Squarespace website design for architects and interior designers that wins the work.
A portfolio site as considered as your projects — editorial galleries that load fast, case studies that build trust, and SEO that puts your practice in front of the clients commissioning their next build. For architecture practices, interior designers and design-build studios across the UK and US.
What it is
Squarespace website design for architects and interior designers is the custom design of a fast, editorial Squarespace site built around a design practice — its portfolio, projects and services — with large-format galleries that load quickly, clear project case studies, an enquiry flow and SEO, so the clients commissioning new work find your practice and get in touch.
Squarespace Circle Gold Partner · One designer, end to end · Serving the UK & US · Last reviewed June 2026
6,000+
Enquiries generated for the businesses we design & market
9–17%
Conversion rates achieved on the websites & campaigns we run
The top tier of Squarespace’s partner programme
We don’t borrow our proof. These are real results from the businesses we’ve designed and marketed — not stock figures. The ~6,000 enquiries and 5,030 lifetime conversions (to June 2026, for clients including CityLaundryApp, shared with permission) come from the Squarespace sites we build and the campaigns we run; 9–17% is the conversion range those sites and campaigns achieve. Architecture and interior design is its own discipline — our most recent in-niche build is the ER Arch Design redesign below — and your results will differ; we scope honestly before any work begins.
Why it matters now
Your projects are extraordinary. Your website should win the next one.
A developer, a private client or a procurement team shortlisting a practice judges you in seconds — by how your portfolio looks on their phone, how fast your project images load, and whether the site signals a practice worth the commission. World-class work on a slow, dated or templated site quietly loses the shortlist to a practice whose website looks the part.
The template that flattens your work
A generic theme compresses your project photography, loads slowly and looks like every other practice. Image-led work deserves galleries designed to show it at full quality.
A portfolio that doesn’t tell the story
If a visitor can’t move through your projects, understand your process or see the scope you handle, they can’t picture you on their scheme — and they move on.
Invisible when they search
A slow, thin site with no SEO doesn’t rank for “architects in [city]” or “interior designer near me” — so the clients actively looking to commission find another practice.
What we build
A portfolio site built to win the commissions you want.
Not a generic template with your logo dropped in. We structure the site around the work you want more of — your strongest projects lead, your services and process are clear, and every page moves a prospective client toward an enquiry.
Large-format portfolio galleries
Full-bleed, high-resolution project galleries that load fast on every device, organised so your strongest work leads.
Project case studies
Each project told properly — brief, process, materials and outcome — so a prospective client can picture you on theirs.
Fast image performance
Architecture and interior imagery is heavy. We optimise every image for speed and Core Web Vitals, so a rich portfolio still loads instantly on a phone.
Services & enquiry flow
Your services, sectors and process laid out clearly, with an enquiry flow that captures the right briefs and gently filters the wrong ones.
Built on Squarespace 7.1
Designed on portfolio-led templates — Radian, Utica, Quinn or Altaloma — and shaped around your practice, so you can add projects yourself with no code.
SEO built in
Clean structure, image and portfolio SEO, and local targeting so you rank for the “architect” and “interior designer” searches that turn into commissions.
Redesign & moving to Squarespace
Already have a site that undersells the work? We’ll redesign it.
Most practices we work with don’t need more work to show — they need a website that matches it. A dated, slow site built years ago, or a heavy WordPress build that’s painful to update, quietly undersells a practice to the exact clients it’s trying to win.
So we redesign it properly. We rebuild on Squarespace 7.1, restructure the portfolio so your projects lead, optimise every image so a rich gallery still loads fast, and preserve your rankings with proper 301 redirects — exactly what we did for ER Arch Design, whose dated site we rebuilt into a calm, editorial portfolio that finally matches the architecture.
Editorial redesign
A restrained, large-format rebuild that lets the work breathe and signals quality before a word is read.
Image performance
Heavy project imagery optimised so a rich portfolio loads fast on every device, not just on your studio monitor.
Migration, done right
Moving from WordPress, Wix or a custom build? We rebuild cleanly and preserve your rankings with 301 redirects.
Built for your practice
A site shaped around the work you actually do.
Architecture, interiors and design-build each sell differently — and each gets its own portfolio logic, services and enquiry flow. Here is how we shape the site around your discipline.
Architecture practices
Editorial project galleries, credible case studies and a clear services structure — the kind of build we delivered for ER Arch Design.
