Website redesign for an architecture firm in Vaduz: budget, timeline and risks (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

A Vaduz practice working for companies, banks or retailers often has a frozen portfolio: projects left unpublished for lack of client consent, others online without written permission. The redesign costs a ballpark of CHF 14,000 to 40,000 with a Rhine Valley agency, against CHF 4,500 (Growth) or CHF 8,200 (Premium) on the Kolonell grid, delivered in 3 to 4 weeks once content is ready. Its lasting value lies in simple governance: one project template, one approval path, one named owner.

Which signs show a redesign is due?

Score your current site on these seven points, 1 point per yes. From 4 points, a redesign is justified.

• The last published project is more than 12 months old.
• Nobody at the firm can add a project without the provider.
• Client consents are not filed anywhere.
• The English version has fewer pages than the German one.
• A project page weighs more than 3 MB on mobile.
• Swiss and Austrian references are not distinguished.
• The contact form asks for plans as attachments.

Who does what on the new site?

A redesign without publishing rules just recreates the problem three years later. Here is a typical split for a practice of 8 to 20 people.

The project template has eight fields: title, space type, general location (municipality or region, never an address), the firm's scope, period, photo credits, filed client consent, language. For confidential corporate projects, an anonymised entry (financial institution offices, Liechtenstein) is only published with the client's consent. Authorisation to practise as an architect is governed by national law: use the title only if held, and describe building permit procedures in general terms.

What budget for what scope?

A 2026 ballpark based on typical agency quotes in Liechtenstein, the St. Gallen Rhine Valley and Vorarlberg. Ranges vary with languages and the number of projects.

Every Kolonell tier includes a project manager reachable in your time zone, native English or French copywriting and 3 months of support; maintenance after that is on quote. See the international offer.

Schedule and choosing the go-live date

Avoid the last two weeks of December and competition submission periods: the switch should land when someone can watch Search Console.

Which risks should you watch?

• Pages that rank: one 301 redirect per old URL that gets visits, checked over 6 weeks.
• Missing client consent: the entry stays in draft until consent is filed.
• Heavy images: WebP or AVIF, lazy loading, sizes adapted to the screen.
• Personal data: Liechtenstein is an EEA member, so the GDPR applies, supervised by the Datenschutzstelle. Minimal form: name, contact, project type, region, rough budget. Plans travel through a separate secure channel, on quote. For Swiss clients, the revFADP may also come into play. This is not legal advice.
• Claims: awards, publications or sustainability certifications only if real and supplied by the firm.
• Downtime: DNS switched at an off-peak hour, old site kept for 30 days.

BIM viewers, site extranets, client portals, tender document rooms and CRM stay on quote, linked or embedded.

When a regional agency is preferable

If your corporate clients require in-person meetings at every stage, if the site must connect to a locally hosted extranet, or if you are launching a new identity at the same time, an agency in Vaduz or the Rhine Valley is a better fit. In every case, ask who writes the redirect map and how the approval path is set up.

Mini case study

Illustrative example: Rheinwerk Interieur, a practice specialised in office and retail fit-out, has 38 presentable projects, only 22 of which have written client consent. Adding a project currently takes about 3 hours with the provider.

Choice: Kolonell Premium (the multilingual tier, languages set in the quote) at CHF 8,200, plus a German proofread by an independent translator estimated at CHF 800, a third-party cost, so CHF 9,000. With the template, publishing an entry takes 45 minutes. Over 12 projects a year: 12 × (180 − 45) = 1,620 minutes, so 27 hours of internal time freed each year. The 16 projects without consent stay in draft until signed.

FAQ

Can you publish a corporate project without naming the client?

Yes, in anonymised form, but only with the client's consent. Plan for 1 mandatory consent filed field in the template.

How many people should know how to publish?

At least 2, to cover absences. Remote training takes about 1 hour.

Do you need an English version?

If more than 20% of your enquiries come from non-German-speaking clients, yes. It falls under the Premium tier at CHF 8,200.

Which data protection law applies?

The GDPR, through Liechtenstein's EEA membership, with the Datenschutzstelle as authority. The Swiss revFADP may also be relevant for Swiss clients.

Can the site integrate our site extranet?

A link or secure embed is possible, on quote. The extranet is not rebuilt inside the CHF 4,500 or 8,200 site.

For a precise estimate, request a free quote.

Let's scope your project. A redesign with a project template and approval path, from CHF 4,500 to 8,200, delivered in 3 to 4 weeks once content is ready. See the international offer or request a free quote: detailed reply within 48 hours.