For architecture and interiors studios

Build your studio’s AI practice.

Arch Studio gives Claude or ChatGPT an architecture office’s skills, tools and references. Your firm adds its own standards, procedures and project records, and decides what the assistant can access.

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Arch Studio 1.5.1.2 · Available on MCPRelease details ↗
01

Purpose

Your firm. Your way of working. Your data.

Build an AI studio around the practice you already have.

Your firm

Build around the projects, people and standards that make your practice yours.

Your way of working

Bring your procedures and review criteria into the work, then refine them as your team learns.

Your data

Choose the workspace, accounts and information your assistant can access.

About us
02

Practice Areas

Build around the work your firm does.

A practice area is a named bundle of skills, tools and references for one kind of work. Due Diligence, for example, is property history plus permits plus violations.

ALL NINE STARTING PRACTICE AREAS

01

Firm operations

Proposals, agreements, invoices and firm procedures.

Explore examples 02

Project management

Plans, tasks, meetings and project records.

Explore examples 03

Due diligence

Property history, permits, violations and source-backed findings.

Explore examples 04

Site & zoning

Site conditions, land use controls and buildable form.

Explore examples 05

Programming

Space requirements, workplace programs and occupant loads.

Explore examples 06

Specifications

Material requirements and structured specification language.

Explore examples 07

Sustainability

Environmental product data, comparisons and specification support.

Explore examples 08

Materials & FF&E

Product research, selections, schedules and sourcing.

Explore examples 09

Presentations

Slide decks, palettes and visual communication.

Explore examples
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Make it your own.

Nine areas cover common architecture and interiors work. Add a practice area for the work your firm does: name it, choose the skills, tools and references it bundles, and set who reviews the result.

Add your own practice area
03

Workflows & integrations

Bring your workflows into the tools you use.

Connect Arch Studio to the apps your team uses, through ChatGPT or Claude.

Arch StudioChatGPTorClaude

Your architectural methods, in the places where your team works.

Arch Studio+Miro/Figma

From design to shared review.

Bring a brief and Figma presentation together, then organize questions and next steps on a Miro board.

Arch Studio+Google Drive

From project files to informed choices.

Use briefs in Docs and product sources in Drive to build a comparison in Sheets.

Arch Studio+Notion

From meeting to shared follow-up.

Prepare meeting actions, review them together and share the agreed follow-up in Notion.

Explore all workflows
04

The framework

A framework of four layers.

A place for what your practice knows, how it works, what it remembers and how it stays accountable.

Your Architecture StudioExplore each layer

Studio

How your firm sets up and assures the work.

  • Account and access
  • Configuration
  • Standards
  • Assurance
Explore studio

Knowledge

What the work draws on.

  • External references
  • Your firm’s data
  • Provenance
Explore knowledge

Tooling

How operations are performed or coordinated.

  • Skills
  • Tools
  • Agents
  • Workflows

Meeting minutes · Workplace programs · Product research

Explore tooling

Memory

What carries forward.

  • Firm decisions
  • Project context
  • Working records
  • Continuity
Explore memory

One framework, shaped to your firm and each project.

05

References

Work from the sources your firm trusts.

Build a reference collection from external sources and your firm’s own material: code editions, manufacturer documents, practice standards, and precedents. Keep source links and applicability alongside the work so findings can be checked.

Included capabilities

86 external sources cover US national, New York City and selected regional sources, plus shared standards and international sources. Arch Studio keeps links and routing metadata; consult the original source for its current text, edition and applicability.

THREE REFERENCE COLLECTIONS

01

Codes & geographic sources

Ask a NYC code question. Arch Studio finds the official source, checks applicability and helps your assistant return a finding with section links for review.

See the NYC code example
02

Your firm’s data

Collect your standards, specifications, precedents, and lessons from completed work. Organize the material by practice area and retain its source and review context.

Explore firm knowledge
03

Materials & product evidence

Collect manufacturer documentation, EPDs, test reports, and preferred product sources, with links back to the evidence.

Explore product research
Explore Studio assurance

Make it your own.

Bring the references your firm already trusts: codes and editions for your jurisdictions, your standards and precedents, and the product evidence you rely on. Keep source and date attached so findings stay reviewable.

Add your own set of references

06 / Make it part of your practice

Start with the AI you already use.

Start with one task in Claude or ChatGPT. Set up Architecture Studio, try an included workflow, then adapt it to your firm’s standards.

Add to ClaudeAdd to ChatGPTFork in GitHub

An open-source foundation; a separately released hosted MCP. Your AI subscription and usage costs stay with your provider. The public plugin v1.5.1.2 runs locally in Claude Code and Codex; hosted releases can contain capabilities not yet in the public source. Compare releases → Read the public source on GitHub →

07

FAQ

A few things to know.

Do I need to switch AI tools?

No. Connect Arch Studio to a compatible Claude, ChatGPT or Codex setup. Norma is your assistant working with Arch Studio’s architectural methods. Available actions depend on the tools and permissions in that setup.

See connection options →
What is included in the MCP?

Arch Studio 1.5.1.2 includes 61 skills across 9 practice areas, with tools, agent-role instructions and 86 external codes, standards and reference datasets. The open-source plugin is a separate release, Arch Studio 1.5.1.2.

Inspect the current releases →
Can I use every tool as soon as I connect?

The connection gives your assistant access to Arch Studio instructions and resources. Some tasks also need file access or connected apps; no Arch Studio runner is required. Desktop and Windows execution remain unverified.

Check release availability →
How do I ask Norma to use a skill?

Describe the task in plain language, or copy an example prompt from a skill page. With Arch Studio connected through MCP, you do not need a $ or / command. Norma follows the skill and asks you for missing information or a decision when needed.

Find a skill and example prompt →
How does Arch Studio use external codes and references?

Arch Studio maintains links to original sources, organized by geography and subject. It does not store local copies or summaries of code text. For an NYC code question, Norma finds the relevant official source, checks the edition and applicability, and cites it. Missing access or geographic coverage stays explicit.

See the NYC code example →
Are Miro, Figma, Google and Notion included?

The workflow examples show how Norma can combine Arch Studio methods with those apps. Connect each app through your assistant where supported and grant the access the task needs. An Arch Studio connection does not create those app connections or include their subscriptions.

Explore the workflows →
Where does my firm’s data live?

The open-source plugin keeps records in your studio folder. Hosted MCP without a record-holding module in use stores no project records. Materials Library stores the reviewed product records, revisions, provenance and evidence your firm saves; other project files stay with the firm. Stored module records are never used for training or product improvement, and your firm has a right to a full export. Host assistants and connected services retain their own data terms.

Read about data handling →
Does Arch Studio remember everything across Claude and ChatGPT?

Arch Studio organizes reviewed context in explicit project records. It does not automatically synchronize files or conversation history between assistants. To continue work in another assistant, give it access to the same current project records.

How project memory works →
Can we adapt Arch Studio to our practice?

Yes. Add your firm’s standards and templates, adapt skills, and connect your own tools. Keep firm material in your chosen workspace and external references linked to their original sources. Your firm’s material stays separate from the installed plugin so an update does not overwrite it.

Explore extensions →
Does Arch Studio cost anything?

The plugin is open source under MIT and needs no account. The hosted connection is in preview: free for firms, with no service commitments yet. Your Claude or ChatGPT subscription and usage stay with your provider, and Arch Studio adds no charge on top of them.

See the plans →