How ArchiTech works

Why plan ahead and where it saves.

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   Savings start on the plan

   Moving a wall on the plan takes a minute; in a built house it takes weeks and new materials. ArchiTech lets you decide everything that matters before money is spent: the building, materials, finishes, furniture and the price.

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   What you get

   A small building’s design or a house pre-project: architecture, structure and services drawings, specifications, an estimate and a 3D model. Every design in the catalog has them.

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   Interior design

   Pick floors, walls and furniture, and the site works out the finishing materials and their price. The design is kept in your account.

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   Start with a design

   The catalog has ready designs with a 3D model and a price. Adapting a ready design is cheaper and quicker than drawing a new one.

   The design catalog opens.

Ready designs with prices: a start cheaper than a new design.

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   Designs with costs

   Each card shows the plan, the area and the cost range. You see the price before you pay for anything.

   Let’s open the Priede 130 house.

Everything about one building: 3D, plan, cost by stage, documents.

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   3D model

   Drag to orbit, wheel to zoom, switch layers and the cut. You see the building before it is built and notice what to change.

   The “Tour” button on the view’s toolbar shows more.

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   The price right away

   The cost range incl. VAT, the area, the smallest plot and the documents needed. “Change materials in the calculator” opens the calculator with this design.

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   Dimensioned plan

   The layout and the room areas. Check that the rooms suit your life. The plan is where changing them is easiest.

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   Where the money goes

   The cost by construction stage: foundation, walls, roof, finishes. Click a stage to see its materials.

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   Documents and materials

   Which permits you need, the drawings and the bill of materials: what and how much to buy for each stage. You buy exactly what is needed.

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   The interior before fitting out

   The interior design starts here: choose floors, wall colours and furniture for every room.

   The interior design of this house opens.

Finishes, paint and furniture, and a specification before you start fitting out.

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   How to look

   “House” shows the whole building, “Cutaway” the storey without the roof, “Room” one room, “Walk” lets you walk at eye height (W A S D), doors open by themselves.

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   A tour of its own

   Here is a more detailed tour of the interior tools alone: floor, paint by RAL, eyedropper, furniture, light, walk, specification: 15 steps. Run it later, when you want to try.

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   Full screen

   The view, the bar and the panel over the whole screen. Also with the F key; Esc leaves.

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   Rooms, materials, furniture, lists

   Pick a room. “Materials”: floor, walls, ceiling: laminate, parquet, tiles, paint by RAL. “Furniture”: furniture, appliances and sanitary ware, moved and turned. “Lists”: the specification.

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   Specification: what to buy

   For a room or the whole house: how many m² of laminate with the allowance and in packs, how many litres of paint in which tins, which furniture and for how much. You see the total before fitting out, and the CSV is for the shop.

   Open the “Lists” tab.

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   Photorealistic image

   “Interior design” renders the room with real light and shadows. After a few seconds the image clears and can be saved.

Compare materials before you buy.

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   Compare materials

   Change the walls, roof and finishes and see how the price changes. Better to choose here than on site.

   The calculator tour, from the button above it, tells more.

When you need another size or layout.

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   Need something else?

   We adapt a design to your plot or draw a new one with a plan, 3D and an estimate. Fill in the brief and the first version comes in 2–5 working days.