How to use Architecture AI on AI Two

What Architecture AI does

You upload a building photo, pick an architectural style or material direction, and generate. The tool keeps overall massing and camera angle while it updates facade treatment in the preview.

When I tested a split level with dated brick, the contemporary render with lighter cladding looked coherent enough to email the homeowner the same afternoon.

Home Design Studio lists this page with house design, paint, and landscaping tools in the exterior cluster. Credits meter each generation.

Treat the output as a visual draft. It is not a permit set or structural plan.

I open this page after I have one clear facade photo. Guessing styles from memory wastes credits.

Free signup credits covered three style tests for me before we picked a direction for the siding quote.

When I tested a narrow urban lot, the tool kept window spacing believable while it changed the front material palette.

I save before and after pairs in a client folder named by street address so revision calls do not mix uploads from different properties.

For rental listings I note which style direction is staging only versus which elements the owner might permit on a longer lease.

How to run it step by step

Step one: sign in or create a free account. Step two: upload a daylight photo that shows the full front if you can. Step three: pick a style, leave extras on default for the first run. Step four: generate and wait about 30 seconds. Step five: download or change one setting and compare.

My first run with defaults was already useful. The second run only changed roof tone so I could judge contrast against the walls.

I never overwrite the original phone photo. Client options stack fast.

If walls warp, reshoot straighter instead of stacking edits on a skewed file.

I write the style name that won in a note beside the address so the contractor walk stays focused.

If the first run feels too heavy, I change only the style preset on run two. That keeps roof and wall materials from shifting at the same time.

Which photo works best

Bright, straight photos beat wide angle phone snaps from the curb edge. Show the full facade and a slice of ground line when possible.

Soft files under about 800 pixels look muddy after redesign. Start sharp.

The studio before and after card for this tool uses a real house photo. Match that kind of framing.

Clear parked cars from the shot when you can. They copy into the redesign.

Open curtains in ground floor windows if you want the elevation to read as occupied. Dark glass can look flat in the preview.

Stand across the street and shoot level. Angled phone tilts make roof lines look crooked in the output.

Include the garage door when that elevation matters for the remodel talk. Cropping it out leaves the budget conversation incomplete.

Mistakes I avoid

Changing style, roof, and wall material together hides which choice helped. Change one variable per run.

Expecting exact product SKUs from a preview wastes time. I take the download to a showroom and match finishes in person.

Cropping out the second story when that is the expensive line item leaves the client brief incomplete.

Running five dark filters on the phone before upload. The redesign inherits that cast.

Sending a builder only the AI still without the original photo. They need both to judge openings and roof pitch.

When to use another exterior tool

Need paint color only on an otherwise fixed facade? Open Paint My House AI. Need yard context? Landscaping AI. Need a single detail like doors or roof shingles? The visualizer pages in the exterior cluster are narrower.

The exterior cluster guide maps every facade tool. The Home Design Studio pillar covers rooms and outdoor structures when the front elevation is approved.

Front elevation specific restyles live on the elevation design money page when you need keyword tuned copy for that job.