Your portfolio’s solid. Your projects are well-published. You’re featured in directories, magazines, and have word-of-mouth doing its job. But when prospects land on your website?
They scroll once… then bounce.
The menus are clunky. The images are compressed beyond recognition. Your featured work takes too long to load. The enquiry form looks like it was built in 2009. It’s not that your work lacks impact — your website does.
We’ve worked with architecture firms whose sites were 8MB on load and buried their best projects under bloated sliders. We’ve rebuilt portfolios that were impossible to filter by sector or location. We’ve changed broken builds with 5-second load times into lightweight, gallery-driven sites that run at sub-1.5s.
At pearl lemon web , we build high-function, architecture-specific websites that do two things: show your work properly — and get serious clients in touch.
No themes. No bloated templates. Just clean front-ends and logic that match the way your studio presents, wins, and delivers projects.
Our Services
Everything we build starts with one question: what’s blocking clients from seeing, believing in, and contacting you?
We design for speed, clarity, and conversion — not unnecessary details.
Custom Portfolio Architecture
You don’t need a generic grid. You need a structured showcase. We build portfolio sections that reflect how architectural clients assess capability — by typology, scale, geography, and sector.
What we build:
- Custom fields for project metadata (status, scope, budget, timeline)
- Filter logic for users to search by location, category, or design discipline
- Dedicated project pages with space for description, awards, and media
- Lightweight galleries that load fast, support high-res images, and avoid JS bloat
- URL structures that support SEO and are easy to share on RIBA profiles or directories
The result: your site becomes a searchable, usable archive that mirrors your practical credibility — and supports sales, press, and submissions.
Enquiry and RFP Forms That Don’t Break
You’re not running an online shop. Your form should get the right data, route it to the right person, and let serious clients book consultations or send RFPs.
What we build:
- Conditional logic (Are you a homeowner, developer, or builder?)
- Upload fields for project briefs, photos, PDFs, DWGs
- Routing logic to different inboxes (e.g. design director, admin, studio manager)
- Auto-responses with next steps, timelines, or call links
- GDPR-compliant storage with fallback notifications
The result: less noise, fewer dead-end messages, and more qualified leads you can act on.
Mobile Performance and Speed Refinement
Architectural images are huge. That doesn’t mean your site should be. We build galleries and case studies that show your work without slowing mobile browsers.
What we build:
- Lazy loading for large images and video embeds
- Core Web Vitals compliance for image, script, and style delivery
- Responsive layouts tested on iPhone, Android, tablet, and Chrome emulators
- WebP/AVIF support with graceful fallback
- CDN configuration to reduce latency for global users
The result: your work gets seen. Not abandoned before load.
SEO Structure for Local and Sector Search
It doesn’t matter how good your work is if your site’s invisible on search. Most architectural websites score below 50 on Lighthouse audits. We fix that.
What we build:
- Schema markup for LocalBusiness, ProfessionalService, and Project
- Clean semantic HTML (no div soup)
- Keyword structure for “architecture firm in [city]” and typology search
- Internal links that connect services to projects to bios
- Google Search Console integration and sitemap generation
The result: better indexing, higher visibility, and stronger relevance in project-specific or regional search.
Studio Team Pages That Build Credibility
People don’t hire buildings. They hire architects. Your bios should build confidence — without sounding like recycled CV blurbs.
What we build:
- Structured bios with qualifications, associations, and experience
- Headshots with fallback logic and compression
- Links from bios to projects the architect led
- Optional CV and portfolio upload for team members
- Logic to show leadership, project managers, and contributors without duplicating work
The result: your team’s signals of quality are visible. Clients know who they’re contacting — and what they’ve done.
CMS You Can Actually Use
You shouldn’t need a developer to update your own site. We build CMS dashboards that are structured for real studio workflows — not guesswork.
What we build:
- Fields for new projects, press mentions, awards, job listings
- Section logic for homepage content rotation or seasonal focus
- Reusable blocks for testimonials, stats, or certifications
- Safe user roles so junior team members can publish without risk
- Embedded documentation and walkthroughs
The result: no delays, no dependence, no broken layouts.
Why Architects Work With Us
We don’t start with appearance. We start with what’s slowing your firm down.
We’ve helped practices that:
- Had brilliant projects buried under 200MB sliders
- Lost half their RFP submissions due to broken forms
- Couldn’t update a single image without emailing their developer
- Ranked 3rd page for their own name
- Showcased incredible residential work… with no filter to find it
We build websites that:
- Load under 1.5s on mobile
- Cut bounce rate by 38–50%
- Increase contact form submissions by over 27%
- Rank on Page 1 for “architecture firm [city]” within 60–90 days
- Reduce backend update time from 2 hours to 15 minutes
If you’re tired of explaining to prospects how to navigate your own portfolio — we fix that.
FAQs
No. Your CMS will be structured so anyone on your team can publish a new project — with project type, description, images, and even video — in minutes. No dev calls, no broken layouts.
Yes. We build with scalable gallery logic, support for lossless image formats, lazy load, and compression settings. You’ll get high visual fidelity without losing performance.
Yes. We create filtering by use, location, typology, or team lead. It helps clients get to relevant work faster — and supports keyword targeting.
Yes. We build press and awards modules that tie into individual project pages. So when you get an RIBA or AJ feature, it shows up where it matters — not buried in a “news” tab no one clicks.
That’s common. If you know what work you want to show — we’ll build the structure to show it properly. We’ll guide layout, image specs, text sections, and flow based on what’s slowing you down now.
Let’s Build a Site That Shows the Work You’re Actually Proud Of
If your website hides your best work, buries your credibility, or loses visitors before they hit “enquire” — it’s not just outdated. It’s broken.
We’ll review your current build, show you where the problems are, and build a new system that does what your studio actually needs — quickly, clearly, and without unnecessary details.
Send us your current link and tell us what’s not working.
We’ll tell you what it’s costing — and what it takes to fix it.
