Studio · portfolio-led
Field & Form
A glass facade behind 'Spaces Designed With Intention', 'View Our Work' as the main button and '120+ projects realized', '18 design awards' and 'LEED-accredited' beneath, for the studio that sells on the work.
Done by AI · not an agency
Architect website design by AI, for residential, commercial and small design studios.
Brief Zarla the way you'd brief a web designer. Its AI designs your site in about 30 seconds, with call buttons and a project form, then adds pages for the services and towns you list, up to your plan's page limit. No sales call, no weeks-long build.
Your brief: add your town
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Sample designs
Looks like a $5,000 agency website. Judge for yourself.
Six Zarla designs, shown for made-up architecture studios, from a portfolio-led practice to a design-build renovation studio. Start from one and the AI rewrites it around yours, or let your brief decide.
Residential
Meridian & Vale
A tall serif headline, 'Homes Designed Around the Way You Live', beside a cedar-and-brick house, with '18 years · 120+ residences' in the top strip.
Commercial
Fulton & Grey
A 'Discuss a Project' form in the first screen beside a glass tower, with 'Workplace, retail & mixed-use' and '22 years · 400+ projects' in the top strip.
Passive House
Timber & Watt
'Sustainable Architecture' on a soft green-and-clay gradient, with 'Passive House & net-zero' and 'Certified Passive House designers' in the top strip.
ADUs & small homes
Nook & Beam
Rounded type on a green tile beside a black gabled backyard home, with a '600+ backyard homes built' tile and 'Get Started' as the button.
Design-build renovation
Hearth & Oak
A get-a-quote form in the first screen on forest green, with 'On-time, on-budget promise' and 'Design + build, one team' under the headline, for the renovation studio.
The checklist
What every architect website needs
Six things an architect website needs to win the first meeting, each shown on one of Zarla's designs.
- 01
A quote form that asks what and where
'A kitchen in a 1920s bungalow' and 'a 40-unit building on a corner lot' are different first meetings. A form in the first screen that asks what they're building and where, with a line for the rest, lets you decide in a minute whether it's a site visit or a phone call.
- 02
The work first, the words second
An architect is hired on the buildings. Fill the first screen with one finished project, put 'View Our Work' as the main button, and keep the studio philosophy for the page after; the client who scrolls past a wall of text never sees the house.
- 03
The kind of client you're for, above the headline
A developer and a homeowner read the same page differently. 'Workplace, retail & mixed-use' in the top strip tells the developer they're in the right place and tells the homeowner to keep looking, before either reads a word of the headline.
- 04
Your license and certifications, where a client looks
In the US, 'architect' is a protected title: every state licenses the profession through its own board, and a client checking you has been told to. Put your license and the certifications that matter to your niche in the top strip, and check with your state's board for what your practice may call itself.
- 05
A number that proves the niche
'600+ backyard homes built' says more than a page about small-space design. If you've done one kind of project many times, put the count in the first screen as its own tile; it's the fastest way to say you're the specialist.
- 06
How you work, in the headline
Most studio headlines are a studio name and a slogan. 'Homes designed around the way you live' tells a homeowner what the first meeting will be about, and it sells the process the way the portfolio sells the result.
Process and turnaround
How it works, and how long each step takes
For comparison, from the pages of web designers who build architecture firm sites: a free custom demo within 24 hours at a managed-website service, eight to fourteen weeks from kickoff to launch at an AEC-only studio, and a 30-minute call to start at a Seattle agency, which publishes no build time.
- About a minute
1. The brief
Finish one sentence about your studio: what you design, who for and where.
- About 30 seconds
2. First design
Zarla's AI designs your home page with call buttons and a quote form, then adds pages for your services (custom homes, renovations and additions, commercial, ADUs, interiors) and the towns you work in, up to your plan's page limit.
- As long as you like
3. Change it
Click any section to put your own projects and process in. Or type it: "add a page for ADUs."
- The same day
4. Launch
Publish on a Premium or Business plan and connect your domain.
What's included
What you get from your first brief
- The design. Layout, colors, fonts and photos picked for an architecture studio.
- The words. Headlines, service descriptions and FAQs written from your brief. Edit any of it.
- Service and area pages. Pages for each service (custom homes, renovations and additions, commercial, ADUs, interiors) and the areas you work in.
- Quote request form. A client tells you what they're building, where and roughly when, and it lands in your leads inbox, with an email alert. Customers can attach up to five photos of the job to the form, so you can often price it from the photos instead of a site visit. The form doesn't work out a price for you — you read the request and quote it yourself. Then send your quote from Zarla as one link: the customer accepts it online, and Zarla drafts the invoice for what they chose.
- Tap-to-call buttons. On every page, for the client who'd rather talk through the site first.
- Google groundwork. Titles, descriptions, business markup and a sitemap on every page, and fast pages on phones.
- Your Google reviews and listing. Connect your Business Profile and your rating, reviews and map show on the site.
- Hosting on Google Cloud, with SSL. Nothing to set up.Premium
- Your own domain. Connect the one you have or buy one inside Zarla.Premium
Revisions
No revision rounds. No hourly rate.
A managed-website service handles new project pages and portfolio updates with no extra fees; an AEC-only studio has you approve the visual design before development and publishes no revision count. With Zarla you make the changes yourself, whenever you want.
