Web design for architects in Calgary
I design and build websites for architects in Calgary, planned around what local clients search and one clear action: start a project inquiry.
Free homepage teardown for your Calgary studio
Send me your site. I’ll look at it the way someone in Calgary would when choosing a studio, and tell you what I’d change first.
What Calgary clients search
Residential clients often want an architect who knows local zoning, permits and neighbourhoods, so searches include the city. A Google Business Profile and project pages that name the neighbourhood or town help those searches. Calgarians search by quadrant and community: "dentist NW Calgary", "physio Kensington", "renovation company SW Calgary". The city is spread out, so most people only consider businesses on their side of the river or near their commute. A site that names the communities you actually serve, and a Google Business Profile that matches it, does more than generic city-wide copy.
- architect calgary
- residential architect calgary
- commercial architect calgary
- custom home architect near me
- architect beltline
- residential architect kensington
- commercial architect inglewood
Areas that come up in Calgary searches: Beltline, Kensington, Inglewood, Marda Loop, Mission, Bridgeland, East Village and Seton.
Professional services in Calgary
Downtown and the Beltline hold a large share of the city's law, accounting, engineering and advisory firms, from boutique practices to energy-focused consultancies. Clients check credentials and fit before they call, so the site has to show who does the work and what kind of matters they take on.
Calgary is home to many of Canada's energy head offices, and the city has spent the last decade broadening around them. Tech companies, logistics and distribution along the east side, agriculture business, finance and a deep bench of professional firms now sit alongside oil and gas. Tourism peaks every July with the Stampede, and the mountains an hour west shape how people here live and spend.
Rules for architects in Alberta
Alberta Association of Architects. The Alberta Association of Architects regulates architects and architectural firms. Be precise about which work was yours as architect of record.
Alberta PIPA covers what your forms collect. The full breakdown, from testimonials to titles, is on the architects in Alberta page. Rules change, so check your regulator’s current standard.
The pages that win the work
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.
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.
Working together in Calgary
I'm based in Calgary, so we meet in person for the kickoff and the design review, at your office or over coffee. Everything in between happens on a shared preview link you can check on your phone.
I work with Calgary clinics, professional firms, builders and owner-run businesses that have outgrown a template site. Most need a site that looks as good as the work they do, explains it plainly and turns visits into booked calls.
I also work with architects nearby, in Balzac, De Winton, Priddis and Langdon.
Architects in Calgary: common questions
I'm based in Calgary, so we meet in person for the kickoff and the design review, at your office or over coffee. Everything in between happens on a shared preview link you can check on your phone. For a studio, the first meeting is usually about who your best clients are and what they need to see before they start a project inquiry.
Searches like “architect calgary”, “residential architect calgary”, “commercial architect calgary” and “custom home architect near me”. Residential clients often want an architect who knows local zoning, permits and neighbourhoods, so searches include the city. A Google Business Profile and project pages that name the neighbourhood or town help those searches. I plan the pages around those searches, so each one lands on a page that answers it.
In Alberta, the Alberta Association of Architects sets the advertising standard. Privacy falls under Alberta PIPA. Rules change, so we check the current standard together before launch.
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.
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- nick@tavro.ca
- 587-439-9994
- Calgary, Alberta