Web design for architects
I design and build websites for architects that let the work lead, and give prospective clients enough of your process to pick up the phone.
Free homepage teardown for your studio
Send me your site. I’ll record a short video on what works, what doesn’t, and what I’d change first.
How clients choose
Clients find architects through referrals, buildings they admire and searches like custom home architect. They come to the site to see whether your work matches their taste and their project size. Residential clients also want to understand the process and how fees are structured. The site should present projects with care and explain the rest plainly.
- architect calgary
- residential architect calgary
- custom home architect near me
- commercial architect calgary
- renovation architect
- heritage home renovation architect
- how much does an architect cost
What people type before they choose. Each of these deserves a clear answer somewhere on your site, usually its own page.
Pages your site needs
The pages I plan for almost every studio website, and why each one earns its place.
Projects
Each with photography, drawings and a short narrative about the site, the brief and the decisions.
Services by project type
New homes, renovations, commercial, institutional. Visitors want to know if you take projects like theirs.
Process
From feasibility to construction administration, phase by phase. It demystifies what an architect does.
Fees explained
How fees are structured, whether by percentage, fixed or hourly, without needing to publish numbers.
Studio
The architects and designers, with registration where relevant.
Journal or press
Publications and project updates, if you have them.
What builds trust
The signals that move someone from browsing to choosing a studio.
Built work, clearly labelled
Completed projects separate from renders and unbuilt work.
Licensed architects named
Who is registered, and who leads each project.
Collaborators credited
Photographers, builders and consultants. It reads as confident and generous.
Recognition, if real
Awards and publications you have actually received, listed simply.
The conversion path
Primary action: Start a project inquiry.
Fallback: Call the studio.
The inquiry form asks for project type, location, timing and a budget range so you can tell quickly whether it is a fit. Each project page ends with a quiet link to start a conversation. Nothing interrupts the images.
Common mistakes
What I see most often when I review sites in this field.
Galleries that crawl on phones
Uncompressed images make a beautiful site unusable on mobile, where many first visits happen.
Renders presented as built work
Clients notice, and it undermines everything else.
Philosophy without process
Poetic statements and no explanation of how a project runs leave residential clients unsure.
No sense of project size
If you only take larger projects, say so, or the inbox fills with small ones.
Features worth building
Image-first project pages
Large, responsive images served in modern formats so they load quickly on any device.
Project filtering
By type and status, so a homeowner sees homes and a developer sees multi-family work.
Structured inquiry form
Project type, site, timing and budget range, routed to the right principal.
Websites for architects: common questions
Label them honestly. Unbuilt work can be shown as renders or drawings with a clear status, and NDA projects can appear with general descriptions or not at all. Keep completed, photographed work as the main portfolio. Clients trust a studio more when they can tell what exists and what is proposed.
Most do not publish numbers, but you should explain how fees work. Whether you charge a percentage of construction cost, a fixed fee by phase or hourly for early stages, a short explanation helps clients plan. Many residential clients have never hired an architect and simply do not know what to expect.
It does not have to be. I serve images in modern formats at the right size for each screen, load them as the visitor scrolls and keep the code light. The result is a site that feels as considered as your work and loads quickly on a phone, which matters for how Google ranks it too.
Show more of the work you want and less of what you do not. Group projects by type, make the process page specific to that kind of client, and ask for project size and budget range in the inquiry form. A clear point of view filters inquiries better than any disclaimer.
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- nick@tavro.ca
- 587-439-9994
- Calgary, Alberta