The Portfolio: An Architecture Student's Handbook (Architectural Students Handbooks) [Paperback]

Katerina Ruedi Ray PhD in Architecture (Author), Lesley Lokko Dip Arch (Author), Igor Marjanovic (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0750657642 | ISBN-13: 978-0750657648 | Publication Date: June 26, 2003 | Edition: 1

The portfolio is the single most important part of every architectural student's education. This book proides a complete guide to preparing, compiling and presenting this crucial element of the architecture course.


The experienced author team gives practical advice for the creation of the portfolio covering issues of size, storage, layout and order. They go on to guide the student through the various forms a portfolio can take: the Electronic Portfolio, the Academic Portfolio and the Professional Portfolio suggesting different approaches and different media to use in order to create the strongest portfolio possible. The team also presents the best examples from international student portfolios to show the reader their recommendations in practice.

The book has a companion website where full colour representations of the best examples of portfolio work can be accessed.

Also in the Seriously Useful Guides series:
* The Dissertation
* The Crit
* Practical Experience

* Offers step-by-step advice for students on how to prepare and present their portfolios
* Advice from the experts on how to make portfolios the best they can be
* Fully illustrated with examples of the best students' work from around the world

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Book Description

A complete guide to compiling, preparing, and presenting an architectural portfolio

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The portfolio is the single most important part of every architectural student's education. This book is a complete guide to preparing, compiling and presenting this crucial element of the architecture course.

The experienced author team gives practical advice for the creation of the portfolio covering issues including size, storage, layout and order. They go on to guide the student through the various forms a portfolio can take: the Electronic Portfolio, the Academy Portfolio and the Professional Portfolio suggesting different approaches and different media to use in order to create the strongest portfolio possible. The team also presents the best examples from international student portfolios to show the reader their recommendations in practice.

The book has a companion website http://www.theportfolio.org.uk where full colour representations of the best examples of portfolio work can be accessed.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 148 pages
• Publisher: Architectural Press; 1 edition (June 26, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750657642
• ISBN-13: 978-0750657648
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #603,989 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing!, May 6, 2005

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Firas Hnoosh (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Portfolio: An Architecture Student's Handbook (Architectural Students Handbooks) (Paperback)

I was very excited at first when I bought this book. It's full of nice illustrations and examples, but I was very disappointed when I finished reading it. It's very general with no structural orientation. It does not serve as a guide on how to design and develop your portfolio and just mentions general common knowledge which, as an architecture student or professional, you can learn throughout college and work.
I would not recommend it for those who want to create a portfolio with strong impact.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not a step-by-step guide, July 6, 2006

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Marie R. Goodart - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Portfolio: An Architecture Student's Handbook (Architectural Students Handbooks) (Paperback)

If you want to be inspired and gain a new prespective on how to design an architectural portfolio, this is an excellent book.

Not the step-by-step guide, or a list of creative ideas, it allows for creativity along with both basic and detailed pointers on layout, overall design, content and award-recipent portfolio examples. Direct references to certain colleges in both Europe and the USA.

Something not in the description that was a very pleasent surprise: The authors compare UK schools and USA schools, their application process and how the portfolios differ. A very useful thing for a student, such as myself, planning on applying to both European and USA architecture grad. schools.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing and Vague, September 24, 2010

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Alex Powell (cincinnati, oh) - See all my reviews
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Just like another person's review, I was very excited about the book. After reading, I felt like I just wasted my time! The book is very generalized and NOT STEP BY STEP as it reads on the back cover. Half the book also dicusses the professional architectural culture in the UK(wasting my time!). It is a good book that inspires to have a good portfolio, but no help on how to make it!