Choosing Projects for Your Portfolio
Which projects belong in an architecture portfolio: start from the reader, list everything, score each project on quality, relevance, difference, your role and material, decide to lead, keep, rework or cut, and put the set in an order that works.
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- LanguageEnglish
- TypeFree download
What is inside
Every file in the download and what it holds.
| File | What it holds |
|---|---|
| Choosing Projects Guide.pdf | 6 pages: reader, long list, five-question score, keep/rework/cut, order, special cases |
| Project Selection Worksheet.pdf | 1 page, A4 landscape, print and fill in |
Going further
Portfolio Planner (project scoring workbook, page budget, flatplans) and Before & After Case Studies
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FreeEmail to an Architecture Office
How to write an application email an architecture office will open, read and answer: research and the right person, the seven parts of the email, attachments and file sizes, common mistakes, follow-up timing, an annotated example and three ready templates.
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FreePresenting Your Portfolio in an Interview
How to present an architecture portfolio in a job interview: what interviewers are checking, print or tablet or screen, which projects to show, a timed 10-minute and 3-minute walkthrough, talking about team projects, handling questions, online interviews, a cheat sheet and 12 practice cards.
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FreeJury Prep Starter
A short, practical start for architecture juries and reviews: know the review you are in, say your project in one sentence, a timed 2-minute script with a worked example, presenting at the wall and online, a routine for questions, hard moments, the last 24 hours and 15 practice cards.
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FreeFree Design Resources
A short, checked list of free resources for architecture students: fonts, textures and materials, HDRIs and 3D models, people cutouts, mockups, visualisation software with free or education licences, and free images. One line per link on what it is good for and what its licence page says.