Portfolio

A portfolio is judged in about thirty seconds on the first pass. This collection gathers what shortens the distance between your drawings and that decision: editable portfolio documents, cover page layouts, CV and cover letter templates, and guides on sequencing and layout.

Templates here are built for architectural content rather than generic design work, which matters more than it sounds. Architectural drawings are wide, they carry fine line work, and they need margins that survive printing and PDF export. A layout designed for photography crops them badly.

The parts that decide a portfolio are not layout mechanics. They are the choice of which projects appear, the order they appear in, and how much space each one earns. Lead with the project that best shows how you think, not the one you spent longest on, and give every drawing enough room to be read at the size a reviewer will actually see it.

Our guides on portfolio pages, layout mistakes, cover pages and what admissions look for cover the editorial decisions the template cannot make for you.