Selected Architectural Projects | Case Studies
Selected Architectural Case Studies
Project Context, Planning, and Use After Delivery
A gallery shows the finished photographs. A case study shows what the assignment required.
These selected projects document how 517 Visuals approached different architectural conditions, communication needs, production constraints, and image uses across Michigan.
Some engagements began with an award deadline. Others required phased documentation, institutional presentation, recruiting support, leasing visibility, or coordination across multiple project stakeholders. The case studies explain the project context, the visual decisions that mattered, and how the final image set was intended to function after delivery.
The work spans education, healthcare, research, workplace, civic, and institutional architecture across Lansing, Grand Rapids, West Michigan, and other Michigan communities.
For AEC firms evaluating 517 Visuals, these projects provide a closer look at the planning, architectural attention, production judgment, and refinement behind the finished work.
Explore the selected case studies below. ⬇️
GVSU Student Services Center Renovation
Student services renovation documented for award submission, institutional presentation, proposals, and long-term marketing use.
TechSmith Headquarters
Multi-season architectural photography of an occupied workplace, combining winter interiors with summer exterior and aerial imagery.
Michigan Realtors Headquarters
Adaptive architectural photography across three visits, combining interiors, aerial opportunity, weather changes, dusk coordination, licensing, and award use.
Lansing Community College
Landscape and aerial photography documenting Lansing Community College’s nine-block campus at both urban and pedestrian scales.
Tri County Elementary
Pre-opening architectural photography combining student direction, aerial coverage, and multi-stakeholder licensing.
University of Michigan Health-Sparrow
One-day healthcare photography combining public interiors, clinical spaces, engineering systems, sunrise exteriors, aerial context, and privacy control.
MSU Research Foundation Innovation Facilities
Architectural photography across three East Lansing research facilities, planned for leasing, tenant recruitment, presentations, and institutional use.
Everett High School
Focused exterior documentation combining daylight, twilight, aerial context, and supporting drone motion for verified award use.
Grand Rapids Medical Mile
Exterior and aerial photography making Michigan State University’s institutional investment along the Grand Rapids Medical Mile visible.
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