906 Studio Supercharged Project Delivery with ARKI
Save time and maximize your expertise with ARKI, an AI platform that thinks like an architect
Southall Farms – Franklin, Tennessee
The Firm
906 Studio is a boutique full-service architectural firm based in Franklin, Tennessee. Their portfolio spans from luxury residential developments to major civic projects like the Southall Farms.
Challenges
Despite their success, 906 Studio faced a familiar productivity challenge. Years of expertise was stuck in old project files, with just a few senior staff knowing where to look. So architects and designers had to create the same details over and over, burning through billable hours on repeat work.
Version control was also a major issue. People kept using outdated details by mistake, and sharing details between Revit files was a frustrating bottleneck that slowed everyone down.
“Before ARKI, I had to remember which project the detail was from, open up Revit and copy it into the project, which was so time consuming,” says Carolyn, Senior Design Professional. “And sometimes copying couldn’t be done easily, since Revit models were in different versions.”
Top issues for architects
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Decades of design expertise are trapped in old project files
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Only senior staff know where to find key information
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Teams spend hours recreating important details
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Manual processes are slow and complicate version control
ARKI’s Solution
906 Studio implemented ARKI, an AI-powered platform that automates the process of collecting project assets and sharing construction details. Architects can now search their entire database from anywhere, even on devices without Revit installed, and create shared collections. Different departments are finally using the same approved details, standardizing version control across all projects.
"We think we’ll hit a 33-40% efficiency boost, maybe even 50%, once we’ve fully set things up," says Jeremy, Senior Architect. “It’s already making a difference in how quickly we’re producing construction details, cutting that time by at least a third.”
The Results
The numbers show how much 906 Studio has gained. Detail retrieval now happens 90% faster, reducing hours of manual labor. Construction detailing time has dropped by a third. And architects save up to 3 hours of processing for each detail.
“I was recently assigned to a commercial project after working on multi-family projects,” says Carolyn. “Normally, I’d need a couple of days to pull together the right details for a new typology like that. But with ARKI, I was able to find everything I needed in less than a day.”
But speed is only part of the story. What really matters is how ARKI organizes years of design files, turning scattered project archives into collective intelligence.
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ARKI has given 906 Studio a clear competitive edge: automated workflow, seamless coordination, and a centralized database of project assets. While other firms struggle with messy data and manual processes, 906 Studio can access decades of design knowledge in seconds.
ARKI’s direct impact
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90% time savings on detail retrieval
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33% reduction in time for construction detailing
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3 hours saved per detail
As a result, ARKI immediately eased 906 Studio’s bottlenecks, making it faster for their team to access and reuse design knowledge while simplifying daily operations.
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