Competition & visual
Courtyard Portfolio Template
Light serif and sage; landscape and public space projects. Built for: competition & visual portfolios. Every page sits on a 12 x 12 grid, so text, captions and data are in the same place on every page and a reviewer can find them without searching.
- Pages13
- FormatsA3 landscape, A4 portrait
- Opens inInDesign, Affinity Publisher
- FontsKarla, Spectral
Every page
Both formats have the same pages in the same order, so you can decide late or make both.
Landscape A3 420 x 297 mm
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01 Cover
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02 Statement
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03 Project opener - P1
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04 Full-bleed image - P1
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05 Axonometric - P1
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06 Large drawing - P1
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07 Project opener - P2
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08 Text & image - P2
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09 Elevations - P2
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10 Project opener - P3
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11 Models - P3
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12 Curriculum vitae
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13 Back cover
Portrait A4 210 x 297 mm
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01 Cover
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02 Statement
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03 Project opener - P1
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04 Full-bleed image - P1
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05 Axonometric - P1
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06 Large drawing - P1
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07 Project opener - P2
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08 Text & image - P2
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09 Elevations - P2
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10 Project opener - P3
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11 Models - P3
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12 Curriculum vitae
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13 Back cover
Page by page
What goes on each page, and what a reviewer looks for there.
| Page | What goes here | What a reviewer looks for |
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| 01 Cover | Six project images as a grid, name beside | Curation: range of work at a glance |
| 02 Statement | A short design statement, portrait and contents | Concept and narrative across the whole portfolio |
| 03 Project opener - P1 | Full-bleed hero image, number, title and project data on a panel | Team-role clarity: the Role line says what you did |
| 04 Full-bleed image - P1 | One image across the whole page with a short caption | Rendering and visualisation at full size |
| 05 Axonometric - P1 | One centred drawing with generous white space | Diagramming and analysis; drawing as the main event |
| 06 Large drawing - P1 | One drawing across the page with its scale | Technical drawing quality at a readable size |
| 07 Project opener - P2 | Full-bleed hero image, number, title and project data on a panel | Team-role clarity: the Role line says what you did |
| 08 Text & image - P2 | A longer piece of writing next to one image | Concept and narrative in your own words |
| 09 Elevations - P2 | Three elevations or sections stacked | Technical drawing quality; consistent scale |
| 10 Project opener - P3 | Full-bleed hero image, number, title and project data on a panel | Team-role clarity: the Role line says what you did |
| 11 Models - P3 | Four model photos in a grid | Process and iteration through physical models |
| 12 Curriculum vitae | Education, experience, awards, software | Submission fit; skills stated in words |
| 13 Back cover | Centred name, contact and QR code | Easy to reach you |
Type and colour
Paragraph styles
- Display
- Spectral LightYour name on the cover
- Number
- Spectral LightProject numbers on opener pages
- Title
- Spectral LightProject and section titles
- Lead
- Spectral LightThe one-sentence idea of a project, statements
- Heading
- Spectral RegularSub-headings, contents entries
- Body
- Karla RegularRunning text
- Label
- Karla Medium capsSmall section labels
- Data
- Karla RegularProject data, CV entries
- Caption
- Karla RegularImage captions
- Folio
- Karla Regular capsRunning header and page numbers
Colours
- Paper
#EEF0EA - Ink
#1F2620 - Grey
#6E766C - Accent
#5C7A5A
Recolour the whole document by editing one swatch. All fonts are free under the SIL Open Font License and come in the download.
What is in the download
- Editable InDesign IDML for both formats: master pages, paragraph styles, swatches and labelled frames. Opens in InDesign CC 2019 or later and in Affinity Publisher.
- Preview PDF and page images of both formats, to see the layout before you open anything.
- The fonts, free under the SIL Open Font License.
- A user guide: the grid, styles, filling it in and exporting the PDF.
