# AI for Architecture

> A library of 218 tested AI image prompts for architects, landscape architects, urban designers and interior designers, for Nano Banana (Google Gemini) and ChatGPT. 210 worked examples with 423 before/after images: sketch to rendering, model to rendering, plan to bird's-eye, 2D to 3D, 3D to 2D/CAD, moodboards, diagrams, presentation boards and complete design workflows. English and Simplified Chinese.

Each lesson page shows every example image and the full prompts for its first example free; the Sketch to Image lesson is entirely free. The complete library is sold at https://landscapearchitecture.store/products/the-ultimate-nano-banana-chatgpt-ai-prompt-guide-for-architecture-landscape-urban-and-interior-design. Publisher: LandSpace Architecture (https://landarch.org), also behind AI Architecture Awards (https://www.aiarchitectureawards.com).

## Common Uses
Sketch, model and photo to finished rendering with Nano Banana and ChatGPT. — https://aiforarchitecture.app/common-uses/

- [Sketch to Image](https://aiforarchitecture.app/common-uses/sketch-to-image/): 6 examples, 8 prompts. Sample prompt: "Based on this architectural sketch, generate a realistic 3D rendering of a modern architecture building. Apply daylight conditions with natural shadows and refl…"
- [Model to Rendering](https://aiforarchitecture.app/common-uses/model-to-rendering/): 5 examples, 5 prompts. Sample prompt: "Turn this SketchUp model into a photorealistic architectural rendering. Preserve the original perspective and building proportions. Apply realistic facade mater…"
- [Photo to Rendering](https://aiforarchitecture.app/common-uses/photo-to-rendering/): 8 examples, 8 prompts. Sample prompt: "Urban design transformation of the space under an elevated highway. Add colorful walking paths, linear skateboarding areas, native planting, and modern street f…"
- [Retexture](https://aiforarchitecture.app/common-uses/retexture/): 3 examples, 3 prompts. Sample prompt: "Prompt: Replace the building facade in the original photo with the facade texture shown in image 2. Maintain the same perspective and lighting. Match the new te…"
- [Prompt to Diagram](https://aiforarchitecture.app/common-uses/prompt-to-diagram/): 4 examples, 4 prompts. Sample prompt: "4:5 ratio Create a modular landscape typology catalogue in a contemporary urban design guideline style.

STYLE:
- landscape architecture handbook graphic
- urba…"
- [Change Season/Atmosphere](https://aiforarchitecture.app/common-uses/change-season-atmosphere/): 1 examples, 2 prompts. Sample prompt: "Transform this architectural scene into a cozy winter setting. Cover the ground, roof, and trees with a layer of snow. Add soft falling snowflakes in the atmosp…"
- [Architecture rendering angles](https://aiforarchitecture.app/common-uses/architecture-rendering-angles/): 1 examples, 0 prompts. Sample prompt: "…"

## 2D to 3D
Turn plans, sections and photos into 3D models and isometric diagrams. — https://aiforarchitecture.app/2d-to-3d/

- [From Plan to Bird's-eye and Perspective](https://aiforarchitecture.app/2d-to-3d/from-plan-to-bird-s-eye-and-perspective/): 3 examples, 3 prompts. Sample prompt: "Turn this landscape plan for a residential community in Barcelona into a 3D bird’s-eye view architectural rendering. Emphasize the aerial perspective with reali…"
- [Photo to 3D Building Model](https://aiforarchitecture.app/2d-to-3d/photo-to-3d-building-model/): 1 examples, 1 prompts. Sample prompt: "Based on this architectural photograph, generate a high-fidelity 3D building model inthe style of "3d print building model." Key Requirements: Aim for a realist…"
- [Photo to Model on Desk](https://aiforarchitecture.app/2d-to-3d/photo-to-model-on-desk/): 2 examples, 2 prompts. Sample prompt: "Convert the building from the reference photo into a small-scale architectural model. Place the model on a clean white cardstock base. Behind it, display a card…"
- [Photo/Plan to Isometric Diagram](https://aiforarchitecture.app/2d-to-3d/photo-plan-to-isometric-diagram/): 6 examples, 6 prompts. Sample prompt: "Turn this building into a clean 3D axonometric illustration. Remove all background elements—keep only the main structure of the building. Add a minimal square b…"
- [Section to 3D](https://aiforarchitecture.app/2d-to-3d/section-to-3d/): 2 examples, 2 prompts. Sample prompt: "Convert the landscape section drawing into a 3D isometric diagram. Maintain the original spatial layout and design elements, but reinterpret them in three dimen…"

