The Portfolio: An Architectural Student's Handbook (Architectural Students Handbooks)

The Portfolio: An Architectural Student's Handbook (Architectural Students Handbooks)
by Katerina Ruedi Ray, Lesley Lokko, Igor Marjanovic

The Portfolio: An Architectural Student's Handbook (Architectural Students Handbooks)
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Book Summary Information

Author: Igor Marjanovic, Katerina Ruedi Ray, Lesley Lokko
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-06-12
ISBN: 0750657642
Number of pages: 148
Publisher: Architectural Press

Book Reviews of The Portfolio: An Architectural Student's Handbook (Architectural Students Handbooks)

Book Review: libro muy caro...para lo esperado
Summary: 3 Stars

sus fotografias son blanco y negro y peque?as....muy poquitas hojas de ....informacion y no muestra muchos ejemplos de portafolios....sin embargo hay cierta informacion iinteresante...y se le puede sacar provecho.....

Summary of The Portfolio: An Architectural Student's Handbook (Architectural Students Handbooks)

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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