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# Architecture

## Send documents your clients read, understand and approve.

Fee proposals, design presentations and stage sign-offs as pages clients open anywhere, from first meeting to handover.

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- [Book a demo](https://pr-110.preview.formlio.com/demo)

## Why architecture practices choose Formlio.

Four things change when your documents are pages your client opens.

- **Present**: Show your work at full size, film included, with scope and timeline, in your practice's look. No more months of design flattened into an attachment.
- **Send**: Share one link for your drawings, renders and fees that always shows the latest revision. No more new files and emails for every correction.
- **Follow up**: See who opened the fee proposal and which stages they read. No more sending a PDF into a black box.
- **Agree**: Let them answer your questions, choose services, approve a stage or sign on the page. No more chasing a decision over weeks of email.

## Architecture proposal templates by project stage.

Practice portfolios, fee proposals and statements of work for each stage. Add your renders, drawings and fees, and send it in your practice's look.

- [Austin](https://pr-110.preview.formlio.com/templates/austin-architecture-shortlist-proposal) — Win your next interview with an architecture proposal template for mass-timber HQs: client brief, design concept, and energy modeling for corporate clients.
- [Porto](https://pr-110.preview.formlio.com/templates/porto-architecture-services-proposal) — Win winery and hospitality commissions with an architecture proposal template covering the client brief, design moves, key targets and fee basis.
- [Sydney](https://pr-110.preview.formlio.com/templates/sydney-hotel-design-concept-proposal) — Win hotel projects with a concept proposal template covering the brief, design idea, lead times and FF&E budget, built for design studios pitching to hotel owners.
- [Stockholm](https://pr-110.preview.formlio.com/templates/stockholm-restaurant-interior-proposal) — Win restaurant fit-out briefs with an interior design proposal template covering concept, acoustics, floor plan figures and FF&E budget for chef-owners.
- [Edinburgh](https://pr-110.preview.formlio.com/templates/edinburgh-temporary-venue-build-estimate) — Win festival contracts with a temporary venue build estimate template covering scope, exclusions, weather risk and build sequence for event organisers.
- [Brighton](https://pr-110.preview.formlio.com/templates/brighton-architecture-statement-of-work) — Architecture statement of work template for RIBA Stages 3 and 4: scope, BIM deliverables, programme and fees. Built for architects and clients.

## Go from first draft to your client.

Lay out renders and drawings with your fee table and stage timeline. Share it privately with your client, see what they read, and collect answers and approvals on the same page.

1. **Present: Build it from blocks, in your practice's look.** — \- Blocks for renders, drawings, fees and stage timelines - Logo, fonts and colours set once - Start from a template or duplicate your last project
2. **Send: Choose who sees the drawings, then share the link.** — On a private link, only the people you invite can open the document. They sign in with a code sent to their email.
3. **Follow up: Get an alert when it's opened, then see what they read.** — See who viewed it on a private link, the time spent on each section, heatmaps and session replay.
4. **Agree: Add questions, fee options, stage approvals and a signature.** — Clients answer your questions on the page. Clients switch optional services on or off and see the total update. They approve with a slide or sign on the page.

## Add more to every architecture presentation.

Embed walkthroughs, maps and fee sheets next to your drawings. Publish it all on your practice's own domain.

### Embed what you already use

YouTube and Vimeo walkthroughs, Google Maps, Google Sheets, Figma, Miro, Loom and Calendly, live on the page.

### Talk on the page

Pin a video or voice note next to the fees, and chat live with your client on the document.

### Your own domain

Publish your documents at an address like docs.yourpractice.com. On the Pro plan.

### Connect ChatGPT or Claude

Build, edit or check on documents from the chat.

### Live editing

Your team works on the same document at the same time, and sees when your client is on it.

## What changes when the document is a page.

Three studios, in their own words.

