SEO, performance, and scalability were core requirements for Paterson Architects. They also wanted to create an experience that was unique to themselves, and not limited by technology or design.

We planned to use a managed headless content management system (CMS) for the backend, so did not need to build a backend server. With Gatsby's built-in features, including data querying with the unified GraphQL layer, and the ability to easily manage and deploy the static assets, Gatsby.js (and thus React) for the frontend became a natural choice.

It was important for Paterson to be able to easily create and deliver consistent content quickly to all of their applications. We also needed the freedom to use any modern web tool to build the apps that serve Paterson content. The headless DatoCMS platform was chosen as the end-to-end content management solution.

Paterson's digital content and marketing teams can easily create, manage, automate SEO, and distribute content for all their applications from one unified platform.

DatoCMS' managed global CDN-backed GraphQL API ensures that the content is accessible, performant, scalable and secure. The user-friendly dashboard and publishing system is easy to use, and provides tremendous content modeling flexibility to meet Paterson's data needs.

We deployed the Paterson site to Netlify's global Edge network - a globally distributed CDN designed for fast, low latency sites. Netlify also handles the contact form submissions.

The content management system (CMS), frontend and data store is hosted and deployed using DatoCMS' managed global CDN service.