Desktop + mobile reviewLet the architecture establish the identity, but keep project names and supporting information available beyond the image.
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Explore architecture firm websites, project portfolios, and publications.
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Compare how each design organizes buildings, balances photography with text, and leads visitors from a project image to the story behind the work.
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Desktop + mobile reviewGive each architectural image an explicit project route rather than treating it as decoration.
Desktop + mobile reviewWarm gold typography and outlined actions sit over workshop footage, connecting a window manufacturer’s product story to its craft. The desktop header exposes product,…
Desktop + mobile reviewAerial photography establishes the scale of the project, with a white headline and green video action over the image.
Desktop + mobile reviewA full-screen interior photograph sits behind a centred studio name, with services and a short positioning line at the lower edges.
A London architecture and interior studio working in plastered greys and deep green upholstery. The first screen is one photograph of a stair and…
Fine architectural linework introduces a building-code tool in place of the familiar software dashboard screenshot.
Woodland photography, small typography, and gentle animation connect this garden designer’s website to its natural subject.
Desktop + mobile reviewDramatic dusk render behind a bold condensed headline: “Design for a Changing World.”
Drafting-style navigation contrasts with a serif wordmark on sage, leaving generous room for the architecture photography.
Serene, muted photography of a pared-back stone house—tonal, tactile, and restrained.
Cinematic full-screen vineyard aerial at dusk with an elegant serif wordmark and “The Vision.”
Desktop + mobile reviewAtmospheric autumnal garden hero with thin letter-spaced nav and a moody, tonal palette.
Bold magenta-orange-teal gradient geometric hero over a dense editorial awards layout.
Immersive full-bleed aerial of a green, terraced megaproject filling the entire viewport.
Community platform with a blue hero, sign-up prompts, a live project feed, and ad rails.
Moody, warm full-bleed interior photograph with a refined, understated top nav.
Playful exploded collage of drawings and models forming a cloud around a bold wordmark.
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Through the curator’s lens
MVRDV
A project image paired with the practice’s point of view
Use a clear practice statement to give a project-led homepage context, then lead visitors into named projects.
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David Chipperfield Architects
A news-led index with space around the work
Treat captions and dates as part of the design so visitors can understand what is new without opening every image.
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Snøhetta
A clear introduction before a multidisciplinary index
For a practice spanning several disciplines, explain the scope before presenting an undifferentiated project grid.
Read the design notesWhat to study in an architecture website
Make the project index useful
Compare the three reviewed practices: MVRDV, David Chipperfield Architects and Snøhetta. Look for project names that remain visible without hover, a predictable route into a project and a way back to the index.
Give photography a clear job
Use a strong opening photograph to establish the building, then add captions for location, year and scope. A wide landscape crop and a vertical phone crop need separate attention; small plans should open at a readable size.
Connect work to the practice
Separate projects from studio information. A potential client should be able to find the practice’s services, location and contact route without completing an animated tour or guessing what an icon means.