The Portfolio: An Architectural Student's Handbook
Book Info
Guide for architecture students on how to prepare and present their portfolios. Fully illustrated with examples of the best students' work from around the world. Softcover.
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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.
About the Author
Studied architecture at the Architectural Association in London UK and University of London. Taught design and theory at the Architectural Association, The Bartlett School and Kingston University, UK before taking up her current position at UIC in 1997. She has won various European design awards for her architectural work and has acted as visiting professor, critic and lecturer at European and North American architectural and art schools. Trained as an architect at University College London, Lesley has taught in schools in the UK and US and has lectured and published widely on the relationship of social factors to architectural design. Igor Marjanovic studied architecture at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, the Moscow Architectural Institute and the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has practiced and exhibited widely in locations including Brazil, Greece and Finland, and he has won numerous design awards. Igor is currently a practising architect with OWP&P Architects (the largest architectural practice in Chicago), and teaches architectural design and theory at UIC. He is also undertaking reseach for a PhD by Design at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, UK.
Book Description
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.
- 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