> Formlio has changed how we present fee proposals. A PDF feels like it belongs in another era by comparison. What clients receive instead is interactive, beautifully laid out, and immediately signals that you're a business operating at the level they expect. It's the kind of first impression that lands before they've even read a word. The team are very helpful whenever I have questions, and new features keep rolling in, which tells me they're invested in making it better for the long haul.
>
> — Shane Cresser, Creative Director, Cresser

> The level of customisation is a real strength. It allows you to create something that feels aligned with your own visual identity, without compromising on speed or usability. And importantly, it moves proposals away from static documents into something far more dynamic and engaging.
>
> — Ana Grigorovici, Founder, Designer & Creative Strategist, Design Bench Studio

> Formlio has significantly improved how our agency presents proposals and pitches. We saw an immediate impact, winning contracts on the first two projects where we used the platform, and we've continued to see a strong correlation between using Formlio and converting opportunities into clients.One of its biggest strengths is the insight it provides into client engagement. Knowing when a proposal has been viewed, which sections attracted the most attention, and how recipients interact with the content removes much of the uncertainty from the sales process and allows us to follow up with far greater confidence.
>
> — Demi Hopkins, Creative Director & Principal, Carnival Studio

## Common questions from architecture practices.

Fees by stage, drawing and render quality, confidentiality, client accounts, signatures and reuse for your fee proposals.

### Can I structure fees by RIBA stage or project phase?

Yes. The interactive quote takes scope sections, so each stage can carry its own fee, with optional services the client can switch on. Percentage or fixed fees both work as line items, with a note on the basis.

### Can I send a pre-brief or questionnaire before the fee proposal?

Yes. Add a form section to any document, with required, choice and conditional questions, inline or step by step. Clients answer on the page, and you see their answers in the document.

### Will my renders and drawings keep their quality?

Upload high-resolution stills and plans to gallery blocks and they stay full size on desktop, tablet and phone. Video blocks hold walkthroughs, uploaded or embedded from YouTube or Vimeo.

### How long does a first fee proposal take?

Start from an architecture template and swap in your projects and fees, and it takes minutes rather than hours. Your logo, fonts and colours are set once.

### Is the proposal confidential?

Use a private link. Only the people you invite can open it, others can request access, and you can see who viewed it.

### Do clients need an account?

No password is needed. On a private link they sign in with a code sent to their email, the link in their invite or Google. On a public link anyone with the link can read, and they verify their email to approve or sign.

### Can several people on the client side sign?

Yes. Set how many signatures are required and, if you want, who must sign. The block shows progress and you are notified at each signature.

### Is the e-signature valid?

Signatures are compliant with eIDAS in the EU and ESIGN and UETA in the US. Signers verify their email first, and Formlio records their consent, the time and a fingerprint of the document.

### Can my practice reuse the same structure on every project?

Yes. Save your fee schedule, practice introduction and project pages as reusable blocks, then duplicate a past proposal for the next brief.

> “The work architecture practices make is considered down to the last detail. The documents that carry it to the client rarely are. We made Formlio so every one of them is as good as the work.”

## Start with your next architecture project.

Bring your renders, drawings and fees, and send your client one link.

[Browse templates](https://pr-110.preview.formlio.com/templates)

## Related

- [Proposals](https://pr-110.preview.formlio.com/use-cases/proposals): Proposals for creative studios, as pages your clients open anywhere. Show your work with scope, timeline and pricing options, see what they read, and collect an e-signature on the same page.
- [Pitch decks](https://pr-110.preview.formlio.com/use-cases/pitch-decks): Pitch decks for creative studios, as pages your client opens anywhere. Show your story, numbers and ask, see what they read, and collect an e-signature on the page.
- [Portfolio](https://pr-110.preview.formlio.com/use-cases/portfolio): Portfolios for creative studios, as pages your clients open anywhere. Show case studies and showreels at full size, see what they read, and let them ask about a project or book the next conversation on the page.
- [Presentations](https://pr-110.preview.formlio.com/use-cases/presentations): Presentations for creative studios, as pages your client opens anywhere. Show your idea and your film, see what they read, and collect comments and approval on the page.
- [Questionnaires](https://pr-110.preview.formlio.com/use-cases/questionnaires): Client questionnaires for creative studios, inside your branded document. Ask required, choice and conditional questions, one step at a time, and see the answers in one place.