Arkteka.com

Our founder has an architecture background and worked on residential design and construction. One situation kept repeating: homeowners came in with images of what they wanted magazine photos, Pinterest pins, lately AI renders. The images were great. But you can't get a permit from them, and a builder can't price them.

Every project restarted from scratch: interviews, sketches, redraws, coordination.

That's the gap we're working on with Arkteka: from a photo or description to a coordinated set of drawings floor plans, elevations, sections that a builder or professional can actually work with.

What we learned so far:

Arkteka turns images and plain-English descriptions into construction-ready blueprints.

Let's test it in public:

Drop an image of a house, extension or renovation idea (a photo, sketch or AI render)

Add one sentence about what you want ("add a covered patio", "make it 3 bedrooms")

Hey everyone, glad to finally be here.

I'm part of the team behind Arkteka. We're working on something for anyone planning a home renovation or addition: you describe what you want in plain language, and the tool generates permit-ready architectural documents floor plans, elevations, sections, and construction details exported as PDF, DWG/DXF, and IFC.

The problem we kept running into: homeowners and builders have a clear idea of what they want, but getting from "idea" to actual drawings a permit office or contractor will accept is slow and expensive. We wanted to shorten that gap while keeping the output professional-grade.

Right now we're focused on the US market and learning a lot from early users across homeowners, builders, and contractors each uses it pretty differently, which has been fascinating.