## 3D to 2D
Turn renderings and photos back into elevations, plans and CAD-style drawings. — https://aiforarchitecture.app/3d-to-2d/

- [Photo to Elevation (or CAD)](https://aiforarchitecture.app/3d-to-2d/photo-to-elevation-or-cad/): 4 examples, 4 prompts. Sample prompt: "You can ask ChatGPT to generate svg or dwg file for you further. Therefore, you can open the file with AutoCAD or Adobe Illustrator.…"
- [Front and Side View](https://aiforarchitecture.app/3d-to-2d/front-and-side-view/): 2 examples, 2 prompts. Sample prompt: "Based on the photo, generate front and side views of the building. White background.…"
- [Perspective to Plan](https://aiforarchitecture.app/3d-to-2d/perspective-to-plan/): 1 examples, 1 prompts. Sample prompt: "Based on the provided landscape perspective, generate a detailed landscape architecture masterplan for a 200 x 500 meter site. Maintain the spatial organization…"

## Moodboard
Extract material moodboards from images, and render designs from moodboards. — https://aiforarchitecture.app/moodboard/

- [Image to Material Moodboard](https://aiforarchitecture.app/moodboard/image-to-material-moodboard/): 3 examples, 3 prompts. Sample prompt: "Analyze the building in the reference photo and extract the main architectural materials used in its design. Create a clean, well-organized moodboard layout wit…"
- [Moodboard to Image](https://aiforarchitecture.app/moodboard/moodboard-to-image/): 3 examples, 3 prompts. Sample prompt: "Apply the plant species and textures from Image 1 (plant moodboard) to the backyard shown in Image 2. Integrate the moodboard plants into the backyard landscape…"
- [Multi-elements to Rendering](https://aiforarchitecture.app/moodboard/multi-elements-to-rendering/): 1 examples, 1 prompts. Sample prompt: "Place all the elements from the provided images into the living room shown in the last image. Arrange them harmoniously within the space, matching lighting, per…"

## Workflow
Complete AI design workflows for architecture, urban and landscape projects. — https://aiforarchitecture.app/workflow/

- [Architecture Concept](https://aiforarchitecture.app/workflow/architecture-concept/): 12 examples, 12 prompts. Sample prompt: "Render my SketchUp model into a professional architectural visualization. The building is a modern office located in suburban Los Angeles, positioned directly a…"
- [Urban Design Visualization](https://aiforarchitecture.app/workflow/urban-design-visualization/): 3 examples, 3 prompts. Sample prompt: "Create an urban design axonometric masterplan diagram in a clean architectural illustration style.
View & layout

Bird’s-eye axonometric projection
No perspecti…"
- [Landscape Design](https://aiforarchitecture.app/workflow/landscape-design/): 13 examples, 13 prompts. Sample prompt: "Refine my hand-sketched landscape plan by making the linework clean, sharp, and legible, while preserving the original architectural sketch style.
Keep all exis…"

## Image & Rendering Editing
Restyle existing renderings: illustration, renovation and technical drawing styles. — https://aiforarchitecture.app/rendering-editing/

- [Rendering to Illustration](https://aiforarchitecture.app/rendering-editing/rendering-to-illustration/): 5 examples, 5 prompts. Sample prompt: "Create a minimalist architectural line-drawing rendering in a clean competition-style illustration. Render the building using thin, precise black or dark-gray l…"
- [Rendering Styles (Renovation)](https://aiforarchitecture.app/rendering-editing/rendering-styles-renovation/): 5 examples, 5 prompts. Sample prompt: "Render my architecture image in a realistic contemporary European architectural rendering style. Keep my building’s overall massing, scale, proportions, and urb…"
- [Rendering Style](https://aiforarchitecture.app/rendering-editing/rendering-style/): 4 examples, 4 prompts. Sample prompt: "Render my architecture image in a realistic contemporary architectural photography style with an eye-level, frontal viewpoint. Keep the architecture, urban cont…"
- [Technical Style Drawings](https://aiforarchitecture.app/rendering-editing/technical-style-drawings/): 2 examples, 2 prompts. Sample prompt: "Create a minimal landscape architecture section diagram showing a stormwater management strategy. (Place functions here)

