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Architecture practice softwareFrom first sketch to final certificate.

Enquiries, site visits, fee proposals, projects by stage, planning applications and staged fees in one place. Duke keeps each project's tasks moving and tells you which stage is ready to invoice.

Duke at your studio

Duke minds the stages while you draw.

He knows which tasks are late on each project, which planning decisions are due and which stage you've just finished. Fee proposals, follow-ups and stage invoices are drafted from your own stages and fees, and wait for your approval.

Who decides

  • Waits for your approvalHe prepares it and shows a one-line preview. Nothing changes until you approve.
  • Just answersReading needs no approval, and he sees only what the person asking may see.
  • Ready when you open the appInsights are made from your own numbers when you open the app.
  • Checked every morningGoals are measured every morning, with a forecast.
Meet Duke
A day with DukeA Tuesday at a five-person architecture studioWorking
  1. Measured the enquiries goal10 new project enquiries by 30 Nov: 6 so far, on pace for 9.Checked every morning
  2. Had the studio's read readyYou open Home: 7 tasks overdue across 3 projects, one stage invoice unpaid.Ready when you open the app
  3. Answered where Clontarf standsPlanning decision due 7 Oct; Ciara's structural drawings are two days late.Just answers
  4. Listed this month's planning decisionsClontarf on 7 Oct, then two more at Dublin City before month end.Just answers
  5. Drafted a concept stage invoice€3,600 to Orla Byrne for the Rathmines retrofit, waiting for your yes.Waits for your approval
  6. Nudged two quiet fee proposalsFee proposals for Dalkey and Malahide, both quiet for a week.Waits for your approval
An example day. Names and numbers are made up.

Duke does this for you

Just answers

Ask where any project stands.

Duke answers from each project's board: the open tasks, who has them and what's late, so you know before the client rings.

What's overdue on the Clontarf extension?
Duke3 open tasks in technical design. Ciara's structural drawings are 2 days late; the window schedule is due Friday.
Waits for your approval

Fee proposals built from your stages.

Describe the job and Duke drafts a proposal with your work stages and fees as lines, VAT included. You check it before it's created.

Fee proposal for a Malahide kitchen extension, stages 2 to 4.
Waiting for your approvalCreate quote Q-0029 for €13,000 to Conor Hayes · 3 stagesApproveNot now
Waits for your approval

Each stage billed when it's done.

Finished a stage? Ask Duke for its invoice and see the amount and client before anything is created. Payments are recorded against it as they arrive.

Concept design is signed off on Rathmines. Invoice that stage.
Waiting for your approvalCreate invoice for €3,600 to Orla Byrne · “Stage 2: Concept design”ApproveNot now
Just answers

Planning decisions, never a surprise.

Duke answers from your planning applications page: council, decision date and status, so you can plan the next stage around each one.

Decisions due · next 60 days

Clontarf extension · Dublin City7 OctAwaiting
Rathmines retrofit · Dublin City15 NovFurther info
A small team planning with sticky notes on a whiteboard
Where are we on the Clontarf extension?
DukePlanning was submitted on 12 August and a decision is due on 7 October. Technical design has three open tasks; the structural drawings from Ciara are two days overdue.
Invoice the planning stage.
Waiting for your approvalCreate invoice for €4,200 to Niamh Kelly · “Stage 3: Planning”ApproveNot now
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The apps architects use

Clients, proposals, projects and fees.

Enquiries become site visits and fee proposals, each project runs on a board by stage, and fees are invoiced as each stage completes.

Fee proposals

Fee proposals clients can say yes to.

Set out each stage and its fee as a line, with tax included. Accepted proposals become signed work, and every one shows whether it's sent, accepted or declined.

  • Numbered proposals with a valid-until date
  • Per-line discounts
Proposals list with Sent, Accepted and Declined

Shown: Harbour Digital's proposals, our agency demo

Projects

Every project, stage by stage.

Columns for brief, concept, planning, technical design and on site, or whatever you call them. Tasks have an owner and a due date, and a project can link to its client.

  • Overdue tasks counted per project
  • Active, on hold or completed
A project board with columns, tasks, assignees and due dates

Shown: a Harbour Digital project board, our agency demo

Staged fees

Fees split by work stage.

Split a fee into named parts that match your stages. Each part is its own invoice, issued when that stage is done.

  • Part payments and receipts
  • Automations before an invoice falls due

Payment plan · Clontarf extension

Stage 2: Concept design€3,000Paid
Stage 3: Planning€4,200Ready to invoice
Stage 4: Technical design€5,800Not issued

Planning

Planning applications at a glance.

A planning page linked to each client: council, reference, submitted, decision due and outcome. Filter by decision date and plan the next stage.

  • An automation when a decision date passes
  • Shown on the client's timeline
Planning applicationsCustom page
ProjectCouncilSubmittedDecision dueStatus
Clontarf extensionDublin City12 Aug7 OctAwaiting decision
Howth new buildFingal3 Jul28 AugGranted
Rathmines retrofitDublin City20 Sep15 NovFurther info

Pages Duke can build for you

Pages built for an architecture studio.

We build your pages during guided setup, or you ask Duke for them. For example:

Planning applicationsSite visitsConsultantsBuilding controlSnagging
Talk to us: we set it up for you.

We set it up with your stages, fees, team, consultants and client list. Harbour Digital, our agency demo, shows proposals, project boards and invoices working together.

Bring your projects and fees together.

Tell us about your stages and how you charge, and we'll set SmartDuke up for your studio. Or open the agency demo first.

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