At cove, we’re architects first. What makes us different is how we use AI to increase the speed, precision, and clarity of our work without changing the experience of working with us.

You still collaborate directly with a project architect. You still get detailed drawings, feasibility studies, and thoughtfully designed spaces. There’s no dashboard to manage or new software to learn.

Behind the scenes, our proprietary AI platform, Vitras.ai, is always running. It reviews zoning code in minutes, models financial outcomes in real time, and identifies hidden opportunities to improve yield or reduce risk. While you're reviewing concepts or timelines, Vitras.ai is scanning thousands of pages, testing dozens of options, and flagging constraints or incentives that might otherwise be missed.

The result is not just faster output. It’s clarity earlier in the process. You get better-aligned design options that arrive faster, more informed, and grounded in the realities of your site, timeline, and financial goals. That’s why our clients don’t just break ground quickly. They get farther, faster.

AI in Architecture: Behind the Scenes at cove

If you walked into our Atlanta-based architecture studio, the scene might feel familiar. You’d see architects sketching concepts, refining details, checking zoning, and coordinating with clients and city staff. It looks like any forward-thinking design studio. But what’s happening behind the scenes is something different.

From the moment a site comes through the door, Vitras.ai, is running in the background. It parses zoning code, analyzes market and policy data, and models dozens of financially viable paths for development. It identifies overlooked density bonuses, untapped incentives, and high-potential design directions in hours instead of weeks.

From your perspective, the process feels seamless. You talk to your architect. You receive clear options and actionable deliverables. You make informed decisions without managing software or sifting through raw data.

The difference is what powers the process. With AI doing the heavy lifting, our architects can spend more time refining concepts, aligning strategies, and collaborating with your team. The result is a process that moves faster and stays better aligned from day one.

What It's Like to Work with cove

Working with cove feels clear, collaborative, and fast.

From the first conversation, you’ll be paired with a dedicated project architect who learns your goals, understands your timeline, and brings real-world development experience to the table. You’ll explore design strategies that already account for zoning, feasibility, and site constraints, so you can focus on what matters: making decisions and moving forward.

What might feel different is the pace and precision.

We don’t just test a few directions, we model dozens behind the scenes and bring you the best ones. Instead of generic studies or vague estimates, you get answers backed by real-time code and market data. Instead of weeks of back and forth, you’ll have feasibility studies in days.

You won’t need to manage another dashboard or learn new software. You’ll get familiar deliverables, better aligned with your pro forma, and supported by architects who know how to keep momentum going.

This is what architecture looks like when it's built around how development actually works.

AI-Powered, Full-Service Architecture: Real Projects, Real Outcomes

Developers work with cove to move faster, reduce entitlement risk, and design with confidence. Our AI-accelerated process helps identify opportunities earlier, align design with financial performance, and uncover paths to feasibility that might otherwise go unnoticed. Here’s how that plays out on actual sites:

Atlanta West End Multifamily Project

Challenge: A compact, irregular site with what appeared to be limited yield.
What happened: Vitras.ai parsed over 400 pages of zoning code and identified a little-known density bonus. Our team developed a strategy around it, coordinated with city officials, and doubled the unit count. The results: a projected IRR increase from 12% to 22%.

Atlanta Kirkwood Micro-Unit Project

Challenge: A small infill site with tight parking constraints.
What happened: Vitras.ai flagged that the parcel was located in an Opportunity Zone and surfaced multiple incentives. Our architects proposed a zero-parking scheme, aligned the design with zoning strategy, and made the project financially viable.

Take a closer look at the Kirkwood project here

These are just two examples of how we apply AI to uncover overlooked opportunities and craft development strategies that deliver real results. Whether it’s multifamily, adaptive reuse, mixed-use, or hospitality, our process remains the same: a blend of data, speed, and architectural insight to move projects forward with clarity and confidence.

What cove’s AI Doesn’t Do with Architecture

Vitras.ai is a powerful AI platform that accelerates our work in zoning analysis, feasibility studies, and scenario modeling. It can scan thousands of pages of zoning code in minutes. It can flag incentives and test development pathways with incredible speed. But like any technology, it has limits.

There are aspects of architecture and development that cannot be automated. No algorithm can navigate a neighborhood meeting, read the room at a planning commission, or weigh the nuanced tradeoffs between phasing, financing, and long-term value. These are human decisions that require experience, context, and good judgment.

Some things only architects can do:

• Navigate neighborhood politics and community concerns

• Interpret the subtle priorities of planning commissions

• Design places where beauty, function, and strategy come together

• Make judgment calls based on phasing, risk, or timing

• Build trust with stakeholders, investors, and city reviewers

These decisions shape communities. And they are made by people, not machines. Our architects bring creativity, coordination, and strategic thinking that transform data into real-world progress. They understand how to move projects forward, not just on paper, but in the real world, through smart design and strong relationships.

Vitras.ai helps them get there faster, with clearer insights and sharper analysis. But it’s our team who balances speed with nuance, and analysis with vision. The result is a process that not only accelerates development, but also supports more thoughtful, strategic outcomes at every stage.

Great architecture isn’t just efficient. It’s purposeful, livable, and built for lasting value.

What You Get When You Work With cove: The AI Architecture Firm

Working with cove means partnering with a full-service architecture firm built for today's development landscape. We’ve integrated AI into our process from the start, but the experience for you is seamless and straightforward.

There’s no software to learn. No dashboards to manage. You simply get the answers, insights, and results you need, backed by a team that understands development.

Here’s what to expect:

• Feasibility studies in 3–5 days, not weeks

• Real-time zoning and policy insights, not outdated reports

• Dozens of scenarios tested behind the scenes, with only the strongest paths presented

• A dedicated project architect who stays with you from start to finish

• Familiar deliverables like drawings, models, and feasibility packages

• No logins, no tech headaches, just faster, smarter architectural service

This isn’t architecture as usual. It’s a process designed for developers, built to uncover hidden opportunities, streamline entitlement, and align design with financial performance from the start. Vitras.ai accelerates the work in the background, while our team brings the insight and experience to turn it into real-world results.

Why Working with an AI Architecture Firm Matters

In real estate development, speed and precision are not nice-to-haves. They are make-or-break. A 100-basis-point swing can determine whether a project moves forward. Weeks lost to outdated feasibility studies or slow zoning reviews can stall progress and impact returns.

That’s why cove’s approach matters. Our AI platform, Vitras.ai, is not an add-on or a novelty. It is an essential part of how we operate. From day one, our architects have access to the zoning data, incentive programs, and scenario modeling needed to evaluate paths with speed and confidence.

This process is purpose-built for today’s development realities. It reflects the pace, complexity, and financial pressure developers face across markets. And it delivers. We’ve used it successfully on mixed-use, multifamily, adaptive reuse, and other high-impact projects.

At cove, technology powers the process. People drive the outcomes. Our architects bring creativity, judgment, and experience to every decision. The result is not just better architecture. It is a better way to build.