STYLE:
- ultra-clean architectural sec…"

## Advanced Practice for Landscape Design
Streetscapes, planting plans, plan-to-perspective and analytical overlays for landscape architects. — https://aiforarchitecture.app/landscape-design/

- [Streetscape](https://aiforarchitecture.app/landscape-design/streetscape/): 11 examples, 12 prompts. Sample prompt: "Transform my street-view image into a streetscape design diagram with hand-drawn white sketch overlays.Keep the original photo as the base layer, preserving per…"
- [Planting](https://aiforarchitecture.app/landscape-design/planting/): 18 examples, 22 prompts. Sample prompt: "Plant Gulf Muhly, Mealy Sage, Feather reed grass on the right side of sidewalk…"
- [Plan to Perspective](https://aiforarchitecture.app/landscape-design/plan-to-perspective/): 1 examples, 1 prompts. Sample prompt: "Create a 3D rendering of this landscape design in a 17x11 ratio, with the view looking from the water feature toward the main building?…"
- [Plan to CAD](https://aiforarchitecture.app/landscape-design/plan-to-cad/): 1 examples, 2 prompts. Sample prompt: "Convert this hand-drawn landscape site plan into a precise technical CAD drawing style. Use single-layer thin lines throughout with clear, uniform line weights.…"
- [Photo to 3D model](https://aiforarchitecture.app/landscape-design/photo-to-3d-model/): 1 examples, 1 prompts. Sample prompt: "Based on this structure photograph, generate a high-fidelity 3D building model inthe style of "3d print model." Key Requirements: Aim for a realistic look, pres…"
- [Plan to Birdseye and Perspective](https://aiforarchitecture.app/landscape-design/plan-to-birdseye-and-perspective/): 3 examples, 3 prompts. Sample prompt: "Convert this watercolor-style landscape plan into a photorealistic bird’s-eye view rendering in the style of Lumion. Maintain the original spatial layout and co…"
- [Rendering to analytical diagram overlays](https://aiforarchitecture.app/landscape-design/rendering-to-analytical-diagram-overlays/): 1 examples, 1 prompts. Sample prompt: "Transform my uploaded landscape architecture rendering into a professional landscape design visualization with integrated analytical diagram overlays.

PRESERVE…"

## Advanced Practice for Urban Design
Aerial tracing, masterplan renderings, contour models, mapping and urban diagrams. — https://aiforarchitecture.app/urban-design/

- [Trace Google Aerial Photo](https://aiforarchitecture.app/urban-design/trace-google-aerial-photo/): 5 examples, 5 prompts. Sample prompt: "Based on the provided satellite image, generate a stylized and accurate outline map. Represent buildings as solid dark or black shapes with clean edges, roads a…"
- [CAD Masterplan to Rendering](https://aiforarchitecture.app/urban-design/cad-masterplan-to-rendering/): 4 examples, 4 prompts. Sample prompt: "Render the urban master plan in a clean top-down view. Fill open space areas with realistic grass textures, and add groups of top-view tree canopies for parks a…"
- [Contour Map to 3D](https://aiforarchitecture.app/urban-design/contour-map-to-3d/): 1 examples, 1 prompts. Sample prompt: "Create a 3D terrain model based on the provided contour map. Realistic terrain texture. White Background.…"
- [Plan to Birdseye](https://aiforarchitecture.app/urban-design/plan-to-birdseye/): 2 examples, 2 prompts. Sample prompt: "Convert this urban development masterplan, situated along the coastline and extending to the edge of a mountainous area, into a detailed bird’s-eye view renderi…"
- [Mapping](https://aiforarchitecture.app/urban-design/mapping/): 18 examples, 18 prompts. Sample prompt: "A circular architectural site plan of the Boston coastline and harbor, aerial view. The map is contained within a perfect circle with a faint dashed border line…"
- [ChatGPT Mapping](https://aiforarchitecture.app/urban-design/chatgpt-mapping/): 7 examples, 7 prompts. Sample prompt: "Transform my uploaded site plan / urban context map into a professional architectural SITE PLAN & LOCAL CONTEXT analysis board in the same graphic language as t…"
- [Aerial Photo to 3D Diagram](https://aiforarchitecture.app/urban-design/aerial-photo-to-3d-diagram/): 1 examples, 1 prompts. Sample prompt: "Transform my uploaded site plan into a refined architectural axonometric illustration while preserving the original site layout, building footprints, landscape,…"
- [Model to Urban Diagram](https://aiforarchitecture.app/urban-design/model-to-urban-diagram/): 1 examples, 1 prompts. Sample prompt: "Transform my uploaded architecture, landscape architecture, campus plan, or masterplan into a clean professional axonometric program diagram in the same visual…"
- [Sketch to Urban Plan](https://aiforarchitecture.app/urban-design/sketch-to-urban-plan/): 1 examples, 1 prompts. Sample prompt: "Transform my uploaded architecture or landscape site plan into a professional landscape architecture competition masterplan, combining precise CAD linework, del…"