Click to edit
Change any section's words, photos, colors or order yourself. As often as you like, on every plan. No AI involved.
Or type the change
Type what you want and the AI makes the change. Typed changes use AI credits: a starter allowance on Free, a monthly allowance on Premium and Business, with a daily limit.
Change the whole design
Move to a different design any time and keep your words, photos and pages. Layout, colors and fonts change; your content isn't rewritten.
Prices
What architect website design costs in 2026
Prices web designers publish on their own websites for architecture firm sites, checked 26 October 2026. Many only quote after a call. Not like-for-like: an agency's price includes people.
| Who | Upfront | Ongoing | Time to launch | Changes after launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Seattle web design and branding agency with an architecture-firm pageA custom site with branding and strategy; it turns down templated sites under $5k | Most projects $15,000 to $20,000; simpler projects starting around $10,000 | Not published | Not published; it starts with a 30-minute call | Not published |
| A one-person managed-website service on Long Island with an architecture-firm pageA firm website with hosting and SSL, all in; new project types and portfolio updates at no extra fee | $199 one-time setup | $49 a month, all in | A free custom demo within 24 hours | Handled directly, no extra fees; cancel anytime, no contracts |
| A small-business web agency in Louisiana, on its architect-examples post (its prices are for any small business)Monthly plans; you own the site when it is done | Not published on the post | Monthly plans at $250 and $500 a month | Not published | Not published |
| An AEC-only branding and web design studioA custom site structured for search from day one; a focused small-firm site with a clear portfolio sits near the low end | Typically between $5,000 and $40,000 | Not published | Eight to fourteen weeks from kickoff to launch | The visual design is approved before development; no revision count published |
| Market rangesAs published by a cost-estimate guide | Freelancer $4,350–$14,500 · agency $10,150–$31,900 (median $9,450) | $50–$250 a month for hosting, tools and maintenance | 4–10 weeks | — |
| Zarla's AINot an agency | Free to design and preview | A Premium or Business plan to publish · see pricing | About 30 seconds to a first design; publish the same day | Click to edit any time; typed changes use AI credits |
The honest part
What an agency does that Zarla doesn't
Zarla does the design part of an agency's job with AI. Here's what you'd still be paying people for.
- A strategy call about your market and your competitors
- Original photos of your team, vans and jobs. Zarla uses your photos or stock.
- Copy written from interviewing you. Zarla writes from your brief, and you edit it.
- Monthly SEO campaigns, link building and ranking reports
- Running your Google Ads and Local Services Ads
- One named person accountable, on the phone
- Custom features beyond Zarla's sections
Want a person for those parts?
Zarla partners are independent agencies and freelancers who build on Zarla and do the marketing work: SEO, ads and growth. The AI does the design; a person does the rest.
Browse Zarla partners →Questions architecture businesses ask
Is Zarla a web design agency?
No. Zarla is AI. It does the design part of an agency's job, the layout, words, pages and forms, from a one-sentence brief. There's no designer on the other end. If you want a person for marketing or SEO, Zarla partners are independent agencies and freelancers who work on Zarla sites.
How much does architect website design cost?
Web designers who publish prices for architecture firm sites range from $49 a month plus a $199 setup at a one-person managed-website service, and $250 and $500 a month plans at a small-business agency, to typically between $5,000 and $40,000 at an AEC-only studio and $15,000 to $20,000 at a Seattle agency; a cost guide puts a freelancer's architect site at $4,350 to $14,500. Designing and previewing on Zarla is free; you choose a Premium or Business plan when you publish.
What should an architect website have?
One finished project filling the first screen, a project form, a page for each kind of work (custom homes, renovations, commercial, ADUs, interiors), who you're for and where you work, your process, your license and certifications, and your reviews. In the US, architects are licensed by each state's board; check with yours for what your practice may call itself. Zarla adds service and area pages from your brief, up to your plan's page limit. Customers can attach up to five photos of the job to the form, so you can often price it from the photos instead of a site visit. The form doesn't work out a price for you — you read the request and quote it yourself.
How long does an architect website take?
Few web designers who build architecture firm sites publish a timeline: an AEC-only studio says eight to fourteen weeks from kickoff to launch, a managed-website service has a demo ready within 24 hours, and a cost guide says 4–10 weeks. Zarla's first design takes about 30 seconds; after your changes, you can publish the same day on a paid plan.
Should an architect website show fees?
Say how you charge (a percentage of construction cost, a fixed fee by phase, or hourly) and what a first consultation costs, even if the number comes later. The homeowner who can't tell whether you're in their budget doesn't call; the one who reads 'fixed fee by phase' does.
Can I send a fee proposal from the site?
Yes. Zarla sends a quote as one link: your customer picks an option, ticks any extras and accepts it online, and Zarla drafts the invoice for exactly what they chose, with any deposit you asked for. Set the phases up as options and the client accepts the one they want.
I already have an architecture studio website. Can I move it?
Yes. Zarla keeps your old page addresses where it can and redirects the ones that change, helping you keep the Google standing you've built.
Before you spend $5,000 on a website and SEO agency, give Zarla 30 seconds.
Finish the sentence with your town. Zarla's AI designs your site from it.
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