Architecture Portfolio Bootcamp Session – One-On-One Livestream Special

A strong architecture portfolio is not just a collection of nice sheets. It has to help an employer understand your level, judgement, technical ability and relevance quickly.

Stephen Drew gives a practical portfolio bootcamp for architecture professionals, covering project choice, structure, professional work, technical evidence, file size, interviews and how to make a portfolio easier for practices to assess.

The conversation covers:

• What to include and what to leave out of an architecture portfolio
• Why recent and relevant projects usually matter most
• How professional work and academic work should be balanced
• Why technical evidence can help candidates stand out
• How to prepare portfolio files for applications and interviews

Read the episode on Architecture Social: Architecture Portfolio Bootcamp

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Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to the architecture portfolio bootcamp
• 05:00 What employers need from a portfolio
• 10:00 Avoiding long introductions and CV duplication
• 15:00 Choosing your strongest and most recent projects
• 20:00 Bid submissions, interviews and portfolio thinking in practice
• 25:00 Technical evidence, public examples and showing detail
• 30:00 Adapting architecture and interior design experience
• 35:00 PDF size, image quality and file preparation
• 40:00 Stages, project relevance and audience questions
• 45:00 Professional work versus academic work
• 50:00 Online and in-person interview preparation
• 55:00 Editing, layering and all killer no filler

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