The Standard
The principles that govern what we publish, how work is sold, and what everyone — readers, studios, and buyers — can expect from Planum.
01 — What Planum Is
Planum is a journal first. Most of what we do is publish architecture worth keeping. Around that, there are two ways money changes hands — neither is the point of the site, but both are how the work survives.
Read
Free to read. Working architects, unbuilt projects, and the ideas behind both. No paywall, no login.
Commission
Reach out to a studio for bespoke work. Standard architect-client agreements apply between you and the studio. Planum is the introduction, not the contract.
Collect
Buy a project we have published. You get the documentation and the right to build it once, on one site. The architect is credited and paid.
02 — Editorial & Commercial Principles
These hold whether the project is featured for free in the journal or sold for six figures. They are why studios trust us with their work, and why readers trust what they find here.
Every project credits the architect, always. There is no anonymous catalog and no house style. The studio is the byline.
Work is not lifted, mass-resold, or white-labeled. One project, one buyer, one build. The original drawings stay with the architect.
We do not publish what we would not read ourselves. Each project goes through an editorial filter before it appears on the site.
Studios keep 95% of every sale. Planum takes 5% to keep the journal running. Pricing is set by the studio, not the platform.
03 — Rights & Boundaries
When you buy a documented project on Planum, the grant is the same every time: one project, one buyer, one build. There are no tiers, no upsells, and no multi-build packages. If your project needs more than that, the path is to commission the studio directly.
04 — In Plain Terms
That order matters. Planum exists because the work exists, not the other way around. The framework above is just the operating manual for keeping it that way.
Specific terms for studios and buyers live in the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.