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Let the work speak.

One studio brand, one address and one inbox, with a website that takes each kind of client straight to the work.

  • Where it standsLive at engelhouse.studio
  • Year2026
  • What we builtStudio brand, domain and email, and an editorial portfolio website

ENGEL HOUSE is a Cape Town studio photographing hotels, interiors and food. It had outgrown its old name, website and email. We built a new studio brand and an editorial site where hospitality clients find the right work and enquire in a few clicks.

Visit engelhouse.studioHow it works

[01] The business before

Fifteen years of work, under an old name.

Fifteen years of hotels, interiors and food, under an old name, an old Wix site and email on a second domain.

  1. Fifteen years behind it

    ENGEL HOUSE is a commercial photography studio in Cape Town with more than fifteen years behind it. It shoots luxury hotels, architecture, interiors and food for hotel groups, hospitality brands, architects and restaurants.

  2. An old name

    For most of that time it traded as 3Sixty Photography. By 2026 the old Wix site under that name was no longer serving the studio, and email ran on a second domain whose website never went live.

  3. The work moved on

    The work had moved on; its home online had not.

How it ranBefore

  • WixThe old 3Sixty Photography website, on its own domain.
  • EmailMail on a second domain, whose website never went live.

What was breaking

  1. 01

    The name, the website and the email no longer matched the studio.

  2. 02

    A wide body of work, from hotels to plated food, had no clear way in for each kind of client.

  3. 03

    Choosing which photographs to show was hard without seeing them in place.

[02] What we built

Room for the photography.

A new studio brand and domain, an editorial website with four portfolios and a full-screen gallery, and an enquiry flow by email.

  1. Brand and domain

    A new studio brand and domain, with the studio's email on it.

  2. Portfolios and gallery

    An editorial website with four portfolios and a full-screen gallery, and an enquiry flow by email.

Four focused portfolios

Each kind of client goes straight to the work that matters to them, then filters.

  1. 01

    Hotels and resorts

  2. 02

    Travel and lifestyle

  3. 03

    Food and drink

  4. 04

    Architecture and interiors

ENGEL HOUSE, screen: Hotels and resorts
Hotels and resorts. Hospitality commissions are given a focused portfolio entry point.

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Studio website

For hotel groups, architects and restaurantsengelhouse.studio

An editorial studio site: large photography, restrained type and four portfolios that take each kind of client straight to the work that matters to them.

  • Four portfolios with filters
  • Full-screen gallery viewer
  • Notable project stories
  • Studio and process pages

6 real screens · tap to enlarge

  • Opening portfolio

    The work arrives at full scale, with almost nothing competing for attention.

  • Latest gallery

    Recent commissions become an editorial entry point into the wider portfolio.

  • Hotels and resorts

    Hospitality commissions are given a focused portfolio entry point.

  • Travel and lifestyle

    A longer editorial sequence shows the range without collapsing it into a thumbnail grid.

  • Food and drink

    Food work is presented with the same scale and restraint as the wider studio.

  • Architecture and interiors

    Spaces and structural detail become a distinct, easy-to-find body of work.

Screen 01 / 06

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Enquiries

For new clientsWeb and email

The contact form sends the studio a tidy notification and the sender a branded confirmation, so nobody wonders whether a message arrived.

  • Branded confirmation to the sender
  • Notification to the studio
  • Analytics on enquiries and gallery use
Real screenProcess and enquiry

2 real screens · tap to enlarge

  • About the studio

    The person and process behind the photography get a clear, confident introduction.

  • Process and enquiry

    The practical route from understanding the studio to starting a conversation stays clear.

Screen 01 / 02

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Brand, domain and email

For the studioengelhouse.studio

A new ENGEL HOUSE wordmark, the engelhouse.studio domain, studio mailboxes and signatures, with the old address sending visitors to the new site.

  • Wordmark and email signatures
  • New domain and mailboxes
  • Old address redirects to the new site

[03] How it works

From first look to enquiry.

A hotel group can go straight to hospitality work, and a restaurant can start with food.

  1. Straight to the work

    A hotel group can go straight to hospitality work. A restaurant can start with food.

  2. Through the images

    An agency can open a project and move through the images full screen without wading through unrelated shoots.

  3. Built for touch

    On phones, the navigation and gallery controls are rebuilt for touch.

  4. Under the hood

    The portfolio is stored in Convex, enquiries go out through Postmark, and Google Analytics shows which galleries and enquiries are working.

