For architecture students and architecture school applicants
Plans, sections, renders, and models, organized into projects someone can actually follow, on a laptop or a phone.
What a architecture portfolio has to do
Architecture portfolios mix media more than almost any other discipline: technical drawings, hand sketches, physical models, renders, diagrams, and site photography, often all for one project. The challenge is making that read as one coherent story rather than a stack of sheets.
Architecture work is also usually laid out for large-format print. Sheets designed for A3 or bigger become unreadable on a phone. A website lets each drawing be viewed at a legible size, with zoom where fine detail matters.
01What your site can hold
Built around your architecture work.
Project narratives
Site, brief, concept, development, and final proposal, in order.
Technical drawings
Plans, sections, elevations, and details, sized to stay legible and zoomable.
Physical models
Final and process models, photographed from several angles.
Renders and visualizations
Presented alongside the drawings, so the design and the image-making are both clear.
Diagrams and concept sketches
The drawings that show how the idea formed.
Project facts
Year, studio or course, program, site, scale, and whether it was individual or group work.
02 · Why custom design matters
How we present architecture work
A template decides the layout before it has seen your work. We design the other way round.
- Drawings that stay readable
- Clean backgrounds and sizes where line weights hold up, with zoom for detail.
- A repeatable project structure
- Every project follows the same sequence, so reviewers can compare them quickly.
- Wide images stay wide
- Layouts that respect landscape drawings on desktop and still work on narrow screens.
- Room for your PDF
- A downloadable PDF portfolio can live on the site too, for programs that also ask for one.
03 · Before we start
What to prepare
- High-resolution exports of drawings (PDF or large images, not screenshots)
- Photos of models against a plain background
- A short info sheet per project: brief, site, program, year
- Your role in any group projects
- Sketches and process work you'd like to show
Always follow each program's own submission requirements first. Your website complements them.
04 · How it works
Five steps, each approved by you
- Portfolio review
- Direction and structure
- Design
- Build and revisions
- Launch
Examples
All portfolio examplesWe don't have architecture examples to show yet. Every site is designed from scratch, so the current examples show how we think about structure and color. Your site would be built around your work.
Questions about architecture portfolios
Usually not as-is. Print layouts are designed for a page, not a screen. We use the same projects and drawings but restructure them to work at screen size, and can still link your PDF for anyone who wants it.
Yes. Many applicants show drawing, model-making, photography of buildings and spaces, and design work from other areas. We help you present the work that shows spatial thinking.
Clearly labeled as group work, with a plain statement of what you did. Reviewers need to know which parts are yours.