.com/news/what-architecture-competitions-really-demand/): Lead artist Mariia Lazaryk on competition workflows, the role of mood and narrative over pure photorealism, and MVRDV's "pressure cooker" metaphor (March 2026).

## Recognition

- [ZOA Studio wins at the 2025 Architizer Vision Awards](https://zoa3d.com/news/zoa-studio-wins-at-the-2025-architizer-vision-awards/): Jury Winner in the "Rendering Artist of the Year" category and Finalist in the "Architectural Videographer of the Year" category at the 2025 Architizer Vision Awards (jury: Daniel Libeskind, Steven Holl, Winka Dubbeldam, Lyndon Neri, Suchi Reddy). Subsequently named to Architizer Journal's "100 Visionary Creators" 2025 list.
- [CAD'oro Architectural Animation Awards 2024](https://zoa3d.com/news/cadoro-architectural-animation-awards/): Grand Prix for Viva Virgolo (Snøhetta), winner in the "Introduce and Explain" category for Brno Main Station (Snøhetta), and winner in the "Best Facade Presentation" category for the Ban Residence (Shigeru Ban Architects × Triple Living).
- [Awards archive](https://zoa3d.com/news/category/awards/): Full chronology of ZOA Studio award announcements.

## Optional

- [Privacy Policy](https://zoa3d.com/privacy/): Site privacy policy.
- [General Terms & Conditions](https://zoa3d.com/general-terms/): Studio terms and conditions.
- [Architecture Animated (LinkedIn newsletter)](https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/architecture-animated-7158461265651154944): ZOA Studio's LinkedIn newsletter on architectural animation.
- [Press archive](https://zoa3d.com/news/category/press/): External press features and interviews.
- [In-house projects](https://zoa3d.com/news/category/in-house-projects/): ZOA's self-initiated films and experiments.