Your office, online, shaped the way you already work.

Parallels is a cloud office for architecture studios. Start with ready-made modules for projects, drawings, fees and site visits. Then reshape any of them, or build your own, with your data and your analytics in the same place.

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    Site visit report

    ModuleSite visit report
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    Built byYour studio

    Software should follow your office, not the other way round.

    Every studio runs its jobs a little differently. Most office software asks you to change first and customize later, and the customizing is where the cost is.

    Fixed software

    • You learn its fields and its order of work.
    • Your own way of doing things needs a consultant and a quote.
    • Analytics arrive later, as a separate project.

    Parallels

    • You decide the fields. The form, the list and the reports follow.
    • You change a module yourself, without a developer.
    • Charts sit on top of the same data your team already enters.

    From first login to your own numbers in three steps.

    1. Start from a studio template

      Pick the modules an architecture office usually needs. Each one opens already working, with sensible fields and views.

    2. Reshape it to your process

      Rename stages, add fields, link one module to another. Your site visit report can look nothing like anyone else's.

    3. Read your own numbers

      Choose a dataset and plug in charts and dashboards. They update as your team enters data.

    Six ready-made modules, and the one you build yourself.

    Every module is linked to your projects, so a drawing, an invoice or a site note always lands against the right job. Use them as they come, change them, or leave them out.

    Drawings Fees Site visits Estimates Vendors Your module Projects

    Projects and stages

    Every live job on one board, from brief to handover. Name the stages the way your studio really works, and see at a glance which projects are waiting on someone.

    • Stages named and ordered your way
    • An owner, a team and a deadline on every project
    • A note on what each project is waiting for

    Drawing register

    Every sheet in one list, with its revision, status and issue history, so the site never builds from an old drawing.

    • Revision and status on every sheet
    • A log of who received which revision, and when
    • Filter by project, discipline or status

    Fees and invoices

    Agree fees by stage or by percentage of project cost, invoice as each stage completes, and see exactly what is paid and what is pending.

    • Fee split by stage or percentage
    • An invoice raised against each stage
    • Outstanding amount for each project and client

    Site visits and RFIs

    Log each visit: what you checked, what you found, who has to fix it and by when. Contractor queries stay in one RFI list until someone answers them.

    • Checklists you define
    • Actions with an owner and a due date
    • Photos and notes kept with the visit

    Vendors and products

    A shared directory of suppliers and manufacturers, with the makes and specifications your office approves, linked to the projects that use them.

    • Supplier and manufacturer contacts
    • Specifications and approved makes
    • Linked to projects and estimates

    Estimates and rate analysis

    Build each rate from material, labour and overheads, apply your quantities, and get an estimate that follows when a rate changes.

    • A rate breakdown for every item
    • Quantities multiplied and totalled for you
    • Rates saved and reused on the next estimate

    Your own module

    For whatever else your office tracks: approvals from the authorities, consultant coordination, tender queries, client meeting notes. Pick the fields and Parallels builds the form, the list and the charts, and you can link it to any other module.

    • Fields you choose
    • Links to your other modules
    • Charts on your own data

    Questions studios ask first.

    Do we need a developer to build a module?

    No. You add fields, choose how modules connect, and Parallels creates the form, the list view and the reports for you.

    Can we bring in what we already keep in Excel?

    Yes, that is a common starting point. Tell us what you track today and we will show you how it maps into a module.

    Who can see our data?

    Only the people you invite to your office. Each office is kept separate from every other, and you decide who can view or edit each module.

    What does it cost?

    Send us a note about your office using the form below and we will share pricing that fits its size.

    See Parallels with your own way of working.

    Tell us a little about your studio and what you track today. We will set up a short demo around it.