Architectural media studio
Photo · Film · Aerial · 3D

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Architecture,
on the record.

Clients

  • Franken Construction
  • Jaynes
  • Enterprise Builders
  • City of Albuquerque
  • Central New Mexico Community College
  • Albuquerque International Sunport
  • Yearout Mechanical
  • Klinger Constructors
  • Bradbury Stamm Construction
  • HB Construction
  • Insight Construction
  • Trinity Construction
  • Garrett Development Corp
  • Dyron Murphy Architects
  • Van H. Gilbert Architect
  • SMPC Architects
  • FBT Architects
  • Buffalo Design Architects
  • Scout Architecture + Design
  • Draper
  • EEA Consulting Engineers
  • Testudo Engineering
  • Continental Divide Electric Cooperative
  • Capra Bank
  • Century Sign Builders
  • Deluxe Design
  • EPX New Mexico
  • Improve Group

Studio

Albuquerque, New Mexico
Working across the Southwest
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Gridline Visual is an architectural media studio. We photograph, film, fly and scan buildings for the people who design, build and run them, and deliver every frame through one private portal.

Film

Buildings,
in motion.

Films, timelapses and aerials that tell a project's story, from the first pour to the ribbon cutting, shot and edited by the studio.

Drone orbit of the UNM Hospital Critical Care Tower, then a wide view with the Sandia Mountains
UNM Hospital Critical Care TowerArchitecture film
  • Architecture and brand films
  • Construction timelapses
  • Aerial film
  • Short clips for social
The VCA animal hospital from its parking lot, then a client carrying their corgi in to reception
VCA Animal HospitalBrand film
Timelapse of a dental clinic among pines, from a dirt pad to a finished building and paved lot
Pagosa Peak Family DentistryConstruction timelapse
Drone orbit of the CNM Skilled Trades site during tilt-up, a crane among concrete casting beds
CNM Skilled TradesAerial film

Opening soon, raising funds or recruiting? A film does the talking.

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Services

The record,
start to finish.

One studio for every phase a building goes through, from the first site visit to the years of operation after.

  1. 1

    Phase 1 · Site

    Before the first footing.

    FAA-compliant drone photo and video, plus reality-capture scans, give the design team real site context and a measured starting point.

    • Aerial survey and site context
    • Existing-conditions 3D scans
    Aerial of the East Mountain High School site cut into the juniper hills
    East Mountain High School · site work
    Wheel loader on a freshly graded pad under a big sky
    East Mountain High School · earthwork
    Overhead view of two round water tanks in a city block
    Santa Barbara Arsenic · existing conditions
  2. 2

    Phase 2 · Build

    Every visit, on the record.

    Scheduled site visits give owners, architects and contractors a dated record from site prep through closeout. Timelapse films compress months into a minute.

    • Scheduled progress documentation
    • Timelapse films
    • Aerial progress
    Concrete crew finishing a slab at sunset
    Independence High School · concrete pour
    Worker guiding a concrete pour under light towers at night
    Independence High School · night pour
    Aerial of steel framing going up on a school site
    Estancia · steel

    Site cameras

    Watch the job from anywhere.

    A fixed camera on site for the length of the build. Your team checks in on the job any hour, and every day of it ends up in the timelapse.

    • A 24/7 live view in your client portal
    • Timelapse films during the job and a final film at the end
    • Stills from the camera for reports and updates
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    Fixed site camera on a metal storage building at Socorro County Airport, finished, with mountains behindLive
    Day oneToday
    Socorro County Airport · site cameraDrag to scrub the build
  3. 3

    Phase 3 · Closeout

    A handover that outlasts the binder.

    System walkthroughs and O&M training videos that train every future operator, with Matterport digital twins and as-built scans for the facilities team.

    • O&M training video
    • Matterport digital twins
    • As-built 3D scans
    Courtyard of the CNM Skilled Trades Complex, captured in its Matterport scan3D model
    CNM Skilled Trades · digital twinOpen in Matterport ↗
    Tags in the CNM Skilled Trades Matterport scan, labelled Main Entrance, Carpentry Lab, Indoor-Outdoor Glass Partition and Electrical Systems Operations Yard, then boiler B-2's tag playing its training video, shot at the same boiler
    CNM Skilled Trades · boiler trainingO&M video in the twin
  4. 4

    Phase 4 · Complete

    The building at its best.

    Editorial-grade photography of the finished work, for portfolios, publications, award submissions and the next pitch, and films that show it in motion.

    • Architectural photography
    • Interiors and twilights
    • Architecture and brand films
    • Video showcases
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    The CNM Railyards Film School lit purple at dusk, rail lines running toward its doors
    CNM Railyards Film School

And more

Headshots, product and event coverage too. If it's built, we've probably shot it.

Straight-down aerial of a round campus courtyard, crossing paths and curved shade canopies

CNM courtyard renovation · aerial

Selected work

UNM Hospital's Critical Care Tower at dusk, its entry drive lit and the Sandias behind
UNM Hospital Critical Care Tower

Hospitals, campuses and civic buildings across New Mexico, for the architects, builders and owners who made them.

Students on the wooden study steps of a steel-framed hall
CNM Railyards Film School · study steps
Red and white air ambulance on the rooftop helipad, crew beside it
UNM Hospital Critical Care Tower · helipad
Aerial of the Railyards at sunset, the film school glowing purple
CNM Railyards Film School · aerial
Students at tables in a double-height commons with a wall of glass
McKinley Academy, UNM Gallup · commons
McKinley Academy at dusk, tail lights streaking past on the curve in front
McKinley Academy, UNM Gallup
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Client portal

Everything lands in one place.

Each client gets a private portal for their projects, so the whole team works from the same record.

  • Every site visit, filed by date
  • Live site cameras
  • 3D models and Matterport tours
  • O&M training videos
  • Downloads for the whole team
Client login
gridlinevisual.com/portalPrivate
Walkthrough of a project in the client portal: site visits by date, a Matterport scan, a 3D model, a visit's photos and one opened full screen
Independence HSPortal walkthrough

Contact

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Email
matt@gridlinevisual.com
Studio
Albuquerque, NM
Serving New Mexico and the Southwest
Response
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