artnouveau.in — Art.n Architects website

Static site, rebuilt July 2026 (quiet-luxury editorial design: warm paper, Cormorant Garamond + Archivo, calm motion). No framework, no CMS — plain HTML/CSS/JS generated by Node scripts, so it stays maintainable. The earlier dark "drafting board" design is preserved at git tag v1-dark-drafting.

Branches

branch	contents
main	backup mirror of the OLD live site (taken 2026-07-05) — do not build from this
development	design mockups v1–v5 + reference moodboard (redesign/v1/)
production	the new site: sources, tools and generated dist/

Layout (production branch)

• dist/ — the complete generated website. Deploying = uploading this folder.
• src/data/projects.json — all 33 projects: titles, categories, blurbs, photo lists. Edit this to change project content.
• src/data/site.json — contact details, offices, team list, principal bio.
• src/data/home.json — which projects/photos the homepage features.
• src/css/site.css, src/js/site.js — the design system (shared by every page).
• img/ — original photos (source of truth; never deleted).
• docs-photo-issues.md — photo problems found during review (reshoot checklist).

Commands

npm install --legacy-peer-deps   # once per machine
npm run images                   # only after adding/changing photos (regenerates WebP variants)
node tools/images-extra.js       # team photos + OG image
npm run build                    # regenerate all pages in dist/ (fast, run after any src/ edit)
node tools/serve.js 8123         # preview at http://localhost:8123

Adding a new project

1. Put photos in img/projects/<Name>/.
2. Add an entry to src/data/projects.json (copy an existing one; images paths are repo-relative).
3. npm run images, then npm run build.

Remote & backups

• gitea development branch (gitea.simssoftware.in/SIMS/Artnouveau_website) holds the complete new site — sources, tools, generated dist/ and original photos. It was pushed as a staged snapshot (many ~30 MB commits) because the server rejects uploads over its size limit (HTTP 413). The local branch mirroring it is transport2 (worktree at ..\an-transport). To publish updates: copy changed files into that worktree, commit, and git push origin transport2:refs/heads/development.
• To push the REAL history (branches main/development/production) the gitea server's reverse-proxy upload limit must be raised (e.g. nginx client_max_body_size 512m;).
• Local bundle backup: C:\SiMS\Artnouveau\Artnouveau_website-backup-2026-07-05.bundle (all branches; refresh with git bundle create <file> --all after new commits).
• The old dark "drafting board" design: git tag v1-dark-drafting.

Notes

• All vendor libraries (GSAP, Lenis, three.js, model-viewer, GLightbox) and fonts are vendored locally in dist/assets/ — the site has zero external runtime dependencies.
• The 3D section uses a procedural massing model (src/3d/massing.glb, generated by tools/make-glb.js). Replace with a real GLB export from SketchUp/Revit when available.
• Old live-site URLs (e.g. portfolio Achayans cafe.html) redirect to the new clean URLs via stub pages in dist/.
• Tender system (tender.artnouveau.in) is separate — this site only links to it.