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A web studio that knows what a punch list is.

We've spent eight years building software, takeoff tools, and digital products for construction firms. We know the pain - lost leads, field-vs-office friction, seasonal cash flow - because we've been on the inside for half a decade. Then we got tired of watching contractors hire generalist agencies that didn't.

Founded2018 · Brooklyn
Team8 humans
Builds shipped24
Industry focusConstruction · 100%
Parent studioPixel Labs
FounderMarcus Chen, 2024
- The origin

From punch lists to product. The studio started on a jobsite.

In 2017, our founder Marcus was a project engineer for a 90-person GC in Queens. He'd watch his bosses pay $45,000 for a website that converted at 0.6%, then spend another $4,500/month on Google Ads to make up for it. Nobody at the agency had ever set foot on a jobsite. They didn't know what a punch list was. They couldn't tell a permit drawing from a shop drawing.

The first version of Pixel Architecture was a side project - a redesigned site for the GC, built in evenings. The site converted at 4.1% in its first quarter. The GC's owner asked Marcus to do the same for two of his subcontractor friends. Then four. Then fourteen.

By 2020, it was a studio. By 2024, it was the only thing we did. Today: 8 people, all of them having spent time on construction projects in some form - site, ops, supply, design, or code - none of them generalist agency hires. The work has stayed deliberately narrow. Every build is for a construction operator. Every build is judged against a conversion lift target.

The first agency a contractor hires is usually the first one to learn what they actually do. We thought maybe that should change.
Years in construction
8
Software, takeoff tools, BIM apps before we were a web studio
Builds, lifetime
24
Sites, portals, e-commerce, apps. Median engagement: $52K
Industries we work in
1
Construction. We've turned down ~80 leads outside the vertical
Refund rate
4%
1 of 24 builds didn't hit the conversion target. Money returned, code retained
- How we operate

Five things we won't compromise on.

These are not aspirations. They're the operating contract. Anyone on the team can stop a project for violating one of them.

01

We commit to one number, on day one.

Every project has a single success metric - conversion lift, lead volume, organic traffic, revenue per visitor - written into the contract during discovery. Not "engagement." Not "presence." A number. We're judged against it 90 days post-launch.

If we hit it, we celebrate. If we don't, we refund.

02

We demo every Friday, even when it's awkward.

If a week's work is messy, we show the mess. The Friday demo is a 15-minute screen-share, on Zoom, recorded. Most weeks it's boring on purpose. Surprises in week 11 cost everyone money - the Friday demo is the cheapest insurance against that.

03

We hand-code, we don't assemble.

Every component on every Pixel Architecture site is hand-written in Next.js. We don't ship Webflow output, page-builder output, or theme-template output. Same reason a custom home builder doesn't pour pre-fab walls - the joints are where quality lives.

You'll own the source. Not a license. The code.

04

We turn work down.

Last 18 months: 81 leads, 17 took the discovery call, 12 became projects. Most "no's" go to leads outside construction. Some go to construction businesses we don't think we'd help. We'd rather earn your respect with a referral than your money with a bad fit.

05

We work in the open.

Shared Slack channel. Shared Linear board. Daily git commits to a staging URL you can pull up at any time. Your CFO can see exactly where their money is going on Tuesday at 2pm. The black-box agency model is the one we're trying to put out of business.

- The eight

The whole team. No subs. No offshoring.

Every person who'll touch your build, in one grid. We don't farm work to agencies-of-agencies. The person you meet in week 1 is the person shipping in week 11.

Marcus Chen

Founder · Strategy
8 yrs construction software · ex-DPR Construction PM

Sarah Okafor

Design Lead
6 yrs at studio · ex-Pentagram, ex-Linear

James Rivera

Engineering Lead
5 yrs at studio · ex-Vercel, ex-Stripe

Priya Patel

SEO + Growth
4 yrs at studio · ex-HubSpot growth

David Kim

Senior Engineer
3 yrs at studio · ex-Plaid, ex-Procore

Emma Lindqvist

Brand + Visual
3 yrs at studio · ex-Snøhetta

Carlos Mendes

Project Lead
2 yrs at studio · ex-superintendent, Turner

Aisha Roberts

Studio Operations
2 yrs at studio · ex-IDEO operations
PIXEL
LABS
· EST 2014 ·
A studio of
- The parent

We're a vertical studio inside Pixel Labs.

Pixel Labs is a multi-disciplinary studio building products for construction, healthcare, and logistics. Pixel Architecture is the construction-focused web studio inside it. The shared engineering bench, brand system, and ops backbone is why we can stay this small and still ship at this quality.

Want to meet the team?

Book the call. You'll talk to Marcus directly - no SDR, no qualifying script. 30 minutes. Worst case, you walk away with a 2-page brief.

Book free 30-min consultationQ3 2026 · 3 of 8 build slots remain