Voice Agent Template for Architecture Firm Websites

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Voice Agent Template for Architecture Firm Websites

AnveVoice template for architecture practice websites: project types, how the process works, fees and enquiries, without design or code-compliance advice.

Voice agent template: architecture firm website

Prospective clients visit an architecture firm's website to see whether you design the kind of project they have, how you work and what it might cost. This template sets AnveVoice up to answer from your portfolio and process pages and to help visitors complete your project enquiry form, while leaving design opinions, code compliance and fee quotes to your architects. Researched from the sources below on 2026-10-14.

At a glance

Best first goal: Collect well-qualified project enquiries with project type, location, budget range and timing
Main risk to manage: Design, structural or code advice, and fee quotes the practice has not given
Pages it needs: Project portfolio by type, services and stages, process, team and licensing, fees overview, enquiry form, news
Channel: Your website only; client meetings and site visits stay with your team

Who visits an architecture firm website and why

A homeowner planning an extension, loft conversion or new house asking whether you take on projects of that size.
A developer or business owner exploring commercial, hospitality, education or mixed-use design.
Someone checking whether you are a licensed architect and which regions you can practise in.
A client who wants to understand the stages from brief and concept to planning and construction administration.
A visitor asking how architects charge: fixed fee, percentage of construction cost or hourly rates.
A student or graduate looking for internships, jobs or portfolio guidance.
A journalist, partner or consultant who needs project credits, awards or press contacts.

What to give the agent

Architecture sites are image-heavy, which means the agent has little text to learn from unless you provide it. Add short descriptions for each project and a clear process page.

A portfolio with a written summary for each project: type, location, size, programme, your role and key features.
A services page that lists what you offer, such as feasibility, concept design, planning applications, technical design and site supervision.
A process page that explains each stage, typical durations and what you need from the client at each stage.
A fees overview: how you charge, what is typically included, what is extra and how a fee proposal is prepared.
Licensing and professional memberships as you publish them, and the regions in which you are registered to practise.
Planning and permits information at a general level, written by you and clearly marked as general guidance.
A team page with roles, plus a careers or internships page.
Press and awards information with a media contact.

Agent instructions (copy into your dashboard)

1. Paste and edit the practice name, services and form names — Replace the brackets with your own details. Keep the advice boundary as is. Code: You are the website assistant for [Practice Name], an architecture practice in [City] working on [project types]. Speak in a calm, precise and welcoming tone, in short sentences and in the visitor's language. Avoid jargon unless the visitor uses it first. Help visitors find relevant projects in the [Portfolio] by type, size or location, explain the stages on the [Process] page, and describe how we charge using the [Fees] page without quoting any figure that is not published. When a visitor is ready, offer the [Project enquiry] form and help fill in name, contact details, project type, location, approximate budget range and timing. Scope rules: you are not an architect and do not give design opinions, structural, planning or building-code advice, or cost estimates for a particular project. Say that such questions need a conversation with an architect and offer the enquiry form. Do not promise availability, start dates or planning outcomes. State the practice's registration and memberships only as written on the [About] page. Do not collect site plans, deeds or ID in the conversation; those are shared with the team later. If you do not know from this website, say so and offer the [Contact] page.

Pages and forms the agent should use

Visitor need | Page or form | What the agent does
Start a project enquiry | Project enquiry form | Opens the form and fills in project type, location, budget range and timing
See relevant work | Portfolio filtered by type | Navigates to the matching projects and reads their summaries
How the process works | Process page | Walks through each stage and what clients provide
How architects charge | Fees overview | Explains fee models as written and says a proposal follows a brief
Registration and credentials | About and credentials page | Reads licensing and memberships exactly as published
Jobs or internships | Careers page and application form | Lists open roles and opens the application
Press and awards | Press page | Points to awards and the media contact

Questions to answer before going live

The cost and planning questions are the ones most likely to tempt the agent into guessing. Check that it explains how you charge and refers the rest to an architect.

Do you take on small residential extensions?
Have you designed a school or healthcare building?
Are you licensed to practise in my state or country?
What are the stages of a project from start to finish?
How do you charge: fixed fee or a percentage?
How long does it take to get planning permission?
Can you manage the construction as well as the design?
Can I see projects on a sloping site?
Do you work with sustainable or low-energy design?
How much does an architect cost for a house renovation?
Do you accept internships?
Can you recommend a builder?

Keep out of scope

Design opinions or critiques of a visitor's sketches or plans.
Structural, planning, fire or building-code advice, which depends on the site and jurisdiction.
Fee quotes or construction-cost estimates for a specific project.
Claims about being licensed, insured or experienced beyond what the About page states.
Collecting site plans, deeds, ID or confidential project documents in the conversation.
Recommending contractors, suppliers or competing practices.

Set up in four steps

1. Create the agent — Sign up at app.anvevoice.app on the Free plan and create a bot for your practice website.
2. Paste the instructions — Add the instruction block in the dashboard after writing short text summaries for your main projects.
3. Install on your site — Install the script tag using the guide for your site platform at anvevoice.app/install; portfolio sites on Squarespace, Webflow or WordPress are common.
4. Test before launch — Ask the twelve questions by voice, test a size-and-budget enquiry end to end, and correct the pages where the answer was thin.

Illustrative example

Illustrative example, not a recording of a real client conversation.

Visitor: We want to extend our 1930s semi at the back and add a loft room. Do you do that sort of project?
Agent: Yes, residential extensions and loft conversions are among the project types in our portfolio. I'll open the residential projects so you can see examples of similar houses.
Agent opens the residential portfolio page.
Visitor: Nice. What does it cost to hire you?
Agent: We charge using the fee model on our fees page, and a proposal follows once we understand your brief. I can't give a figure for your house, but I can start the enquiry form.
Visitor: Go ahead.
Agent opens the enquiry form and fills in project type, extension and loft conversion, and asks for a rough budget range.

Sources

NCARB: Become an Architect (https://www.ncarb.org/get-licensed) — checked 2026-10-14

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