Why a room suits spatial work
A client or a hiring partner looking at your portfolio is trying to answer one question: can this person make a space I would want to be in? A grid of thumbnails answers it slowly. A room answers it the way your work does, by putting the visitor inside something.
The Perlink room is not a model of your building, and it shouldn’t pretend to be. Think of it as a small gallery or studio: your strongest projects on the walls, a desk with a link to your full project sheets, and a mood (land, light, time of day) that matches how you design. It sets the tone in a few seconds, and the page underneath carries the detail.
What to show: renders, built work and drawings
Most architecture portfolios mix three kinds of images. Be clear about which is which, because clients and studios read them differently.
- Photos of built work: the strongest proof. Lead with them if you have them, and say what your role was.
- Renders and visualisations: fine for unbuilt or competition work. Label them as renders so nobody feels misled later.
- Drawings and diagrams: plans, sections, concept sketches. One clear plan often says more than five renders.
- Process: models, site photos, material boards. Studios hiring juniors often want to see how you think, not only the final image.
One project, one sheet
For each project, give visitors the same short set of facts so they can compare quickly: name and place, year, type (house, café fit-out, office, competition), size, your role, and two or three lines on the idea. Then the images.
On a Perlink page that is a text block for the facts and an image album for the pictures, one pair per project. Choose the masonry layout for mixed portrait and landscape shots, the carousel when you want one image at a time, or the grid for drawings of the same size. In the room, hang the hero image of each project in a frame; visitors tap it to see it full size.
Keep render files light
Renders straight out of a visualisation tool are often 8–20 MB each, far more than a phone needs. A portfolio that takes ten seconds to load on mobile data loses the client before the first image.
- Export at around 2000 px on the long side; that is sharp on any screen.
- Use JPEG or WebP at 75–85% quality rather than PNG for photos and renders.
- Keep PDFs of full project books for people who ask, and link to them, instead of putting every page on the site.
- Pick five to eight projects. A short, strong selection reads as confidence.
For interior designers
Interior work is the easiest to translate into a room, because the room itself is the medium. Choose wall and floor colours and materials close to your style, add the furniture and lamps that suit it, and frame before-and-after photos side by side on one wall.
If you charge by project or by square metre, the priced list block lets you show packages clearly, and the booking form collects consultation requests with a date. The interior design template comes with this layout already set up.
Being found by the right clients
Your portfolio page is a real web page, so give it a title and description that say what and where you design, for example “Residential architect in Da Nang”. Set a share image so links on Zalo, Facebook or LinkedIn show your best project rather than a blank card.
Print the QR code on your business card or project boards at exhibitions, and add the link to your email signature. On the Plus plan you can connect your studio’s own domain; your perlink.to address keeps working too.