Architectural Design Process

Track every design decision from schematic through CDs.

Layer helps teams organize design documentation, collect approvals, and link decisions to model views — all in one structured environment that grows with the project.

Without Layer

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Design decisions stored in disconnected files and meetings

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Feedback and approvals lost in emails or spreadsheets

❌

Progress hard to track across phases and stakeholders

With Layer

✅

Design documentation structured by phase, room, or system

✅

Approvals, revisions, and notes logged with full traceability

✅

Full process visible and navigable from schematic to CDs

Without Layer

❌

Design decisions stored in disconnected files and meetings

❌

Feedback and approvals lost in emails or spreadsheets

❌

Progress hard to track across phases and stakeholders

With Layer

✅

Design documentation structured by phase, room, or system

✅

Approvals, revisions, and notes logged with full traceability

✅

Full process visible and navigable from schematic to CDs

Without Layer

❌

Design decisions stored in disconnected files and meetings

❌

Feedback and approvals lost in emails or spreadsheets

❌

Progress hard to track across phases and stakeholders

With Layer

✅

Design documentation structured by phase, room, or system

✅

Approvals, revisions, and notes logged with full traceability

✅

Full process visible and navigable from schematic to CDs

Design documentation connected to the project, not filed away.

Layer applications for Architectural Design Process

Meeting Minutes

Stop digging for to do items and tasks. Tag people, room locations, even Revit elements in meeting minutes to make them actionable and easy to find, even while working in Revit.

Don't just take our word for it, here's what our users say:

Workflows created for Architects

Pádraic Daynes

Amica Senior Lifestyles

Layer has allowed my company to deliver many of our projects faster and with greater ease. For my industry, Layer's ability to attach pictures, descriptions, and other information to specific points in a building while simultaneously adding them into a searchable, robust database greatly improves our workflow to become more organized and faster.

Jason Maple

Bryan Health Systems

Layer ensures we have the right data at the right time. The direct integration into Revit is also a major bonus.

Olga Kerkhanidi

DMA Architects

From heritage buildings to new construction, Layer works as a kit of parts to manage our data. It’s a highly flexible tool that adapts to your workflows and not the other way around.Their staff are available and truly care about the success of our projects.

Mark LePage

Architect & Entrepeneur

Layer is very impressive and intuitive. When you see that a conversation about the flooring material in a specific room in a specific building can be found in seconds and that can happen over and over all day long, it’s amazing how much time and money using Layer would save.

Drew Zeiba

Tech Editor

The goal of Layer App is to increase project transparency and ease of use by allowing all of the information on a building to exist together and to allow team communication to happen within the same space.

Roy Carroll

Kasian Architecture

Layer’s support team has helped us speed up the time it takes us to accomplish our goals. Once you have a Layer template set up, the rest is easy peasy. The fields are already there because I copied it from the original template. All I need to do is input the data.

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Want to see how Layer can transform the way your team works?

Schedule a Demo

Get Started Today

Want to see how Layer can transform the way your team works?

Schedule a Demo