Interior designers
Material- and mood-led galleries, room-by-room project storytelling, and an enquiry flow tuned to residential and commercial briefs.
Residential & design-build
Project galleries, a clear design-and-build process and an enquiry flow that turns homeowners and developers into qualified leads.
Landscape & garden design
Seasonal, scheme-led portfolios that show planting and place over time, structured to rank for local landscape searches.
Architectural visualisation & CGI
Fast-loading reels and stills portfolios that show render quality at full resolution without slowing the site to a crawl.
Growing studios
A scalable site you can add projects to yourself as the practice grows — no developer, no rebuild every time you win bigger work.
Which platform
Squarespace vs Webflow vs WordPress for architects & designers.
An honest comparison for a practice that wants a portfolio site that wins new work — and that the team can actually update between projects.
| Squarespace + SQSP | Webflow | WordPress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design quality | Premium, editorial, custom | Highly custom — needs a designer-developer | Powerful but depends on the developer |
| Image-heavy portfolio speed | Fast, optimised, full-resolution | Fast but build-dependent | Fast but plugin- & host-dependent |
| Edit it yourself | Yes — no code | Limited — needs Webflow skills | Needs a developer for most changes |
| Project case studies & galleries | Built in and structured | Flexible but bespoke to build | Plugin-dependent |
| SEO & ranking | Strong, built in | Strong but hands-on | Strong but maintenance-heavy |
| Best for | Practices who want to win work and self-manage | Studios with an in-house designer-developer | Teams with dedicated tech support |
Webflow is brilliant for studios with a designer-developer on hand, and WordPress is powerful but maintenance-heavy. For most architecture and interior practices, Squarespace is the balance of editorial quality, image speed and easy self-editing — a portfolio that wins work and that you can update yourself between projects.
Recent work
A real architecture practice — and the craft behind a design-led site.
One is a real architecture practice we redesigned. The others — an image-led hospitality build and a clean professional redesign and migration — show the same craft a design practice’s site is built on.
ER Arch Design
“We’d been putting off the redesign for years because we didn’t know where to start. SQSP made it feel effortless — and the result is exactly what we had in mind.”
Principal · ER Arch Design, architecture practice
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Tapeo Café
An image-led Squarespace site for a London restaurant — full-width photography, a clear menu and a booking flow. The same editorial, image-first craft a design portfolio is built on.
Tapeo Café · Image-led hospitality site
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Vanessa DePuy
“Thank you so much for the beautiful website. I’m really happy with the modern design.”
Vanessa DePuy · WordPress → Squarespace migration
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A site that ranks for the searches that win work.
The best portfolio is wasted if nobody finds it. We build SEO in from day one — so you show up when someone searches “architects in [city]” or “interior designer near me” — and when the practice is ready to grow, the same in-house team can run Google Ads against it.
Local & sector SEO
We target the searches that commission — “architects in [city]”, “residential interior designer” — with clean page structure, location signals and a Google Business Profile that backs it up.
Image & portfolio SEO
Every project image is compressed, named and alt-tagged, and your galleries are built for speed and Core Web Vitals — so Google can read your work and your pages load fast enough to rank.
Ads when you’re ready
Once the site converts, the same in-house team can run Google Ads to win work in a new sector or city — campaigns and tracking handled end to end, not handed to a separate agency.
How we work
One designer, end to end — from first call to a portfolio that wins work.
You work directly with the person designing and building your site — no account managers, no handoffs, no offshore team. It keeps the work sharp and the decisions fast. Here is how a practice project runs.
Step 01
Discovery & strategy
We start with a call about your discipline, your ideal clients and the commissions you want more of. We look at your current site, your portfolio, your competitors and the searches that should bring you work — then map the pages, galleries and case studies around them.
Step 02
Design
We design your key pages in your practice’s look and feel, leading with your strongest projects. You see the design early and shape it across two revision rounds, so the site feels like the practice before a single gallery is built.
Step 03
Build & migrate
We build it on Squarespace 7.1, structure your project case studies, optimise every image for speed and SEO, and wire up the enquiry flow. Moving from WordPress, Wix or a custom build? We rebuild cleanly and set up 301 redirects to protect your rankings.
