Texture & cladding guides
Practical guides for choosing, scaling and using architectural surface textures — bonds, stone families, typical sizes, and how to map a texture at true scale. Every guide links straight into the free, measured library.
Brick cladding: bonds, sizes and free seamless textures
Free seamless brick cladding textures with real-world scale — running bond, Flemish and herringbone, with typical brick sizes and a live download library.
Stone cladding: limestone, travertine, sandstone and slate
Free seamless stone cladding textures — limestone, travertine, sandstone, slate and granite families, with the finishes and formats used on façades.
Wood cladding: planks, slats and charred finishes
Free seamless wood cladding textures — horizontal planks, vertical slats, shingles and charred shou sugi ban, all measured with real-world repetition size.
Metal cladding: aluminium, steel, corten and perforated panels
Free seamless metal cladding textures — brushed aluminium, stainless steel, galvanised, cor-ten and perforated sheets for architectural visualisation.
Concrete cladding: precast panels, board-formed and polished
Free seamless concrete textures — precast panels, board-formed, bush-hammered and polished concrete plus microcement, measured at real-world scale.
Plaster and stucco: trowel, drag and render finishes
Free seamless plaster and stucco textures — smooth, fine, drag-textured and renders, with notes on light, scale and where each finish reads best.
Acoustic panels and fabric wall finishes
Free seamless fabric and acoustic panel textures — felt, bouclé, weaves and perforated wood for sound-absorbing walls, measured at real-world scale.
Ceramic and porcelain tiles for walls and floors
Free seamless ceramic and porcelain tile textures — metro, mosaics, terracotta and hex patterns, with grout, formats and real-world scale explained.
Cladding sizes and real-world scale: a quick reference
Typical brick, stone, wood, metal and panel cladding sizes for visualisation — plus how texture repetition size in cm maps to true architectural scale.
How to map a texture at real-world scale
A practical walkthrough for Blender, 3ds Max and game engines: use a texture’s measured repetition size to map it at true architectural scale.