Built for Architects
Run your architecture practice from one place
Long projects, multiple fee stages, and complex client sign-offs — managed professionally from brief through to completion.
Why architects struggle with client admin
These are the issues that eat into your time and margins. Sound familiar?
Scope creep across long project timelines
Architecture projects run for months or years. Without clear stage sign-offs, clients add requests that blur the original brief — and your fee entitlement.
Design approvals lost in email
Concept drawings. Planning documents. Detailed design packs. Each approval cycle generates a new email thread. Nothing is tracked systematically.
Fee stage disputes
Clients lose track of what's included in each stage fee. Without clear documentation of scope and sign-offs, invoice disputes become inevitable on long projects.
Everything you need in one place
Kestern gives architects the tools to run a professional client workflow — without the admin chaos.
Full project briefs
Document the project brief — planning stage, design intent, budget envelope, and client responsibilities. Both sides signed before work begins.
Stage-by-stage approval workflow
Submit design packs, feasibility reports, and planning documents for client sign-off. Client approves each stage before you proceed to the next.
Stage-based fee invoicing
Invoice at each RIBA stage or agreed milestone. VAT-ready, with deposit on appointment. Clear record of what has been paid and what is outstanding.
Client portal for drawings and documents
Share a branded portal. Clients review drawings, sign off design stages, and pay stage invoices — all in one professional platform.
One link. Everything your clients need.
Your architecture clients access a professional portal to review and approve design packs, planning documents, and stage reports — with a full audit trail of every sign-off.
Share your portal link on your website, in your email signature, or on your social profiles. Clients land on a branded page with everything they need — and nothing they don't.
Set up your portal free →Start free, scale as you grow
7-day free trial on every plan. No credit card needed to start.
Perfect for solo operators just getting started.
- Client portal with your branding
- Brief management & workflow
- Professional invoicing
- File sharing with clients
- Up to 2 team members
For growing teams managing multiple clients.
- Everything in Starter
- Team collaboration (up to 5)
- Project assignments
- Activity log & audit trail
- Priority email support
For established businesses with larger teams.
- Everything in Pro
- Up to 15 team members
- Sub-contractor collaboration
- Multi-currency invoicing
- Dedicated support
Start managing your architecture clients today
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