The Portfolio (2^nd Ed.) A Guide for Architects and Designers

This fully updated edition of The Portfolio shows you how to prepare, compile, and present the most crucial element of your architectural career. The book features more than 200 color images of outstanding portfolios from around the world, a new design, a new appendix covering the basics of graphic design, and an expanded digital portfolio section, in addition to updating all the important information about academic and professional portfolios, to help you put your best work forward.

1. Getting Started
1.1 What is a Portfolio
1.2 Portfolio Destinations
1.3 How To Get There
2. Design Cultures
2.1 Cultural Capital
2.2 Academic Markets
2.3 Professional Markets – How Do You Know This is the Place for You?
3. Academic Portfolio
3.1 The Portfolio in the Academy
3.2 The Academic Narrative
3.3 The Academic CV, References, and Statement of Intent
4. Professional Portfolio
4.1 The Portfolio in the Workplace
4.2 The Professional Narrative
4.3 The Professional Resume, References, and Cover Letter
4.4 Documenting Built Work
4.5 Construction Drawings
5. Preparing the Portfolio of Work
5.1 Selecting, Recording, and Storing your Work
5.2 Scanning, Reducing, and Reproducing your Work
6. The Portfolio in Print
6.1 Graphic Design
6.2 Printing and Publishing the Portfolio
7. The Digital Portfolio
7.1 Types of Digital Portfolios
7.2 Acrobat Reader and PDF Files
7.3 Web-based Portfolios
7.4 Digital Portfolio Best Practices
8. Afterwards
8.1 Ways of Sending your Work

Appendix: Fundamental Elements of Graphic Design
Image Credits
Index