The Architecture Design Brief is a ready-made Storyflow board for capturing the requirements of a project: client goals, site context, program, constraints, budget, and reference images in one place.
About this template
This template turns a vague conversation into a clear brief the whole team can design against. Instead of requirements buried in meeting notes and email threads, you collect the goals, site facts, and program onto one infinite canvas and arrange them into sections you can review side by side. The brief becomes easy to confirm with the client, easy to revise as the project develops, and easy to hand to a design team so everyone starts from the same intent.
It is built for architects, project architects, and studio leads kicking off residential, commercial, or public commissions. Whether you are running a first client workshop, writing up a competition brief, or aligning a team before concept design, the board keeps the reasoning next to every requirement so the intent travels with the project.
The board opens with sections for client goals and vision, site context and constraints, the spatial program, budget and timeline, and reference images, plus note blocks for planning requirements and success criteria. Rearrange the blocks, swap in your own references, write notes, and invite collaborators to comment.
How to use the Architecture Design Brief Template
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Open the template in Storyflow to load a canvas pre-sectioned for goals, site context, program, budget, and references.
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Capture the client goals and vision, then record the site context and any planning constraints.
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Lay out the spatial program with the rooms, areas, and adjacencies the project needs.
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Drop in reference images and write a note beside each one explaining the quality or direction it signals.
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Ask the Storyflow AI assistant about the active board to tighten the brief, surface gaps, or summarize it for the client.
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Invite the client and team to comment, or share a view-only link so everyone signs off on the same brief.
Frequently asked questions
What is an Architecture Design Brief?
It is a board that captures everything a project needs before design begins: client goals, site context and constraints, the spatial program, budget, and reference images. It gives the whole team one agreed starting point.
Who is this template for?
Architects, project architects, and studio leads starting residential, commercial, or public commissions. Anyone who needs to align a client and a design team before concept work can use it.
What is on the board?
Pre-built sections for client goals and vision, site context and constraints, the spatial program, budget and timeline, and reference images, plus note blocks for planning requirements and success criteria. You can rearrange or remove anything.
Can I share it with clients?
Yes. Invite the client and team to view and comment on the board, or share a view-only link so everyone confirms the same brief and feedback stays in one place.
Is it free?
Storyflow is free to start and runs in your browser, so you can open this template and write your brief without paying upfront. Some advanced features are part of paid plans.
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