Overview

Aurel is a website for an architecture and interiors practice whose work is shaped by light, material and time.

The challenge

Architecture sites live or die by their photography. The site needed to let the buildings speak, while still explaining services, the team and how to start a commission.

Approach

• Photography leads. Full-bleed images of the buildings carry the page, and type stays quiet around them.

• Short, reflective lines. Headlines like "We begin with what is already there." and "Good spaces do not announce every decision." reflect the practice's thinking.

• Services in one list. Architecture, interior architecture, masterplanning and adaptive reuse sit in a single, calm list with short descriptions.

• People close to the work. The team is shown with names and roles, and the contact section reads as a "commission desk" with what to send first.

Design system

A near-black base with a warm terracotta accent, an elegant serif for headlines, generous margins and large image ratios. Plans and line drawings are used as graphic elements.

Scope and build

Website design and build: designed in Figma and built in Framer with slow, image-led transitions.

What I learned

Restraint is a design decision. Removing elements made the photography and the practice feel more confident.