In a practice, the CV does not replace the portfolio — it decides whether the portfolio gets opened. The partner or project architect reading it looks for three things in seconds: school and qualification, registration status, and the software you actually use, with your real level.
Collective housing and public buildings, full architectural services.
Competitions and design stages, mixed-use and commercial briefs.
Fictional example CV — every section is editable in the builder.
This example, on our Blueprint template, follows the logic of a drawing: the career reads in phases, skills read as materials and qualifications as approvals. The portfolio link stays visible in the header.
Browse the 20+ templates“AutoCAD, Revit, ArchiCAD” with no detail convinces nobody. Write “Revit — 4 years of production work, BIM Level 2, template management”: the recruiter knows what you can take on from day one.
The portfolio shows projects. The CV must say how far you go: “tender packages authored independently on 3 schemes”, “site inspections on a 2,400 m² build”. That is what separates two candidates with the same degree.
“Public building, 2,400 m², £4.5m” places your scale of work. Housing, commercial, heritage, education: every practice recruits against a specific type of brief.
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