Tool stack

The 10 tools I use to run £10m+ architecture projects.

The exact stack I use to run large-scale projects — one tool per stage, from first sketch to final delivery. Three of the ten are ours, and inside ArchAdemia we teach how to use the lot: the software, the consultants, the fees and the delivery.

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Design

Design & visualise

Procreate

Concept design — fast hand sketches and design thinking, all on iPad

SketchUp

Massing & CGI models — quick 3D to test form, scale and early massing

D5 Render

Rendering — real-time, photoreal visuals straight from your 3D model

Deliver

Draw, deliver & manage

AutoCAD

Planning drawings — the industry standard for 2D technical drafting

Revit

Delivery — BIM coordination and production info for technical packages

Claude

Project management — my AI second brain for planning and admin

Granola

Meeting minutes — AI notes that transcribe and summarise every call

Inside ArchAdemia

Three tools we built ourselves

Precedent Analyser

Precedent studies in seconds — an AI tool that lives inside ArchAdemia

Fee Calculator

RIBA fees & schedule of services, generated right inside ArchAdemia

Site Analysis

AI site appraisal with 3D context — part of the ArchAdemia toolkit

Inside ArchAdemia

Three of those ten tools? That's us.

Precedent studies, fees & contracts, and site analysis all live inside ArchAdemia — alongside the full course library, hundreds of downloads, the rest of the toolkit, and live mentoring.

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