3D Architectural Animation Services for Developers and Architects

Architectural animation is a computer-generated video that shows a building or a development the way it will look once it is built. The project is modelled in 3D, textured and lit, a virtual camera is moved through the scene, and every frame is rendered and edited into a film. Depending on the goal, it can be an exterior flythrough, an interior walkthrough, a masterplan overview or a full marketing video with people, cars and drone-style shots.

By what the camera does: exterior flythroughs, eye-level interior walkthroughs, aerial shots over drone footage, CG room tours over real interior footage, construction sequence animations and masterplan animations. By the project: residential, commercial, hospitality, public and industrial buildings. Most marketing films combine several of these in one edit.

Just fill in the form below, and our 3D architecture animation company will get back to you to discuss the 3D building animation project details.

We have a ready brief form you can use. You can fill it online, or download it in pdf. To find the brief, go to the footer of this page, and click “Get brief”. Along with the brief, send whatever project files you already have: Revit models, AutoCAD drawings, SketchUp files, or simple sketches and PDFs. We work with all of them, and the more complete the input, the fewer clarifications along the way.

A standard camera flythrough costs $30 per second of Full HD video, so a 60-second film starts at $1,800 when your 3D model is ready. Animation blended with real drone footage is $40 per second. Modelling, 4K output and voiceover are quoted on top. The final price depends on the video length, the number of scenes, the level of detail, and the deadline. To get the exact cost of your project, contact us through the form below or send us the project files, and you will have an estimate within 1 hour.

Animated 3D video is an asset that can be used in several ways. Developers and architects can use it for presentations, communication with clients, filling portfolios, or as ads promoting their services on social media and other online platforms. The same video also goes into RFP and tender submissions, design competitions and investor pitches, where it explains the project faster than a set of drawings.

A video shows the sequence of spaces, the scale and the site in a way a set of stills can't. It also works as a ready asset for listings, sales galleries, social media and investor decks, and the same 3D scene gives the still renders for the campaign.

There are different software solutions on the market, and our 3D architectural animation studio chooses the best one according to the project needs. Most of the time we model and render in 3ds Max with Corona Renderer or V-Ray. For real-time previews and interactive scenes we use Unreal Engine and Lumion, and the final video is assembled and finished in After Effects.

Before building a specific project’s workflow, we determine its needs. We look at the technical assignment, clarify what we need to know, and approve with you the step-by-step architecture animation 3D project algorithm with dates and milestones. This way, you know what to expect at every stage of the development, can ask for corrections before the architectural rendering animation is ready, and be confident that you’ll get the results you need throughout the project.

A walkthrough moves the camera through a building at eye level, as if you were walking through the rooms, so it’s ideal for showing interiors and layouts. A flythrough is a bird’s-eye camera path around or above the property, best for exteriors, large developments, and site context. Most of our architectural animations combine both. Our article on architectural walkthrough vs flythrough explains when to use each one.

We work with both commercial and residential projects: single-family homes, apartment and condo buildings, multifamily and mixed-use developments, offices, retail, hotels and hospitality, restaurants, healthcare and education buildings, industrial facilities and public spaces, as well as masterplans and landscape projects. If you want to see what we have done in your particular field, write to us and we will send you the work we did for your industry.

Yes, and most projects end up needing exactly that. We often deliver a package where the animation goes together with still renders, 3D floor plans, virtual tours and 360 panoramas, so the whole marketing set is built from one 3D scene and stays consistent. Leave a request and a manager will put together the combination that fits your project best.

Post-production covers VFX, voiceover, sound design and music, compositing, motion graphics, matte painting and time-lapse sequences. We go through all of it with you in detail before the project starts and agree it at the brief stage, so you know the total budget and the exact effects we will apply before any work begins. Leave a request and we will estimate your project for free.

By default we deliver 30 fps in Full HD, in MP4 or MOV. At the brief stage we agree what you actually need: 4K for presentations and large screens, a lighter cut for the website, or a vertical version for social media. Frame rate, resolution and format are settled before production starts, so nothing has to be re-rendered afterwards.

A 60-second Full HD flythrough takes about a week when the 3D model is ready, and an animation blended with drone footage about a month. Modelling, longer films and 4K output add time. The schedule with its approval milestones is fixed at the brief stage, before production starts.

Two. The first is at the animatic stage, where you review the camera flights. The second is when textures and materials are approved on key frames. Changes after the final render mean re-rendering, so we discuss them separately, and they may need an extra fee.

Yes. We sign an NDA before the work starts. You can send us your own agreement, or we will provide ours.

You get the rights to use the final video and the still frames we deliver, in any of your marketing and presentations. The 3D scenes, source files and project files stay with us and are not transferred.