why
For your busy principal
Your team is drowning in admin
Software seat for this system costs $20/month per user.
Software you can potentially get rid of
Enscape
Adobe Creative Suite (Indesign, photoshop)
Bluebeam
Miro
Monday / Asana / Other mid-level project management tools
Your team is drowning in admin
Software seat for this system costs $20/month per user.
Software you can potentially get rid of
Enscape
Adobe Creative Suite (Indesign, photoshop)
Bluebeam
Miro
Monday / Asana / Other mid-level project management tools
Core Philosophy
Custom Client Portals
Presentation Capabilities
Custom Domains
Workflow Flexibility
Miro / External Tool Integration
PDF Generation
Approval Systems
RFI Tracking
FOR / Issue Tracking
Proposal Tracking
Time Tracking
Invoicing
Material Tracking
Procurement Management
Automations
Studio Adaptability
Visual Workflow
Design Firm Focus
Scalability
Unique Advantage
Househouse Systems
Custom operational system designed by architects for design studios
Custom operational system designed by architects for design studios
Included — branded, on your own domain
Interactive presentations built from live project data
Standard
Modeled on your studio's actual process
Miro, email, calendar, and file-storage integration included
Automated branded schedules, transmittals, and proposals
Client approvals tied to specs and selections
Native CA logs linked to project records
Built-in issue and FOR logs
Pipeline and proposals linked to fees and history
Phase-linked time entries feeding invoicing
Generated from phases, fees, and time data
Relational material and product library
Spec → order → delivery tracking tied to FF&E
Maintained workflows: notes → tasks, specs → schedules
Evolves with your practice — we handle changes
The views you need, on a designed data model
Exclusively architecture and interior design
Solo studio to multi-office
Operational partner — built, hosted, and maintained for you
Trello
Card-based board (Trello-style)
Simple visual task boards
Guest access to boards
None
Not supported
Lists and cards
Power-Ups
Not native
Labels and checklists
Cards with labels
Cards with labels
A separate board
Power-Up
Not native
Cards — no relations
More lists
Butler rules, plan-capped
Simple until it isn’t
Kanban — its strength
None
Per-board, breaks across projects
Free and instantly usable
Graduating without losing the simplicity
The thing studios love about Trello — drag a card, see the state of things — is exactly what a well-designed system keeps. Househouse Systems, founded by architects, builds relational systems for design studios with kanban, timeline, and gallery views on a real data model: projects and phases tied to fees, spec and material libraries, FF&E schedules and budgets, client portals and presentations on your domain, CA logs, automated documents, task and note automation, Revit connections, and AI workflows.
Built for you, maintained by us, owned by you.
FAQ
We’re a small studio — is this too much? Small studios feel the ceiling first, because one person is doing admin and design. The system is scoped to your size and grows with you.
Do we lose the kanban view? No — it’s a standard view. Each card now opens onto a real record with relations, history, and documents.
How do we migrate boards? Exports map onto projects, phases, and tasks; attachments come along.
What does it cost compared to free? Free is the price of the tool, not of the hours spent working around it. Most studios recoup the difference in admin time within months.
Graduating without losing the simplicity
The thing studios love about Trello — drag a card, see the state of things — is exactly what a well-designed system keeps. Househouse Systems, founded by architects, builds relational systems for design studios with kanban, timeline, and gallery views on a real data model: projects and phases tied to fees, spec and material libraries, FF&E schedules and budgets, client portals and presentations on your domain, CA logs, automated documents, task and note automation, Revit connections, and AI workflows.
Built for you, maintained by us, owned by you.
FAQ
We’re a small studio — is this too much? Small studios feel the ceiling first, because one person is doing admin and design. The system is scoped to your size and grows with you.
Do we lose the kanban view? No — it’s a standard view. Each card now opens onto a real record with relations, history, and documents.
How do we migrate boards? Exports map onto projects, phases, and tasks; attachments come along.
What does it cost compared to free? Free is the price of the tool, not of the hours spent working around it. Most studios recoup the difference in admin time within months.
Graduating without losing the simplicity
The thing studios love about Trello — drag a card, see the state of things — is exactly what a well-designed system keeps. Househouse Systems, founded by architects, builds relational systems for design studios with kanban, timeline, and gallery views on a real data model: projects and phases tied to fees, spec and material libraries, FF&E schedules and budgets, client portals and presentations on your domain, CA logs, automated documents, task and note automation, Revit connections, and AI workflows.
Built for you, maintained by us, owned by you.
FAQ
We’re a small studio — is this too much? Small studios feel the ceiling first, because one person is doing admin and design. The system is scoped to your size and grows with you.
Do we lose the kanban view? No — it’s a standard view. Each card now opens onto a real record with relations, history, and documents.
How do we migrate boards? Exports map onto projects, phases, and tasks; attachments come along.
What does it cost compared to free? Free is the price of the tool, not of the hours spent working around it. Most studios recoup the difference in admin time within months.
Kanban board vs. practice system
.why it's worth it
Cards got you started. A system gets you scaled. Talk to Househouse Systems.
Core Philosophy
Custom Client Portals
Presentation Capabilities
Custom Doamins
Workflow Flexibility
Miro / External Tool Integration
PDF Generation
Approval Systems
RFI Tracking
FOR / Issue Tracking
Proposal Tracking
Time Tracking
Invoicing
Material Tracking
Procurement Management
Automations
Studio Adaptability
Visual Workflow
Design Firm Focus
Scalability
Unique Advantage
HH SYSTEMS
Custom operational system designed by architects for design studios
Included — branded, on your own domain
Interactive presentations built from live project data
Standard
Modeled on your studio’s actual process
Miro, email, calendar, and file-storage integration included
Automated branded schedules, transmittals, and proposals
Client approvals tied to specs and selections
Native CA logs linked to project records
Built-in issue and FOR logs
Pipeline and proposals linked to fees and history
Phase-linked time entries
Generated from phases, fees, and time data
Relational material and product library
Spec → order → delivery tracking tied to FF&E
Maintained workflows: notes → tasks, specs → schedules
Evolves with your practice — we handle changes
The same views, on a designed data model
Exclusively architecture and interior design
Solo studio to multi-office
Operational partner — built, hosted, and maintained for you
Core Philosophy
Custom Client Portals
Presentation Capabilities
Custom Doamins
Workflow Flexibility
Miro / External Tool Integration
PDF Generation
Approval Systems
RFI Tracking
FOR / Issue Tracking
Proposal Tracking
Time Tracking
Invoicing
Material Tracking
Procurement Management
Automations
Studio Adaptability
Visual Workflow
Design Firm Focus
Scalability
Unique Advantage
Card-based board (Trello-style)
Card-based board (Trello-style)
Guest access to boards
Docs and dashboards
Not supported
Lists and cards
Power-Ups
Not native
Labels and checklists
Cards with labels
Cards with labels
A separate board
Power-Up
Not native
Cards — no relations
More lists
Butler rules, plan-capped
Simple until it isn’t
Kanban — its strength
None
Per-board, breaks across projects
Free and instantly usable
househouse systems
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househouse systems
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