$99 · Architecture & design studio template
Southward — Architecture & design studio template
Southward is an Astro + Sanity template for architecture and design studios — Visual Editing, a domain-driven CMS schema, cinematic scroll, and SEO built in.
What's included
- 7 page templates — Home, Work Index, Project Detail, About, Services, Contact, and a custom 404
- Sanity Visual Editing with draft-mode preview and stega encoding pre-wired
- Domain-driven CMS schema — Projects, Materials, Team Members, Awards, Publications, Site Settings
- Cinematic scroll choreography on GSAP and Lenis
- Automated JSON-LD, Open Graph tags, canonical URLs, and an auto-generated sitemap
- Production-ready inquiry form and integrated call-to-action blocks
- Deploys to Cloudflare Workers by default, adaptable to any Astro SSR backend
Overview
Southward is a production-grade website template for architecture, interior design, and creative studios — or any high-end portfolio built to showcase work, establish authority, and turn visitors into clients. The engineering is wired end to end: Sanity Visual Editing and draft-mode previews ship configured, deployed to Cloudflare Workers by default.
Approach
- True Visual Editing: click any element in the live preview to edit it inside Sanity Studio, with stega encoding, draft-mode cookie handling, and a custom history adapter already set up.
- Cinematic interaction: full-page scroll choreography on GSAP and Lenis — animated project galleries, a feature reel, custom cursor, and smooth page transitions, kept dependency-light.
- Domain-driven schema: pre-built document types for Projects, Materials, Team Members, Awards, Publications, and Site Settings, with modular references and enforced alt text.
- SEO built in: automated JSON-LD, dynamic Open Graph tags, canonical URLs, an auto-generated sitemap, and images served through the Sanity CDN.
Outcome
A live, CMS-backed site clients edit in real time — not a static mockup — covering Home, Work Index, Project Detail, About, Services, Contact, and a custom 404. Built on Astro 7, Sanity, Tailwind CSS v4, and TypeScript.
Frequently asked
- How much does Southward cost?
- Southward is 99, a one-time payment.
- Can I use Southward for client projects?
- Yes — the licence covers commercial work, including client sites.
- Do I need to know how to code?
- No code needed to edit content — the CMS and Visual Editing handle that, and developers can extend the Astro codebase.
- What is included in Southward?
- All listed features, including 7 page templates — Home, Work Index, Project Detail, About, Services, Contact, and a custom 404; Sanity Visual Editing with draft-mode preview and stega encoding pre-wired; Domain-driven CMS schema — Projects, Materials, Team Members, Awards, Publications, Site Settings, and more. Every page is responsive across desktop, tablet and mobile.
- How do I get support?
- Pre-purchase questions and support are answered directly by me at contact@elliotli.dev.