Upload your competition brief and get structured outputs with source citations — schedules, KPIs, jury research, and area programmes. Built by architects for competitions.
"Replaces 0.5 to 7 days of manual setup work"
Project Info
National Cultural Centre
International Design Competition · 2026
Milestones
Registration
15 Mar 2026 · p.4
Q&A Closes
02 Apr 2026 · p.7
Submission
28 May 2026 · p.12
Results
30 Jul 2026 · p.18
Evaluation Criteria
Submission deadline falls on a Sunday. Verify against official brief.
Area Programme
Source: Brief pp. 14–17 · 12 spaces extracted
15min
Brief to project folder
10
Parallel extractions
8–20hrs
Saved per competition
40+
Languages supported
Drop your competition brief — PDF, Word, Excel, or images. Up to 5 files, 200 MB each.
"Takes 5 seconds"
AI extracts schedules, areas, KPIs, jury members, deliverables, and research in parallel. Progress updates stream in real-time.
"Takes 5–10 minutes"
Review outputs in browser, then download Excel files, Gantt charts, Word dossiers, and research reports.
"One-click ZIP export"
Drop your brief — PDF, Word, Excel, or images. Up to 5 files, 200 MB each.
"Takes 5 seconds"
AI extracts schedules, areas, KPIs, jury, deliverables, and research in parallel.
"Takes 5–10 minutes"
Review outputs in browser, then download Excel files, Gantt charts, and Word dossiers.
"One-click ZIP export"
Every output structured, cited, and ready to use
Key dates extracted with page references. Interactive Gantt chart with drag-and-drop editing. Downloadable as Excel with milestones, consultant dates, and review dates.
Spatial requirements extracted into structured tables. Treemap visualisation and force-directed network graph show relationships between spaces. Downloadable as Excel.
Jury members identified from your brief via web search. Background summaries, notable projects, portfolio images, and strategic recommendations. Downloadable as Word.
Evaluation criteria extracted with direct quotes and page numbers. Labelled "Direct" (stated) or "Inferred" (implied). Downloadable as Excel with source citations.
All required submissions extracted and categorised. Drawing list includes scales and formats. Separate Excel files for deliverables checklist and drawings.
Four parallel research studies: precedent projects, context/vernacular, technology, and visual moodboard. Real images from the web. Downloadable as Word with grids.
Unlike generic AI tools, Lorm provides verifiable outputs you can check against your brief.
Your brief is processed once and not stored. Files are deleted after your session ends. GDPR-compliant.
Built for architects who need transparency — not black-box AI predictions.
KPI Extraction — Sample Output
"The jury will evaluate proposals on the basis of architectural quality, innovation, and contextual sensitivity…"
Source: Brief p. 12 · Evaluation Criteria section
Implied from BREEAM requirement on p. 8 and net-zero carbon target referenced on p. 15.
Source: Brief pp. 8, 15 · Technical Requirements
Submission deadline falls on a Sunday (28 Sep 2026). Verify against official brief — likely the preceding Friday.
You can. Here's what you'll miss.
| ChatGPT / Claude | Lorm | |
|---|---|---|
| Output format | Text in chat window | Excel, Word, interactive Gantt, ZIP |
| Source citations | Sometimes | Page numbers + direct quotes |
| Jury research with photos | No image download | Portraits + project images |
| Analyses per session | 1 prompt at a time | 10 in parallel (Analyse All) |
| Architecture-specific | Generic prompts | 25 optimised prompts |
| Cost for 2 competitions/year | £240/year subscription | £200 total (pay only when you compete) |
Read 100+ page brief manually
Build Excel schedule from scratch
4–8 hours
Google jury members one by one
2–4 hours
Extract areas into spreadsheet
2–3 hours
Create deliverables checklist
1–2 hours
Research precedents and context
3–6 hours
Total: 0.5 to 7 days
Upload brief
5 seconds
Gantt chart generated with all dates
5 minutes, automatic
Full jury dossier with photos and strategy
5–10 minutes, automatic
Area programme with treemap and network graph
5 minutes, automatic
Complete deliverables list with page references
5 minutes, automatic
Four research reports with images
5–10 minutes, automatic
Total: 15 minutes
Save 8–20 hours per competition.
Spend your time designing, not administrating.
Created by an architect who competes regularly and knows the pain of manual brief analysis.
Uses Google's latest language models with web search grounding for jury research and precedents.
Supports 40+ languages. GDPR-compliant. Tested on briefs from the UK, Europe, North America, and beyond.
Active beta testing with architects worldwide. Growing library of analysed briefs and verified outputs.
From local open calls to international invited competitions
1–5 person team · 10–30 competitors
School, kindergarten, community centre. You'd normally build a Gantt chart in Excel over an afternoon. Lorm does it in minutes.
Saves half a day
4–15 people + consultants · 20–100 competitors
Cultural centre, residential tower, university. Multi-document briefs, outsourced rendering, jury research matters. Every feature delivers value.
Saves 3–5 days
20–50 people · Invited competitions
Airport, museum, masterplan. 100+ page briefs, massive coordination. The tool gives your team a structured starting point in the first hour instead of the first week.
Saves 5–7 days
Overview dashboard is always free. Use tokens for deep research and downloads.
No subscription. Tokens valid for 12 months. Rollover on refill.
Free (0 tokens): Overview dashboard — project info, area programme, deliverables, and milestones. Viewable in your browser for 24 hours.
What tokens unlock: Jury research & dossier, research reports, client & site background (5 tokens) + schedule generation & KPI analysis (4 tokens). A full analysis run uses 9 tokens.
Starter
£50
12 tokens
Standard
£200
50 tokens
Professional
£450
125 tokens · 10% off
Studio
£800
250 tokens · 20% off
Competitions are irregular. Buy tokens once, use them across multiple competitions. No monthly fees you'll forget to cancel.
PDF, DOCX, TXT, HTML, Markdown, XLSX, CSV, PPTX, and images (PNG, JPG, JPEG, WEBP, GIF). Upload up to 5 files per brief, 200 MB per file.
5–10 minutes for full analysis. Schedule and areas extract in 2–3 minutes. Jury research and reports take 5–10 minutes due to web search. Progress updates stream in real-time.
No. Briefs are uploaded to Google's servers for analysis, then deleted. Outputs are available for 24 hours, then removed. We do not store your competition data.
The overview dashboard (project info, area programme, deliverables, milestones) is always free. Tokens unlock two module groups: Research (5 tokens) covers jury dossier, research reports, and client/site background. Schedule & KPI (4 tokens) covers schedule generation and evaluation criteria. A full analysis run uses 9 tokens. You can run modules independently or together.
Yes. The Research group (5 tokens) and Schedule & KPI group (4 tokens) can be purchased independently. You can also re-run individual modules for 1–3 tokens instead of repeating the full 9-token analysis.
We offer refunds if the extraction is significantly incomplete or incorrect. Minor inaccuracies that require refinement are expected — outputs are starting points, not final deliverables.
Yes. Briefs are processed via Google Gemini (GDPR-compliant infrastructure). We don't store competition data. Downloaded files are yours to keep. No personal data beyond basic anonymous analytics.
Tokens are valid for 12 months from purchase. If you buy a new token pack before they expire, your remaining balance rolls over with a fresh 12-month window. Larger packs (Professional and Studio) include volume discounts of 10–20%.
Analyse for free. Pay only when you download. No account needed to start.