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Client portal for architects & interior designers

An architecture and interior design client portal is where clients approve each design phase and open the drawings behind it, and the practice shares drawings with every client from one place.

Pattern: Client hubs

Describe it to Pory

“We're an eight-person residential architecture practice. Each client should see only their project, open the drawings we issue, and approve each phase before we start the next.”

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Drawings

Drawings

A-101 First floor planBeatriz AlmeidaDeveloped design, Almeida additionPlansOct 15, 2026
A-201 Rear and side elevationsBeatriz AlmeidaDeveloped design, Almeida additionElevationsOct 15, 2026
A-301 Section through the skylightBeatriz AlmeidaDeveloped design, Almeida additionSectionsOct 15, 2026
ID-01 Kitchen millwork and finishesBeatriz AlmeidaConcept design, Almeida kitchenFinishes scheduleOct 8, 2026
A-100 Concept plan, option BBeatriz AlmeidaConcept design, Almeida additionPlansSep 24, 2026
A-501 Stair and balustrade detailsGeorge WhitfieldTechnical drawings, Wren StreetDetailsOct 6, 2026
A-001 Site planMere ParataConcept design, Cape MayPlansOct 13, 2026
ID-02 Third-floor space planYuki SatoSpace plan, Tessellate officePlansOct 7, 2026

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In plain English

How Pory sets it up

Pory gives every client and architect a sign-in of their own. Each client sees only their own phases. It covers phases, drawings and approvals. Phases, projects, drawings, decisions and documents, key dates, invoices and design team live in Pory's own database, so there's no spreadsheet to keep in sync.

What it does

01

Drawing sets reach the client sorted into plans, elevations and details

Drawings went out as zip files that clients opened on a phone and couldn't read. The architect uploads each sheet to the phase it belongs to, labeled plans, elevations, sections or details, and the client opens them from their project. When the contractor asks which drawing, there's one place to look.

File attachmentsDone by: Architect
02

Clients approve concept design before anyone draws the next phase

Phase approvals used to be "yep, go ahead" in a text, which is hard to point to when the client later wants the kitchen on the other side of the house. In Pory the client opens the phase, looks through its drawings, and marks it Approved or Changes requested. The decision sits on the phase before a single technical drawing starts.

Approve / reject with a reasonDone by: Client
03

Each homeowner sees their own project and its drawings only

Practices share drawings by email because a shared folder per client is a job in itself. Each client signs in to Pory and sees only their project, its phases, drawings and invoices. Two neighbors renovating on the same street never see each other's plans.

Client-only accessDone by: Client

Who sees what in an architecture & interior design portal

Every person signs in to their own view. This is what each role in the demo gets.

Client

Sees only their own phases.

Pages
Home, My phases, My projects, Drawings, Decisions, Invoices
Can start
Send a choice or document
Decides
Marks phases Approved or Changes requested, with a reason

Architect

Sees every phase in the portal.

Pages
Home, Drawings, Phases, Projects, Calendar, Invoices
Can start
Issue a drawing

What’s in the architecture & interior design portal template

The tables and fields Pory sets up for this portal. Describe your own version and change any of them in the editor.

Phases

  • Phase (text)
  • Project (link)
  • Decision due (date)
  • Status (choice: In progress, Ready for review, Approved, Changes requested)
  • Client (link)
  • Lead (link)
  • Cover note (long text)

Projects

  • Project (text)
  • Stage (choice: Concept, Developed design, Permits, Bidding, Construction)
  • Site (text)
  • Type (choice: Addition, Renovation, New construction, Interior build-out)
  • What happens next (text)
  • Client (link)

Drawings

  • Drawing (text)
  • Client (link)
  • Phase (link)
  • Sheet type (choice: Plans, Elevations, Sections, Details, Finishes schedule)
  • Issued (date)
  • File (file)

Decisions and documents

  • What we need (text)
  • Project (link)
  • Needed by (date)
  • Kind (choice: Finishes, Fixtures, Documents, Information)
  • File (file)
  • Client (link)
  • Status (choice: Requested, Received, Checked)

Key dates

  • What (text)
  • Project (link)
  • Date (date)
  • Kind (choice: Presentation, Site meeting, Permits, Bidding)
  • Client (link)
  • Status (choice: Upcoming, Done)

Invoices

  • Invoice (text)
  • Project (link)
  • What it covers (text)
  • Issued (date)
  • Due (date)
  • Amount ($) (number)
  • Client (link)
  • Status (choice: Issued, Paid, Overdue)

Design team

  • Name (text)
  • Role (text)
  • Works on (text)

The parts behind this portal

Each one reads and writes the same records, so a form, its approval and the status page someone checks are one system. How Pory builds a portal

Collect

1 part

  • File attachments

    Upload and view files on the record they belong to, not in a folder named FINAL v2.

Decide

1 part

  • Approve / reject with a reason

    Decision buttons for whoever may edit the status. Who decided, when, and why stays on the record.

Control

3 parts

  • Who sees which records

    Each person sees their own records, the ones assigned to them, or the ones they manage. Fields can be hidden per role. Pory sets this up from your description, and you can adjust it in the editor.

  • Passwordless sign-in

    A sign-in link by email, by default. Password sign-in if you'd rather.

  • Your brand

    Your domain, your colors, your logo. Members see you.

Frequently asked questions

A client signs in with a link sent to their email and lands on Home. They see Home, My phases, My projects, Drawings, Decisions and Invoices, and only the phases that are theirs. From there they can use “Send a choice or document”.

Client decide: they mark each one Approved or Changes requested and give a reason. Everyone else sees the decision and the reason on the record, without the buttons to change it.

You invite them. Each person gets a sign-in link by email, with no password to set, and lands in the role you chose for them.

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