The site, recorded live

Recorded on engelhouse.studio

  • Four clear ways in

    Large work and four clear ways in, one click from the home page.

  • Choose, then filter

    Go straight to hotels, travel, food or interiors, then filter.

  • Full-screen viewer

    Open any image full screen and move through the sequence, without wading through unrelated shoots.

  • Rebuilt for touch

    On phones, the navigation and gallery controls are rebuilt for touch.

  • A brief, then a confirmation, recorded on engelhouse.studio

    A brief, then a confirmation

    Send a brief from the contact page and get a branded confirmation, so nobody wonders whether a message arrived.

  1. Client

    Large work and four clear ways in.

  2. Client

    Go straight to hotels, travel, food or interiors, then filter.

  3. Client

    Open any image full screen and move through the sequence.

  4. Client

    Read a notable project, the studio and how a shoot runs.

  5. ClientKey step

    Send a brief from the contact page and get a confirmation.

  6. Studio

    The enquiry lands in the studio's inbox, ready to answer.

Real screenOpening portfolio

[04] What we changed

One studio brand. The right work for each client.

Give the studio one brand and a website that gets out of the way of the photography.

  1. One brand, one inbox

    Give the studio one brand, one address and one inbox.

  2. Out of the way

    A website that gets out of the way of the photography while taking each kind of client straight to the work that matters to them.

Before: Wix, Email. Now: Live at engelhouse.studio.Drag, or use the arrow keys

  1. 01

    Before: An old name on an old site.

    Now: A new ENGEL HOUSE brand at engelhouse.studio.

    ENGEL HOUSE, screen: Opening portfolio

  2. 02

    Before: Everything in one gallery.

    Now: Four focused portfolios: hotels, travel, food and interiors.

    ENGEL HOUSE, screen: Hotels and resorts

  3. 03

    Before: Thumbnails that undersell the work.

    Now: Large editorial sequences, with a full-screen viewer.

    ENGEL HOUSE, screen: Travel and lifestyle

  4. 04

    Before: Who is behind the camera? Ask by email.

    Now: The studio and its process, explained before anyone enquires.

    ENGEL HOUSE, screen: About the studio

  5. 05

    Before: A contact address on another domain.

    Now: An enquiry form that confirms to the sender and alerts the studio.

    ENGEL HOUSE, screen: Process and enquiry

[05] What changed

One studio, easy to hire.

ENGEL HOUSE now trades under one name, with one address and one inbox.

ENGEL HOUSE, screen: Opening portfolio
Opening portfolio. The work arrives at full scale, with almost nothing competing for attention.
Four focused portfolios
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From first look to enquiry.
6steps

Where it stands

Live at engelhouse.studio

Feb 2026Sep 2026

Dates from our project records and release history.

  1. Update

    First conversation.

    then, +1 month
  2. Start

    Design and build start.

    then, +3 months
  3. Update

    Direction approved; engelhouse.studio serves the new site.

    ENGEL HOUSE, screen: Opening portfolio
    then, +1 month
  4. Handover

    Handover, with monthly care from us.

    then, +2 months
  5. Release

    A content release brings the gallery to 123 photographs.

    ENGEL HOUSE, screen: Latest gallery

Dates from our project records and release history.

  • The studio trades under one brand, one domain and one inbox.

  • Clients reach the work that matters to them in one click from the home page.

  • Every enquiry confirms to the sender and lands in the studio's inbox.

  • Seeing the photographs on the site made it quick to decide which ones to drop.

  1. One name

    ENGEL HOUSE now trades under one name, with one address and one inbox, and the old domain sends visitors to the new site.

  2. Easier to choose

    The studio told us that choosing which photographs to show had been hard, and that seeing them on the site made it quick to decide what to drop.

  3. Monthly care

    We look after the site and email every month, and a content release in September brought the gallery to 123 photographs.

Built with

The tools behind it.

See the full toolbench
  • React
  • Vite
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Convex
  • Postmark
  • Google Analytics
  • MXroute
  • Vercel

Also in the build: Motion, Lenis

Next case · 09 / 19

All work

Explore Hub

The website is the first pitch.

Explore Hub sells websites, content and digital growth to hospitality, travel and transport brands, so its own website had to be the first proof. We designed and built an editorial, motion-led site that explains the offer in three services, shows who it is for and how a project runs, and puts every enquiry straight into the inbox.

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