Resource Library
Architecture Portfolio Resources
Templates for portfolios, CVs, presentation boards and the documents around them, plus guides and free downloads for juries, applications and the job search.
Templates
Editable layouts with their fonts and a user guide. Every template has its own page with all of its pages.
-
50 templates · A3 landscape + A4 portraitPortfolio Templates
Layouts for job applications, graduate school, competitions and student portfolios. Every template comes in A3 landscape and A4 portrait as an InDesign file that also opens in Affinity Publisher.
-
50 templates · A4 + US Letter, with cover letterCV Templates
CV and cover letter templates for architects and architecture students, from a first internship to an academic post. Every template comes in A4 and US Letter with a matching cover letter.
-
50 templates · A1 landscape + A1 portraitPresentation Board Templates
A1 board sets for final juries, competitions, thesis and studio reviews. Every template comes in landscape and portrait with one title block across the set, a scale bar and a north arrow.
-
9 packsTemplate Packs
Templates for the documents around a portfolio: project reports, work samples, statements of purpose, competition reports, posters, drawing title blocks, jury slides and social carousels.
Workbooks, checklists and illustrated guides for planning the portfolio, the jury and the job search.
-
Feedback-to-Action Playbook
Turns a PortfolioMentor review into work: page labels and priorities explained, then for each of the ten criteria the signs of a low score, 15-minute, one-hour and deeper fixes, a self-check and the resources that help.
-
Portfolio Planner
Plan the portfolio before laying it out: define the target, score every project, budget pages, flatplan the order, list missing assets and work to a dated timeline.
-
Before & After Case Studies
Four fictional portfolios taken through a review-led edit: the page before with problems numbered by criterion, the fixes, and a comparable page built on a PortfolioMentor template.
-
Line Weight & Plot Style Pack
A line hierarchy that prints: AutoCAD plot styles, a layer template, a print test sheet and weights by scale for AutoCAD, Revit, Archicad, Rhino and layout software.
-
Drawing Annotation Kit
38 drawing symbols: eight north arrows, true-scale bars for 1:20 to 1:2500, section, elevation, level, grid, detail, room, door, window, revision and leader symbols, in SVG, PNG, PDF and DXF.
-
Export & File Size Kit
Export the right PDF for each target: settings for portals, email, screen and print, what to do when a file is too big, calculators for pixels, effective ppi and file size, and compression scripts.
-
Image Consistency Kit
Make every image of a project look like it belongs to the same family: consistency rules, eight .cube colour looks for Photoshop and Affinity Photo, a render brief and an image log.
-
Application Tracker & Email Kit
Run a job search like a project: shortlist and track offices, send tailored emails from ten templates, follow up on time and see what works.
-
Grad School Application Kit
Organise master's and PhD applications: every programme's requirements in one tracker, recommenders asked on time, a portfolio aimed at admissions and a timeline back from the earliest deadline.
-
Interview Prep Pack
Prepare for architecture job interviews: what each format tests, how to walk through a portfolio in ten and three minutes, behavioural answers with STAR, salary ranges and the questions to ask.
-
Web Portfolio Templates
Six portfolio websites in plain HTML and CSS: grid, index, side column, editorial, mosaic and dark. Home, project and about pages, responsive, with fonts included; publish free on GitHub Pages or Netlify.
-
Educator & Studio Kit
Run a portfolio workshop: a three-session lesson plan, slides, a ten-criterion rubric that matches the AI review, a scoring workbook and four student worksheets.
-
Presentation Boards eBook
A 32-page illustrated guide to presentation boards: format and orientation, the story of a board, hierarchy and reading order, grid and layout, drawings, text and colour, fifteen common mistakes with fixes, and printing and submitting.
-
Jury Prep Pack
Prepare for juries and reviews: a 10-page guide with 2- and 5-minute scripts, 105 questions in 15 categories with what the jury is really asking and how to answer, and printable question cards.
Short guides, worksheets and link directories you can use straight away.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
FreeArchitecture Job Boards
A checked list of architecture job boards, international and by region (UK, US, German-speaking Europe, Australia), general boards that carry architecture roles, directories for finding offices to approach directly, and the registration bodies to know about. One line per link.
-
FreeGrad School Admissions Directory
A checked list of links for applying to architecture master's programmes: programme search databases, the admissions pages of well-known schools in the US, UK, Europe and Asia-Pacific, scholarships and funding, and language and test sites. No deadline dates: they change every cycle, so the directory shows you how to build your own calendar from the official pages.
-
FreeArchitecture Competition Sites
A checked list of architecture competition sites: listings and aggregators, organisers of open ideas competitions, professional and public competitions (Europan, UIA, RIBA, national portals), student competitions and awards, and a short checklist for deciding whether a paid competition is worth entering.
-
FreeHow Many Pages? Portfolio Length Guide
How long an architecture portfolio should be: why the brief wins, starting points for job samples, full portfolios and master's applications when no limit is given, what counts as a page, how many projects, and how to budget pages before you lay out.
-
FreeChoosing 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.
-
FreeJob Portfolio vs Grad School Portfolio
The difference between a portfolio for an architecture job and one for a master's or PhD application: who reads each and what they decide, a side-by-side comparison, what each needs, and step-by-step checklists to adapt one into the other.