Websites for architecture and interior design firms
Your work deserves a website as considered as the spaces you design.
We design and build editorial, photography-first websites that present your work properly, attract the right enquiries, and quietly handle the follow-up.
Recent work
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Kovai Ramyam Constructions
A clean, mobile-first studio site replacing a PDF portfolio — built to bring qualified enquiries through search and WhatsApp.
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Editorial homepage exploring how a mid-size practice could lead with a single hero project, then a quiet index of past work.
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Concept site for an interiors studio — full-bleed room photography, captioned like an exhibition, with a single contact line.
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The demos show the level of design and animation craft every Lighine build gets — explore them live, then tell us about your studio.
Who we work with
Built for studios that care how their work is shown.
Architecture firms
Project-led sites for practices that want their portfolio to read like a monograph, not a stock template.
Interior design studios
Room-first photography, restrained typography, and a clear path from browse to enquiry.
Services
Website and AI automations.
Website design & development
Considered websites for architecture and interior design studios — strategy, structure, design, build.
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Positioning & messaging
What the site needs to say, to whom, in what order.
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Information architecture
Section flow, navigation, the index of work.
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UI / UX design
Editorial layouts that put the photography first.
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Frontend development
Fast, accessible Astro or Next.js builds.
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CMS / content-ready
Easy to update projects without us in the loop.
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Portfolio & project pages
Single-project stories with proper meta and craft.
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Lead capture
Quiet, well-placed enquiry paths — not pop-ups.
Workflow & automation add-ons
Optional systems that sit behind the website — for studios that want enquiries to be handled, not just collected.
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Enquiry capture
Form, WhatsApp, and email — all into one place.
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Lead routing
The right person sees the right enquiry, fast.
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Follow-up reminders
Nothing falls through the cracks.
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CRM setup / integration
Zoho, HubSpot, Notion, or a simple sheet.
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Intake forms
Briefs, site visits, project scoping.
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Document / proposal workflows
Drafted automatically from a brief.
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Admin & task automation
Smaller bits of operational glue.
Beyond the website
Need more than a website?
We also build workflow and AI automations for lead handling, admin, and growth systems — useful once your site is bringing in enquiries.
Process
A short, deliberate path from conversation to launch.
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Discovery
We learn how the studio works, who it serves, and what the site needs to do.
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Positioning
A clear message and structure — agreed before any pixels.
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Design
Editorial, restrained, photography-led. Reviewed in real layouts, not mockups in isolation.
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Build
Fast, accessible code. Reviewed with you on real devices.
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Launch
Quiet handover. Documentation. We stay reachable.
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Workflow automation (optional)
Add the lead, follow-up, and admin systems later if useful.
About
Engineer-led. Practical by design.
Lighine is a small studio. The same people who write the code design the site — there are no layers of account managers in between.
We come from a software engineering background — over six years of building production systems, including a vendor platform that scaled to more than 1,200 users, and AI workshops delivered to senior leadership teams.
We bring that engineering discipline to a quieter, more focused service: considered websites for architecture and interior design firms, with optional workflow systems behind them.
We are an early-stage studio, currently focused on this niche. That means thoughtful work, close attention, and no inflated agency overhead.
Common questions
Before you ask.
How long does a studio website take?
Most sites launch in 3–5 weeks from the first call — discovery and positioning first, then design and build. You review real layouts on real devices at every step.
Can we update projects ourselves?
Yes. Every site ships content-ready — you add projects, photographs, and text without us in the loop. We document everything at handover.
We already have a PDF portfolio. Why a website?
A PDF waits to be opened; a website gets found. Search, referrals who Google you, and clients comparing studios all land on your site first — it should present your work as well as you do in person.
What does it cost?
It depends on scope — number of project pages, photography state, and whether you want enquiry automation behind it. The intro call ends with a clear written range, not a hard sell.
Get in touch
Discuss your studio website.
A short conversation. We look at where you are now, where your enquiries come from, and what a better website could do for your studio. No pitch.