Architect website example · Chicago, IL

An architect website designed to let the work lead and the inquiry follow

AXIS Architecture is an example website design for an architect in Chicago, IL. The hero splits into a three-line headline with a red rule and a large photograph of a cantilevered building, with one button that points at the work. A practice statement follows, then a selected-work list where each row swaps an abstract elevation beside it, a three-step method, and a short project inquiry form at the end.

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Architect website design example: AXIS Architecture homepage, Chicago, IL

At a glance

Industry: Architect
Setting: Chicago, IL
Category: Professional & Business Services
Designed to: Let the work lead and the inquiry follow
Pages: 1 · Home
Style: Minimal, Editorial
Palette: #0B0B0D
#F0442E
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Design decisions

The work comes before the pitch

Clients choosing an architect look at buildings, not slogans. The primary button in the hero goes to selected work rather than to a contact form, and the practice statement is kept to 2 sentences.
Selected work is a numbered list

3 rows with a number, a project name, a place, a year and a type. Pressing a row swaps the elevation drawn beside the list, so the page reads like a journal index instead of a wall of thumbnails that all look the same at card size.
Vermilion is the only color

White, ink black and one red. A hard rule under the headline, the active row’s index and the button all use the same red, so the eye knows where the page wants it to go.
The inquiry asks for a project note

Name, email and a few lines about the project. An architect’s first conversation is about the brief, and a form that asks for it in the client’s own words starts that conversation before anyone picks up the phone.

What's on this site

Hero with selected-work button
Practice statement
Selected work index
How we work
Project inquiry form

Features you can try in the example

Selected work index
Practice approach
Project inquiry form

What every architect website needs

Selected projects with type, place, year and a few photographs each
A short practice statement: what you take on and how you work
Who is in the studio, with licensure stated as you hold it
How a project starts: first meeting, scope, fees in outline
Press, awards or publications only if they are real and linkable
A project inquiry form that asks for the site, the brief and the timeline in the client’s words

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Architect website questions

What should an architect website include?

Selected projects with real photographs, a short practice statement, who is in the studio and their licensure, how a project starts, and a project inquiry form. The portfolio is the argument; everything else gets out of its way.

How many projects should an architect’s website show?

Fewer than you think. 3 to 6 strong projects with good photography beat 20 thumbnails, and a list with type, place and year lets a visitor find the one that matches their brief. Add projects as they finish instead of padding the page.

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How fast can I get an architect website like this?

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Is this a template?

No. It is one design direction for architect websites. Your site is built from your brief: your name, services, service area and look. You can name this example as the look you want, or ask for something different.