Herzog & de Meuron style reference and prompts

The photorealistic rendering favors pale mineral surfaces, repeated rectilinear modules and a contrasting layer of irregular perforated pattern. Cool blue-green reflections and warm small highlights create a restrained evening palette. Foreground edges are clean and accurately lit, while distant forms soften into atmospheric haze. Broad solid planes hold the structure of the image; branching shadows and finely cut openings prevent them from feeling heavy. Light enters laterally through a bright open zone, leaving sheltered areas softly shaded rather than black. Strong linear recession and reflective horizontal bands make the spatial rhythm expansive, precise and calm.

A square photorealistic architectural rendering shows a long sheltered promenade running beside still blue-green water at dusk. On the left, a pale concrete facade rises in repeated bays, with deep window recesses and a few warm interior lights. Small seated figures and cafe tables line the near edge, giving scale to the high overhang. Above the walkway, an intricate branching canopy spans from the building toward the open water. Its irregular perforations reveal patches of pale sky and cast a delicate broken pattern across the surfaces below. A large leafy tree grows near the center-right, its dark canopy partly filling the view beyond the roof. The promenade narrows toward a distant vanishing point, where more trees and low buildings continue along the opposite bank. Water occupies the right half of the lower scene, calm enough to reflect the muted facade and evening sky in elongated soft bands. A low clean parapet separates the paved walking area from the water, its top catching a faint cool highlight. The far horizon remains hazy, with two dark vertical silhouettes rising in the middle distance. The light is diffuse from the bright open sky on the right, supplemented by small warm interior glows on the left; the covered ground remains in gentle shade. Surfaces are crisp in the foreground and fade atmospherically with distance. The overall composition draws the eye along the sheltered linear path while balancing solid modules against an airy, patterned roof and reflective water.