## Advanced Practice for Architecture
Change rendering views, cut cross-sections and make perspective sections. — https://aiforarchitecture.app/architecture/

- [Change Rendering View](https://aiforarchitecture.app/architecture/change-rendering-view/): 6 examples, 6 prompts. Sample prompt: "Change the angle of view of this architectural rendering. Generate a new perspective from [desired angle], keeping the original materials, lighting, and style c…"
- [Rendering to Cross-section](https://aiforarchitecture.app/architecture/rendering-to-cross-section/): 2 examples, 2 prompts. Sample prompt: "Generate a clean architectural cross-section of the building based on the reference image. Cut through the building to show internal spaces, floor slabs, walls,…"
- [Model to Rendering to Perspective Section and Diagram](https://aiforarchitecture.app/architecture/model-to-rendering-to-perspective-section/): 3 examples, 3 prompts. Sample prompt: "Create a realistic architectural rendering from the provided 3D model of a high-tech office building. Maintain the original camera angle and perspective. Apply…"

## Presentation Board and Analysis Diagrams
Presentation boards, landscape boards and site-analysis timelines from one prompt. — https://aiforarchitecture.app/boards-and-diagrams/

- [Presentation Board](https://aiforarchitecture.app/boards-and-diagrams/presentation-board/): 6 examples, 6 prompts. Sample prompt: "Create an architecture presentation board showing the renovation of a 2-story London brick retail building into a modern museum. Blend traditional red-brick fac…"
- [Rendering to Presentation Board](https://aiforarchitecture.app/boards-and-diagrams/rendering-to-presentation-board/): 1 examples, 1 prompts. Sample prompt: "Generate a vertical A1 architecture presentation board based on my architectural rendering, designed in a clean and modern layout with a white background, soft…"
- [Landscape Design Board](https://aiforarchitecture.app/boards-and-diagrams/landscape-design-board/): 5 examples, 5 prompts. Sample prompt: "Create a contemporary waterfront urban park landscape experience storyboard showing the transformation of the same wetland landscape across the four seasons.

A…"
- [Timeline Site Analysis](https://aiforarchitecture.app/boards-and-diagrams/timeline-site-analysis/): 7 examples, 7 prompts. Sample prompt: "Generate a horizontal collage-style timeline analysis diagram of Boston’s early urban development:

1. DIAGRAM STRUCTURE:
Place a horizontal timeline across the…"

## Vibe Coding
Build your own small design tools with AI, no coding background needed. — https://aiforarchitecture.app/vibe-coding/

- [Architecture Concepts](https://aiforarchitecture.app/vibe-coding/architecture-concepts/): 2 examples, 2 prompts. Sample prompt: "Role: You are a world-class senior creative technologist and architectural designer.

Objective: Build a high-end "Architectural Concept Development Studio" web…"
- [Landscape Design](https://aiforarchitecture.app/vibe-coding/landscape-design/): 1 examples, 1 prompts. Sample prompt: ""Build a professional landscape architecture application called 'EcoLandscape Designer'.

CORE FUNCTIONALITY:
Site Analysis Input: Create a landing page that al…"
- [Streetscape](https://aiforarchitecture.app/vibe-coding/streetscape/): 1 examples, 1 prompts. Sample prompt: ""Build a professional Streetscape Design & Analysis web application using React, Tailwind CSS, and the Gemini API.

CORE FUNCTIONALITY:
Image Upload: Create a c…"

## Browse
- [Before → After](https://aiforarchitecture.app/before-after/): lessons that start from your own image.
- [Prompt → Image](https://aiforarchitecture.app/prompt-to-image/): lessons that generate from text only.
- [中文首页](https://aiforarchitecture.app/zh/): 全部内容的简体中文版本。