What it costs
What an architect website should cost
An architect's fee for one project dwarfs the cost of the site that helped win it. Here is what a portfolio-led site costs and how to weigh it.
From £297, live in 7 days, on your own domain.
Architect website cost
Where the price sits
An architect website cost starts from £297 for a spec-built site on your own domain, live within a week, with three months of aftercare included. That is well under the agency quotes and above the cheap builders. But for an architect the price is almost incidental, because of what a single project is worth. An architect’s fee for one commission dwarfs the cost of the site that helped win it, so a portfolio-led site that secures even one project has repaid itself many times over. Weigh the cost against a project fee, not against a month or a small job, and a few hundred pounds is trivial.
This is the useful way to think about it. You are not buying a page, you are buying a portfolio that turns admiration for your work into project enquiries. In a fee-based creative profession, one good project pays for a great deal, and the site’s job is simply to help win it.
What the build covers
From £297, the money builds a beautifully presented portfolio site. It shows your built work superbly, because architecture is chosen visually and your projects are your pitch. It makes clear your style and the work you take on, so the right clients recognise a fit. It reassures on planning and delivery, addressing the practical worries the photos alone do not. And it presents cleanly and loads fast, so your work is seen at its best.
It also buys findability, so the many prospects who research architects, and the referred ones who look at your portfolio, can find and be won by your work.
Why cheap undercuts your design credibility
For an architect, a cheap site carries a uniquely fitting risk: it undercuts the design sensibility you are selling. A prospective client judges your eye and judgement partly by how your own site is designed, and a clunky, generic template quietly argues against you, because a client reasonably expects a good designer to have a well-designed presence. The site becomes a small piece of evidence about your taste.
So the usual bargain logic backfires in a way an architect will appreciate. A page builder saves a little and presents your work, and your judgement, poorly, when both are exactly what the client is assessing. A clean, considered, well-built site does the opposite, showing your projects beautifully and demonstrating the design restraint and care that mark a good architect. Paying a little for that is investing in the very quality you are selling.
Judge it against a single project fee
The right way to weigh an architect website cost is against a single project fee. An architect’s fee for one commission is worth many times the build, so winning one project your portfolio helped secure covers the site many times over, with plenty to spare. After that, every enquiry the portfolio brings is profit against a small monthly cost, and your work keeps drawing clients. For a fee-based profession where one project pays for so much, a few hundred pounds for a site that presents your work beautifully and wins commissions is one of the easiest investments an architect can make.
How it works
From message to live in four steps.
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Message me
Tell me your trade and your town on WhatsApp. No forms to wade through, no call to book.
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£99 to start
A £99 deposit gets your build going and comes off your quote. It covers some of the build time.
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I build it, you see it
I build the whole site, framed around your work, and send it to you finished to look at.
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Pay the rest, go live
Happy with it? You pay the balance, it goes live on your own domain, and it is yours to keep.
What you get
What an architecture site from me includes.
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Built on spec
I build it first and send it finished. You see the real thing before you decide, not a mock-up.
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Live in 7 days
From the go-ahead, your site is live within a week. No months of back and forth.
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On your own domain
It goes live in your name. You own the site and everything on it, with no lock-in.
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Genuinely fast
Static pages, no WordPress. Fast pages rank better and turn more visitors into calls.
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Found on Google
Built to be found in local search, with the plumbing done properly from day one.
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Looked after
Someone looks after it and changes it when you need. Two small edits a month, your listing kept current.
What it costs
A straight price.
From £297 to build it, first three months of Care included, then £49 a month.
You own the site outright and can stop the monthly plan whenever you like. Hosting is part of Care and Grow, so one of those keeps it online after the first three months, or you host it yourself. See the full pricing.
Common questions
Questions I get asked.
How much does an architect website cost?
Builds start from £297 one-off, on your own domain, live within a week, with three months of aftercare included. Then it is £49 a month for hosting and small changes, cancellable any time. An architect's fee on a single project is worth many times that, so one project your portfolio helps win covers the whole cost comfortably, with plenty to spare.
What does the money buy for an architect?
A beautifully presented portfolio site that sells your vision and reassures on planning and delivery. Most of the value is in showing your built work superbly and being found by prospects who research architects. You are paying for a site that turns admiration for your work into project enquiries, which for a fee-based profession is what matters.
Why do agency architect websites cost thousands?
They build in designers, managers and heavy platforms and pass the cost on. A clean, fast, well-presented portfolio wins clients just as well, and an architect, of all people, can appreciate that restraint beats expense. The extra thousands buy overheads, not projects. That money is better kept for your practice or your own visualisation tools.
Is a cheap website enough for an architect?
Usually not, and for a pointed reason: you sell design sensibility, and a prospective client judges it partly by how your own site is designed. A clunky, generic template undercuts your credibility as an architect, since a client reasonably expects a good designer to have a well-designed presence. A clean, considered site presents your work, and your judgement, in the right light.
What ongoing costs should I expect?
A domain is about ten to fifteen pounds a year, in your name. The £49 monthly covers hosting, backups and a couple of small edits, so you can add new projects to your portfolio as you complete them, which matters for an architect. Nothing is hidden, and a static site rarely breaks, so no surprise bills arrive.
When does an architect website pay for itself?
Almost always on the first project. An architect's fee for a single commission is worth many times the build cost, so winning one project your portfolio helped secure covers the site many times over. After that, every enquiry it brings is profit against a small monthly cost, and your portfolio keeps working for you.
Tell me your town and I'll build you an architecture site on spec, so you can see it before you pay. Or read What a website costs, see the full pricing, or get in touch.