Recent Spaces

12/03/2026

We are celebrating 10 years of Recent Spaces! Founded by Iain Banks & Alex York in 2016, our team has built a forward-looking, innovative rendering agency, driven by a proudly independent approach and outlook, not just on our work and our industry but also on how we treat our people, and how we value their time and their lives. We have always done things a little differently, and for good reason. We set out to create a studio that would reflect the best of our previous experiences, refine them, build upon them and that would result in something unique and lasting. This fiercely independent-minded vision for the studio, which our artists and associates share, is revealed in our work no doubt, but also - and perhaps more importantly - in our relationships, with each other and with our clients. Most of our work comes from well-established relationships, with some going back as far as 10 years. We're known for our very unfussy and refined workflows and our highly creative and collaborative, open approach to working with branding agencies, real-estate firms, developers, interior designers, product designers and other creative innovators - and always in an understated way. We understand that our clients value that balance of reassuring, experienced calmness and exciting creativity and originality. Our team of dedicated artists from a highly diverse range of backgrounds and interests is extremely valuable, and being relatively boutique allows us to remain nimble and dynamic, to adapt to industry changes, or to drive them forward ourselves, setting the standard and challenging the 'norms'.

So today we celebrate all of it, and all of you! Our wonderful, creative, dedicated artists and management and leadership teams, both current and former, our trusting, forward-looking clients, our steadfast collaborators, suppliers and generous friends of the studio. Thank you so much to all of you. We celebrate you with our latest 2026 Spring Demo Reel, itself a look-back at some of our key projects over the last 10 years.

With gratitude and love, Iain and Alex - Co-Founders

We are celebrating 10 years of Recent Spaces! Founded by Iain Banks & Alex York in 2016, our team has built a forward-looking, innovative rendering agency, d...

10/07/2023

A cinemagraph is a magical hybrid of photography and video, here we play with subtle movement in a seamless looping cinemagraph for 212 West 72nd Street, New York

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07/07/2023

We love creating beautiful and atmospheric scenes for our clients, here is a breakdown of our animation of the tranquil oasis based in Scottsdale, Arizona, imagined and designed by and Recent Spaces for Latham Pools.

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04/07/2023

The beautiful arrival and entrance at 29 Lake ATX, Lake Austin, which we rendered for a marketing campaign for our friends at Ames Design Build.

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03/07/2023

A still and tranquil snapshot from a fun family home imagined and designed by and for . 🦩

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03/07/2023

Interior photography is also part of our studio's skill set. Here is a shot taken of the most beautiful bedroom, as part of a larger photoshoot we had the pleasure of working on for Brian Ma Siy, responsible for the Architecture and Interior Design for a private House in Notting Hill, London.

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02/07/2023

Presenting the superhouse, Ancona. What an entrance! This is one of our hero renderings of Ancona, for our friends at EcoMansions.

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29/06/2023

Celebrating texture and form in this crop taken from one of our renderings for Shaw Contract's unique Forum collection.

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29/06/2023

A beautiful Bavarian limestone residential tower designed by visionary architect Thomas Juul-Hansen, situated in New York City's most sophisticated and enduring enclave, with epic views of the city, East River and the Ocean.

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