If you hire an architect on a hourly basis, they might charge you between $60 and $125 per hour for their services, though it can vary. Charging by the hour is beneficial to the architect as some homeowners can find themselves constantly making changes to the design.ost homeowners report spending between $2,091 and $7,813 when they hire an architect. An architect is an asset to any project requiring building a new structure or fundamentally altering a current structure.