Maria Ulashchenko · Architectural designer
Architecture portfolios that get you hired.
I have spent four years between studio practice and architectural education, studying how top firms actually review portfolios.
The Portfolio Guide for Architects turns those standards into one structured method. Not inspiration: real studio expectations.
Maria UlashchenkoAbout Maria
The architect behind the guide
Maria Ulashchenko is an architectural designer, trained at the Technical University of Berlin (B.Sc. Architecture) and Politecnico di Milano (M.Sc. Architecture and Environment).
She is a co-founder of Skala Social and runs the largest architecture Instagram in Germany, with an audience of 150,000+ architects and students. She also founded Architecture After Hours, a live event series for the architecture industry.
- Co-founder · Skala Social
- 150,000+ · Instagram audience
- Founder · Architecture After Hours
- Speaker · ATN Influence Day, London 2026
- Jury · Architizer Vision Awards 2026
- Jury · Maunsell Forts Competition 2025
Published in The Architect’s Newspaper
Featured in AW Magazin
“Learning is not linear, and it is not supposed to be lonely.”
The Architect’s NewspaperNew York · architecture and design journalWhy the guide works
Both sides of the review table
As a student and in practice, I kept seeing the same portfolios win. The patterns are teachable.
Hundreds of student and early-career portfolios analyzed
How architecture offices actually read and judge your projects
What consistently works, and what quietly gets you rejected
Academic work reframed to meet professional expectations
The method · Digital PDF
Portfolio Guide for Architects
A step-by-step method for selecting, sequencing and designing your architecture portfolio. Not a template pack.
- Real case studies, annotated
- Narrative structure and sequencing
- Layout systems, fonts, hierarchy
- CV and application positioning
Featured in AW Magazin
“Maria Ulashchenko provides young architects with knowledge often missing from academic education.”
AW Magazin,architecture press
The working file · InDesign
Portfolio Template for Architects
The guide’s method as a packaged InDesign file: placements and hierarchy set, fonts included. Drag in your projects and export.
The complete kit
Portfolio Kit: Guide + Template
Read the method, then fill the file. Everything a finished portfolio needs, except your projects.
Your portfolio is the filter.
While you are guessing layouts, someone else is presenting strategically and getting the offer. Fix it before the next application deadline.