Architectural Animation in Salt Lake City, UT
Walkthrough video and cinematic CGI that make ADUs, remodels and new builds real before framing.
Architectural animation in Salt Lake City, UT works for a market split between careful east-side infill and steady remodel activity. The city adopted a new ADU ordinance that opened accessory dwelling units up across more neighborhoods, and updated Craftsman and bungalow remodels stay popular in established east-side areas like the Avenues and Sugar House. Both of those are hard to sell flat. You are asking a homeowner to picture a new unit or a reworked home on a lot and a street they already know intimately, and moving imagery answers that better than a plan set.
We build the video that carries those projects. A compact walkthrough of an ADU shows how a small footprint actually lives; a fuller cinematic piece works for a remodel or a new infill home going to market. Salt Lake sits in a bowl with the Wasatch right there, and the light shifts hard with the seasons, so we grade and frame with the mountains and that clear high-altitude light in mind. The footage feels like your block in the Avenues or Yalecrest, not a generic street with the city name attached.
Why Salt Lake City developers and builders choose architectural animation
Salt Lake builders use animation because the east-side neighborhoods come with real review. In a local historic district like the Avenues, most visible exterior changes need design review and a Certificate of Appropriateness, and ADUs in Foothill and single-family districts go through a conditional-use process. A moving study of how your design sits against neighboring homes helps those conversations move, and then the same asset sells the project.
For the ADU and remodel market, the pitch is often to a single homeowner weighing a major investment, and a walkthrough closes the gap between drawings and a space they can imagine living in. For larger infill and new construction, sales teams run the animation in a sales center and investors see it in the raise deck. An accessory unit behind a bungalow in Sugar House and a custom remodel in Federal Heights are different conversations, and each lands harder with video specific to the site.
Recent architectural animation work
How it works
Share your files
Send CAD, models, plans, or sketches plus the story and length you have in mind.
Storyboard & camera
We map the camera path and shots, then approve a storyboard or animatic with you.
Animate & light
Materials, lighting, entourage, and motion are built into a first full render pass.
Review & deliver
You review, we refine over your revision rounds, and deliver the final video files.
Serving Salt Lake City and nearby
We work with teams across the Salt Lake Valley and beyond, including Sandy, Draper, Holladay, Millcreek, West Valley City and Park City. An Avenues remodel, a Sugar House ADU or a Yalecrest custom home all run through the same remote production process, so location does not change how we deliver.
Frequently asked questions
It can. In a local historic district like the Avenues, most visible exterior changes require design review and a Certificate of Appropriateness. We model your proposed design in context with the neighboring homes so the animation shows how exterior materials and massing fit the district, which supports both the review conversation and your sales effort.
Often yes. An accessory dwelling unit is a significant investment for a homeowner, and a focused walkthrough shows how a compact footprint really lives, from daylight to flow, better than a floor plan can. We scale production to the project, so an ADU gets a tight, affordable piece rather than a full community-scale reel.
Yes. We white-label every deliverable, so the finished animation ships with no Archmetrix mark and publishes under your design-build company or brokerage. Your clients only ever see your name on the work.
Need architectural animation in Salt Lake City?
Send us your plans and get a fixed scope, timeline, and price within one business day.