Step 04
Launch & rank
We launch, submit your site to Google, and make sure the SEO foundations are live so you start ranking for the searches that commission. You can add projects yourself, and a Care Plan is there if you’d rather we keep it running.
Clear, upfront pricing
Transparent prices — no “request a quote” runaround.
Essential
£1,495 flat
A clean, properly built Squarespace site — up to 5 pages, core SEO and 2 revision rounds. Ideal for a practice that needs a polished portfolio online fast. Around 2 weeks.
Signature
From £2,250
A more strategic build — up to 8 pages, full SEO setup, structured project case studies, custom graphics and 30 days of support. For an established practice that wants to win bigger work. Around 3 weeks.
Growth
From £4,950
A complete system — up to 12 pages, strategic SEO with keyword research and schema, a full portfolio and enquiry setup, and 60 days of support. For studios and multi-discipline practices. Around 6 weeks.
Essential is a fixed price; Signature and Growth are starting prices, scoped and quoted before any work begins. A Care Plan (£195/month) keeps the site updated after launch. Payment plans available. See full pricing.
Architect & designer website FAQs
The questions architects and designers ask us.
Yes. Squarespace is one of the best platforms for design practices: it shows large, fast-loading project galleries beautifully, looks editorial and premium without a developer, structures case studies clearly, and ranks well in local search. For most architecture, interior design and design-build practices it is the right balance of design quality, image performance and the ability to update projects yourself.
At SQSP, a practice website starts at £1,495 for a clean Essential build, with Signature from £2,250 and Growth from £4,950 for larger, portfolio- and SEO-focused sites. Every project is scoped and quoted upfront, with payment plans available and no surprises.
You need a website, and it does a different job. Instagram and a PDF portfolio show your work to people who already know you; your website is where a developer, private client or procurement team decides whether to shortlist you. A proper site gives you an editorial portfolio you control, structured project case studies, an enquiry flow and the search visibility that brings in clients ready to commission — not just scroll.
Yes — when it is built properly. Architecture and interior imagery is heavy, so we optimise every image, set correct sizes and formats, and structure galleries for speed and Core Web Vitals. The result is a rich, full-resolution portfolio that still loads fast on a phone — which is where most clients first see your work, and what Google rewards in rankings.
The best template is the one shaped around your projects, not a stock layout. We build on Squarespace 7.1 — often starting from portfolio-led templates such as Radian, Utica, Quinn or Altaloma — and then design the galleries, case studies and enquiry flow around your practice, so the site loads fast, shows your work at its best and is built to win commissions rather than just look the part.
Yes — it is one of the most common things we do. If your current site is slow, dated or hard to update, we redesign it on Squarespace: restructuring the portfolio so your projects lead, optimising every image for speed, refining the typography and spacing to feel editorial, and preserving your search rankings with proper 301 redirects. It is exactly what we did for ER Arch Design.
Yes. We rebuild your site cleanly on Squarespace, move your projects and content across, and preserve your search rankings with proper 301 redirects. Galleries, image styling and layouts do not import intact from WordPress or Wix, so we rebuild those by hand and optimise every image — so the new site looks better than the old one rather than half-broken.
Yes — that is a core reason we build on Squarespace. Once your site is live you can add new projects, swap images, update services and write journal posts yourself, with no code and no developer. We hand it over with a short walkthrough, and a Care Plan is there if you would rather we handle updates between projects.
Yes — we design sites for interior designers, design-build and residential builders, and landscape and visualisation studios as well as architecture practices. Our most recent in-niche build is an architecture redesign (ER Arch Design), and the same craft — editorial portfolio, structured project case studies, fast image performance and a clear enquiry flow — applies directly to interior and design-build practices.
Most practice sites take two to four weeks, depending on the package and how ready your project images and content are. An Essential build is around two weeks; a larger Signature or Growth site with full case studies, migration and SEO is three to six. We agree the timeline upfront so it fits around live projects.
That is what we build it to do. We set up clean structure, image and portfolio SEO, location signals and a Google Business Profile so you can rank for searches like “architects in [city]” or “interior designer near me”. Ranking takes time, especially in competitive cities, but the foundations are built in from day one — and when you are ready to grow faster, the same in-house team can run Google Ads.
We can do either. Many practices prefer to focus on the work, so we write clear, search-friendly copy for your pages and project case studies and you simply approve it. If you would rather write your own, we guide the structure and tone so it still ranks and reads like the practice.
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