Here I share what I use in my own studio: ready-to-use templates, a fee calculator and a few free resources to start today.
The same templates I work with, organized around the process with your client: introduce yourself, close, present and draw. Available in English and Spanish.
All four templates together: everything your studio needs, from the first email to the final handover.
+ FREE: AUTOCAD BLOCK LIBRARY
Your studio presentation to send before the first meeting: who you are, value proposition, services, process and projects.
Consultation questionnaire, quote, contract, numbered receipt and fee calculator. Everything you need to quote and close a project professionally.
The master presentation that grows with the project: analysis, moodboard, plans, views and catalogue, from meeting 1 to final handover.
Title block, layers, blocks and 90×60 sheets with preset scales. Start any project with standardized drawings.
Tools I use in my studio every day. Leave your email and I’ll send them to you.
The folder structure I use on every project: 2 root folders and 8 folders per project. Copy it to your Drive in one click and find any file in under 30 seconds.
What I learned working as a Mexican architect in Toronto: that you can practise with your degree, how to look for opportunities directly, which skills are worth developing and the resources I used.
Before you quote a project you need to know what an hour of work really costs you. Enter your expenses, your salary and the time you can actually work: the calculator gives you your cost per hour, the rate you should charge and what to charge for a project based on the hours you’ll put into it.
Your cost per hour is your floor, not your rate. Once you track your real hours, come back and adjust.
If you already know how to design but aren’t sure yet how to find clients, what to charge or how to run a project from start to finish, this course is for you. A clear method, ready-to-use templates and a complete system in Google Drive.
Students in their final semesters, recent graduates with 0–2 years of experience and architects with some experience who still don’t have a system.
Mindset, brand, services and your studio presentation — before your first client arrives.
Your real costs, your cost per hour, billing methods and your own fee schedule.
Folders, digital tools, quotes, contracts and receipts.
The client process, the master presentation, construction documents and a final handover that earns referrals.
How to show your work even before you have built projects.
Name, mission, vision, values, niche, ideal client and positioning, step by step.
The document you send before the first meeting: who you are, value proposition, services, process and projects.
Formulas already built in: calculate your cost per hour, your selling rate and compare estimated hours against real hours.
Income and expenses, outstanding payments by project, monthly cash flow and tax estimates.
First email, consultation questionnaire, quote, contract and numbered receipt.
Grows step by step with the project, from meeting 1 to final handover.
Title block, layers and 90×60 sheets with preset scales, plus your block library.
A file ready for quality modelling: styles, scenes and presentation settings.
The folder structure for the studio and for each project, ready to copy.
“Design your studio with the same intention you bring to your projects.”
Places worth visiting, what I learned working as an architect in another country and the systems I use to run my studio.
Architect, graduate of Universidad Marista de Mérida and founder of Park Estudio in 2019. I started with no built work, publishing competitions and sketches, until I had finished and published projects.
Today I work from Toronto on residential projects in Mexico. Everything I share here is what I wish I’d had when I started.
Templates, blog posts and the course launch. No spam: only when there’s something useful.
