How we work

Your project, in one place.

Open the latest drawings, see what’s coming next and send a question to your team. Your client portal keeps the project’s conversations, documents and decisions together, from the proposal onward.

Explore a sample project.

Sample rowhouseRear addition · Philadelphia

  • Project info

Overview

  1. Proposal
  2. Site survey
  3. Model
  4. Concept
  5. Permit drawings
  6. Sealed set

Now

Concept design

Next date we’re working toward: permit drawings, about 3 weeks after you approve

Waiting on you

Review the concept

Project architectDraws your project

Reviewing architectReviews the drawings on most projects

Book a call, a site meeting or a Virtual Drafting Session from the Schedule page.

Drawings

Concept — Set 1 Waiting on you

6 sheets · issued this week

“Could the kitchen island turn 90°?” — your comment on A-101

Existing conditions

4 sheets · issued two weeks ago

Your contractor can have view-only access: always the latest set, never the fees.

Messages

Could we fit a powder room under the stair?You · 9:12 am

We’ll check the headroom and layout and show you an option in the next review.Your project architect · 10:40 am

Great. We’d like to see that.You · 10:52 am

Everyone on your side sees the same thread, and each reply is emailed to you too.

Payments

Your proposalSigned online

Signed

RetainerInvoice 1 of 3

Paid

Concept approvalInvoice 2 of 3 · comes once the concept is approved

Upcoming

Only people with full access — usually the owner — see the proposal and invoices, with a link to pay online.

This is a demonstration. You can try the controls without sending messages or making changes to a real project.

What you can do in it

  • 01

    See the progress.

    Check the current stage and the next milestone.

  • 02

    Know what needs your attention.

    Find drawings to review, decisions to make and outstanding requests.

  • 03

    Review the drawings.

    Open a set, leave comments and tell us when you’re ready to move forward.

  • 04

    Talk to your team.

    Keep project questions and answers in a shared conversation.

  • 05

    Arrange a meeting.

    Book a call or design session, or request a site-survey appointment.

  • 06

    Manage the paperwork.

    Review your proposal and invoices, with payment information available to the people who need it.

Everyone on your side, with the right access

Add people yourself. Each person signs in with their own email.

Full access
For the owner, a partner or co-owner. Everything, including the proposal, fees and invoices; can sign and pay.
View only
For a contractor, expediter or designer. Progress, drawings, updates and messages — never fees or invoices.

Getting in

It starts with your proposal. Sign it online and your project appears in your portal, usually within one business day.

No password. Sign in with your email — we send a link and a short code — or with Google.

Phone or computer. Nothing to install. Turn on alerts for new drawings, messages and meetings.

Client login How a project works

Next step

Tell us about your project

A few lines about the property and what you have in mind are enough to start.