Co-founder & Product Lead
Joshua Kenyon
Product engineer who builds Maquete’s rendering workflows, evaluation systems and customer-facing product.
Joshua is a product engineer with enterprise software experience at SS&C Technologies and a first-class degree in Economics from the University of Sheffield.
At Maquete, he works across the product end to end: rendering infrastructure, quality evaluations, billing, analytics and the workflows architects use every day. Laura’s architectural review and customer feedback feed directly into that product work.
Background
- Product engineering experience in enterprise financial software
- BSc Economics, First-Class Honours, University of Sheffield
- Full-stack product development across React, Next.js, TypeScript and Python
Areas of expertise
Professional profiles
Articles
Tools · 8 min read
Best Rendering Software for Mac Architects in 2026
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Workflow · 10 min read
How to Keep Materials Consistent Across AI Render Angles
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Research · 11 min read
What We Learned Reviewing 50 Historical SketchUp AI Renders
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Business · 10 min read
How Much Does an Architectural Render Cost in 2026?
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Workflow · 11 min read
SketchUp Exterior Rendering With AI: A Complete Workflow
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Practice · 9 min read
How Architects Can Reduce Client Revisions With Better Visualisation
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Comparisons · 7 min read
Can AI Rendering Match Enscape and Lumion Quality and Speed?
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Comparisons · 6 min read
Veras vs XFigura for Architects: Which Is Better?
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Practice · 8 min read
Why Clients Struggle to Visualise Architecture
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Workflow · 9 min read
SketchUp Model Prep for AI Rendering: The Pre-Flight Checklist
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Technique · 6 min read
The 7 lighting setups every interior render needs
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Technique · 7 min read
AI render vs V-Ray: when to use each
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Tools · 8 min read
AI Rendering for Revit in 2026: Every Tool That Actually Works
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Reference · 8 min read
AI rendering vocabulary: 20 terms architects should know in 2026
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Tools · 11 min read
Best AI Rendering Tools for Architects in 2026: 10 Compared
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Perspective · 6 min read
How to spot an AI render (and why architects should care)
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Technique · 7 min read
Material specificity in AI rendering: why naming matters
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Tutorial · 9 min read
From SketchUp to render to walkthrough video: the complete workflow
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Technique · 7 min read
Why your AI render hallucinates furniture (and how to stop it)
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Product · 3 min read
Introducing Projects: organise renders, share with clients, collect feedback
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Tools · 9 min read
10 Best AI Rendering Plugins for SketchUp (2026 Comparison)
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Product · 4 min read
Our first architecture firm signed an annual plan
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Workflow · 6 min read
The 5-minute render: from raw SketchUp print to client presentation
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Tools · 8 min read
10 AI Tools Architects Actually Use in 2026
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