The Portfolio Note
Practical advice on architectural portfolios, representation and applications, from Oliver (Upstairs) and Steven (Show It Better). For students and architects preparing for their next role or a master's. Free, every two weeks.
Your work is not as small as it feels
ISSUE 00 · OCTOBER 2026 Hello Reader, This is the first issue of The Portfolio Note. We've talked about architecture portfolios on camera for years, and lived with the weird rules of YouTube. Now we want a more direct line to you: a place where we can say exactly what we think, share what we're reading and bring back the comments that stayed with us. We've been reviewing portfolios for over five years, so we already have a lot planned. We'll start with a comment left under one of our review...
Two portfolios, one system
ISSUE 01 · OCTOBER 2026 Hello Reader, Last issue you voted, and "Job or master's" won. It gets its own issue in two weeks. This week we reviewed six portfolios on Show It Better, and two of them show how to make every project feel like part of one portfolio. On the channel · Six portfolios, one system Vicente Mateus built his portfolio to be easy to update with each new project. Every project introduction follows the same pattern: main image on the right, title, description and general info....
Practical advice on architectural portfolios, representation and applications, from Oliver (Upstairs) and Steven (Show It Better). For students and architects preparing for their next role or a master's. Free, every two weeks.