Should an architect show prices on the website?

Explain how you price each phase, such as the sketch project and the permit application. If you offer a fixed price for the first meeting or the sketches, say so. A clear first step makes it easier for a family to write.

Does an architect need a page for each municipality?

A page for each municipality where you have had projects approved helps people who search for an architect near them. Name the projects there and the local plan rules you know.

How many projects should an architect show on the website?

Show fewer projects, but show each one in full: the plan drawing, the photos and the story of the brief. Five full project pages tell a family more than thirty small images.

Websites for architects

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Can you put the new opening hours on the site? 7 to 15 from Monday.

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@Dagny We need a proper website. The old one is from 2016.

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Have a look on your phone. Anything you would say differently?

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What a website needs for architects.

An architect's office spends months on each house. A project moves from sketch to building permit to site, with the municipality in the middle. Clients write often, and many questions are about where the case stands.

Dagny writes those case emails for you. It answers new house enquiries, keeps clients up to date and turns finished homes into project pages.

01
Pages by architecture project type
Make separate pages for new houses, extensions, cabins and conversions. A family that wants a cabin does not search for an extension.
02
How a project runs, from sketch to permit
Explain each phase: the first meeting, the sketches, the permit application and the follow-up on site. Clients feel safer when they see the whole road ahead.
03
Your approvals and memberships
Show your approvals, your professional memberships and the role you can take in the permit case.
04
Plan drawings next to the photos
Show the plan drawing next to the photos. Clients understand your work better when they see the idea and the result together.
05
The municipalities you know
Name the municipalities where you have had projects approved. Knowledge of the local plans is a strong reason to choose you.

What pages does an architect website need?

Is architect a protected title?

Sentral godkjenning
DiBK runs this voluntary central approval scheme, with approval areas by role, field and class. Show the roles your office holds, such as ansvarlig søker or ansvarlig prosjekterende.
MNAL
Architect is not a protected title in Norway. Only ordinary members of Norske arkitekters landsforbund may use MNAL, which shows a master's degree in architecture or similar skills.
Member of Arkitektbedriftene
Arkitektbedriftene i Norge works for professional architecture firms that deliver high quality. Say on your site if your office is a member.

From the first meeting to the building permit

1
First meeting and plot visit
You see the plot, hear the family's wishes and agree on a budget and a time frame.
2
Sketch project
You draw two or three options, and the family picks one to develop.
3
Neighbour notice and application
The neighbours get notice, and you send the complete application to the municipality.
4
Permit and follow-up
The municipality decides within its time limit, and you follow the project on site.

What search engines read on a site for architects.

What Dagny adds to your site

LocalBusiness markup with an architectural firm type, your office address and the areas you work in.
One CreativeWork entry for each finished project, with the place, the year and the plan drawing.
Person markup for each architect, with the title MNAL where it applies.
FAQ markup for the questions clients ask about permits and time frames.

Example markup: LocalBusiness

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "LocalBusiness",
  "additionalType": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4387609",
  "name": "Konnerud Arkitekter",
  "url": "https://www.example.no",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "addressCountry": "NO"
  }
}

The Google profile for architects.

Main category: Architect
More categories: Architecture firmArchitectural designerBuilding designerInterior architect office
Set these too: A service area with the municipalities where you take projects
A services list with new houses, extensions, cabins and conversions
Wheelchair-accessible entrance, if clients come to your office

Website questions from architects.

Should an architect show prices on the website?
Explain how you price each phase, such as the sketch project and the permit application. If you offer a fixed price for the first meeting or the sketches, say so. A clear first step makes it easier for a family to write.
Does an architect need a page for each municipality?
A page for each municipality where you have had projects approved helps people who search for an architect near them. Name the projects there and the local plan rules you know.
How many projects should an architect show on the website?
Show fewer projects, but show each one in full: the plan drawing, the photos and the story of the brief. Five full project pages tell a family more than thirty small images.