29 updates
October 2026
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Your studio's rates for floors and walls
Settings › Rates & estimates starts with sensible Indian rates and lets you set your own: floor and dado laying, skirting, diamond polishing, border and inlay cutting; reeta sand by the cu ft or by the trolley, cement by the bag, adhesive and grout with their coverage; marble on a 1.5 in sand-cement bed or on adhesive; wastage for each kind of material; and GST on the estimate if you want it.
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A live estimate: material, labour, sand and cement
As you lay floors and walls, the estimate follows: the area with wastage, slabs or boxes to order, the material at your price (or the shop's), laying, dado, skirting and polishing labour, and the reeta sand, cement, tile adhesive and grout the area needs, with the total and the cost per sq ft for each room, each floor and the whole building. Marble at ₹100 and labour at ₹20 a sq ft: you see exactly what 200 sq ft comes to. Each material shows its shop, phone and distance. Download it as Excel. It is a rough estimate; confirm quantities at site.
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Floors & Walls: lay marble, tiles and wood on your plan
A new Floors & Walls tab in the plan editor. Pick a material from the catalogue (your favourites first) or type your own with its price, then click a room: the floor shows the real stone or tile, with its joints. Choose straight, diagonal, staggered or herringbone, the piece size, a border in a darker stone, a centre inlay, diamond polishing and skirting. Click walls to add dado or cladding up to 2 ft, 4 ft, 7 ft or full height; doors and windows are left out. Draw an area inside a room for a rug of wood or a shower floor.
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A free shop account for vendors
Shops sign in to their own small Vendor portal on a computer: My stock, My shop and My limits. They add items with photos straight from a phone camera: a 10 MB photo is made about half a MB on our side and stays sharp. Architects near them find their stock and call or WhatsApp them.
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Favourites and your own prices
Keep a shortlist of favourite materials for your studio. On any item, note the price you negotiated and your own laying and dado rates: only your studio sees them, and your price shows in place of the shop's.
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Add the shops you buy from
Add a vendor with the shop's name, the owner, a mobile number and a pin on the map, then its stock. If the shop is already on Architect World, we say so and open it instead, so there are never two of the same shop. Invite the shop with a one-time link on WhatsApp and it keeps its own stock and prices up to date.
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Materials: marble, tiles and stone from shops near your sites
A new Materials page shows marble, granite, quartz, tiles, wooden flooring, stone cladding and terrazzo from local shops, with large photos, prices per sq ft and labour rates. Filter by colour, finish and price, or pick a project to see what is in stock near its site, nearest first. Every item shows how it repeats on a floor, and its shop with call, WhatsApp and a map.
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Sign-up opens soon: we’ll tell you
We’re launching very soon. Leave your name and an email or phone number on the sign-up page, and we’ll tell you the day studio sign-up opens.
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What’s new, here and in the app
Every addition and improvement is listed on this page, newest first, with a feed you can follow. In the app, What’s new shows a dot when there is something you haven’t seen.
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The complete gym, realistic
108 pieces of gym equipment in seven groups: cardio, strength machines, free weights, racks and benches, functional training, boxing and studio, and facilities. They are drawn on the plan the way architects draw them and look real in 3D and the walkthrough. Suggest furniture lays out a home gym or a full club with safe space around every machine.
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AI Planning add-on: ask about your plan
Ask about the plan you are drawing, such as whether the kitchen is well placed, and get answers with changes you can preview, apply and undo. Unusual spaces like a pickleball court get their usual size and furniture.
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AI Planning add-on: floor plans and alternatives
With the AI Planning add-on, get a complete floor plan from your plot, rooms and wishes, with a reason for every room, or two or three alternative layouts side by side. You check it and use what you like.
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See your plan in 3D
Open the 3D view to turn the furnished plan around and see it from the top, the front or a corner.
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Location suggestions: sun, climate and surroundings
Pin the site on a map and set north and the roads. Smart Planning reads the sun and the climate, notices busy roads and parks nearby, and suggests where each room should go. Vastu is an optional switch.
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Walk through the house
Walk inside your plan in 3D with the keyboard or a joystick, or play a guided tour that visits every room.
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Every floor of a building on one page
Add floors as tabs, see the floor below faintly as a guide, and view every floor stacked in 3D. Reports total each floor and the whole building.
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Guided design, step by step
Plan steps follow the building type and the rooms wanted: the entrance first, then each room joined to the one before with a door or an opening. Suggest furniture for a room in one click.
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212 pieces of furniture and 14 building types
A much bigger library (gym, pool and garden, office, shop and restaurant, kids), 74 kinds of space, and a New plan form that suggests a plot size for the building type.
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Smart suggestions and furniture at real sizes
After each room Smart Planning suggests what to design next, where and how big. Furniture comes at real sizes, with the right TV size and sofa length, and checks catch problems like a blocked door.
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Smart Planning: draw a floor plan
Draw walls, rooms, doors, windows and stairs on a precise canvas. Lengths and areas show as you draw, and the plot’s used and remaining area is always in view.
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Reports, Messages and Files
Charts for money, projects and hours; one inbox for every project’s messages; and every file across your projects in one library.
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The website and the computer version
A new website in English, Hindi and Punjabi, and the whole app in any browser on a computer, with keyboard shortcuts and drag-and-drop uploads.
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A directory of verified architects
Homeowners find verified studios by city and service and send an enquiry straight to the studio’s Leads inbox.
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Calendar, meetings and agreements
Meetings, site visits and deadlines in one calendar. Hold video meetings with SeeUAll, keep the minutes and send agreements to sign.
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GST invoices, payments and reminders
Set fees and milestones, send GST or simple invoices with your own number series, record payments and expenses, and let reminders go out on time. Everything exports to Excel.
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A free portal for every client
Invite clients and guests to a project. They follow the stages, see the drawings, ask for changes, approve and pay from their phone.
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Drawings with versions, markup and approvals
Upload drawings and 3D models, mark them up, compare versions and handle change requests. Clients approve with a one-time code and a signed record is kept.
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Projects, stages, tasks and time
Keep every project with its client, stages and tasks. A timer follows you from the phone to the computer, site visits are logged, and Home shows what needs attention.
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Studio accounts with a guided start
Set up your studio in a short wizard: your details, an ID check, the studio, your cities and services. Then invite your team, each with the right role.