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Web design for architecture studios

Publishing how fees are calculated answers the first question anybody building asks.

People looking for a firm rarely compare prices: they are looking for someone to hand a problem to. The site has less selling to do than reassuring — clear areas of practice, real cases, and a first appointment that takes two clicks, not a phone call at ten in the morning.

Fees are the question nobody asks out loud. Explaining how you bill and what a first consultation costs loses the enquiries that were never going to convert, and wins the ones that arrive already prepared.

Most first contact arrives in writing and is judged on how fast the reply comes: a same-day answer beats a better CV. Saying who reads the message and how long you take converts more than another page of qualifications.

The first meeting is the step people hesitate over: whether it costs anything, how long it lasts, what to bring and whether it commits them to anything. Answered on the page, it turns a browse into a booked appointment.

«What are the fees — a percentage of the build?» Nobody publishes this, and it is the first question anybody building asks. How fees are calculated and the obvious problem with charging a percentage of the build cost, which stages are billed separately — concept, permission, technical design, site supervision — when each falls due, and what a fixed price leaves out.

«I have the plot — what can I build on it?» Two hours of advice before signing saves buying land the house will not fit on. Which limits the local plan sets, how many square metres remain after setbacks, whether the basement somebody has in mind is allowed, and why two neighbouring plots can take very different buildings.

«The build cost has run away — whose fault is that?» This ruins half of all projects and is almost never explained beforehand. That a properly measured design leaves few surprises, what variations are and who approves them, how the contractor is checked month by month, and what level of drift counts as normal on a well-prepared job.

Publish the drawings you produce at each stage. Owners compare quotes without knowing whether they are buying a sketch or a set a builder can price, and a practice that shows both wins the comparison.

Your architecture studio website isn't just a shop window: it includes online enquiries and project requests and everything your business needs — projects and services, your team and approach — integrated and easy to manage. Fewer calls, fewer gaps in your calendar, more customers.

We design your website to measure — no empty templates — responsive (perfect on mobile, where nearly all your visits are), fast and easy to update yourself. You choose whether you manage it or we handle maintenance.

Your website will appear on Google when people search for an architecture studio in your area, because we design it optimised for local rankings from the ground up. A website that gets found and converts: that's the plan.

In brief: web design for architecture studios

  • Built for Google from the ground up, so people find you rather than merely visit.
  • Design that earns trust: for architecture studios the first impression happens online.
  • Enough contrast, readable sizes and clean structure help older customers as much as they help Google.
  • Domain and hosting are stated upfront; everything else is optional and you decide who handles it.

⚙️ Not just a website, a tool

A website for an architecture studio is not a brochure: it is where somebody decides whether to call you. Everything on it should serve that one decision.

What your website includes

How fees are calculated

Percentage or fixed, and which stages are billed apart.

What the plot allows

Planning limits, setbacks and the metres that actually remain.

Keeping build costs under control

Variations, who approves them and what drift is normal.

Planning permission and timescales

Documents, who submits, and the months to allow.

Site supervision, week by week

What the practice checks and what it signs off.

Found by project type

Somebody searching «architect for a house extension» lands here.

How we work with architecture studios, step by step

  1. 1

    We look at your business

    We pin down what the site has to produce: calls, bookings, enquiries with a photo attached.

  2. 2

    Structure and content

    We decide the pages, the wording and what has to be visible first for someone to get in touch.

  3. 3

    Design and build

    We watch the loading time: real photographs, properly compressed, no scripts you do not need.

  4. 4

    Launch and Google

    We test every form from the outside before launch — an enquiry must never fall into a void.

  5. 5

    Handed over working

    We stay reachable by the same channel your customers use, so a fix takes minutes and not a ticket.

Frequently asked questions about web design for architecture studios

Can you work with a builder I have already chosen? +

Say whether you will administer a contract with somebody else's contractor, tender the work competitively, or only work with firms you know. Clients almost always have a builder in mind, and the answer changes what they are buying.

What if the tender comes back over budget? +

Describe what happens: value engineering, revising the design, or going back out to fewer firms. Naming that possibility in advance is what makes the earlier cost advice believable.

Do you take on extensions and loft conversions? +

Small domestic work is where most practices meet their future clients, and plenty of studios never say whether they want it. A clear answer either way saves everybody a meeting.

How long does a site like ours take? +

Four to six weeks in practice, and the slow part is never the build — it is getting the case descriptions and the team photographs out of the office.

Can we keep our current domain and email? +

Yes, and they stay in your name. Email is moved first and checked, then the site is switched over, so nothing goes dark in between.

Do we have to show our regulator and insurance? +

Registration number, professional indemnity and the complaints route are required — and they happen to reassure.

Does the site need a cookie banner? +

Only if it loads more than it needs to. We build without trackers and without fonts pulled from someone else's server, which removes the banner — and nobody has to dismiss a box before reading what you charge.

Will it appear on Google? +

Yes. We design every website optimised for local SEO from the ground up, so your architecture studio appears when people search for you in your city. We can also run an ongoing rankings plan.

Do you work with customers abroad? +

Yes. We handle the whole project remotely, fast and conveniently, with architecture studios across the English-speaking world.

What if I already have a dated website? +

We redesign it while keeping your rankings: we refresh the look, speed and online enquiries and project requests, taking care of URLs and redirects so you don't lose the SEO you already have.

Will the website be mine? +

Yes, 100%. The domain, hosting and content stay in your name when we finish. And we leave it with a simple panel so you can update photos, prices or services for your architecture studio whenever you want.

Much more than a website

Not just your website. Your CRM so no enquiry slips away.

Every enquiry that comes through the website lands in your panel with follow-up, and you turn it into a client.

Customer CRM

Every contact that comes through your website lands in your panel, with follow-up and notes. Nothing gets lost.

Bookings & appointments

Online diary with automatic reminders. Your customers book themselves, you see your calendar fill up.

Email marketing

Your own campaigns and lists to build loyalty and sell again, with no paid external tools.

AI assistant

A smart chat serves and captures customers on your website 24/7, and passes the interested ones to your CRM.

Clear analytics

How many visit you and where they come from, with no jargon or annoying cookies. Decisions backed by data.

All under your brand, in one place.

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Real projects

Sites of ours that are already up and running

Out of respect for our clients we show each project by its sector and city, with no names.

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