30X40 Design Workshop
How to make an architectural portfolio (for Architects, Interns and Students) If you're making an architectural portfolio, or yours needs a refresh, this is your how-to guide. We'll review the key differences between paper and digital portfolios, and you'll learn why the best portfolio is the one you're able to keep updated with fresh content.
| Length | 16:23 |
| Price | Free of charge |
| Subject | Architecture |
| Languages | English |
| Video Transcripts | English |
About the video
I recommend you craft your portfolio as an integral part of a broader web-based promotion strategy. Your portfolio should – if possible – be available (and searchable) on your own, self-hosted website.
Digital portfolio options:
– App-based – on a tablet for example (Morpholio, Portfolio, etc.)
– PDF – a document you can print or share
– Web platform – hosted on someone else’s platform (Behance, Issu, Coroflot, Houzz)
– Website (self-hosted) – you own the domain, you control the online real estate.
The only option I recommend today is the self-hosted website portfolio. I recommend using Squarespace to get started if you don’t have one already. Their templates are modern, minimal, and you’ll spend time on filling it with great work rather than fussing over the layout – the container.
I recommend you take cues from the portfolios of other architects you’d like to work for or whose work you’d like to emulate. Study how they’re compiling their portfolios. Learn from them.
What to include:
1) Sketches
2) Academic vs. Built work
3) Models
4) Renders
What Not to Include:
1) Work you didn’t design
2) Old work
3) Lengthy text
4) Spelling errors
5) Poor photography
6) Construction documents
7) Irrelevant work experience
8) Hobbies
I also discuss the best way to share your portfolio via email and let you in on an opportunity to have your portfolio reviewed by me on the channel (hint: you have to be a subscriber).
Meet the instructors
Eric Reinholdt is a founder of Thirty by Forty Design Workshop which was established in June 2013 in a home he designed overlooking Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. In 2016, he designed and constructed the Long Studio to complement the Longhouse and serve as a full-scale model of his design principles and the latest in building science; this is the home for 30X40.
“My work celebrates humble materials, subtle contrasts and finely-crafted details. I have a strong interest in modern regionalist design, local materials and familiar building forms juxtaposed against modern, open floor plans. I employ a minimalist, Shaker-like palette of details inspired by the site and natural surroundings.”
Video syllabus
Tips to create a great architect portfolio