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An architect's CV gives your registration and Part 1 to 3 qualifications first, then your projects: what they were, their value, the RIBA stages you worked on and what you did on each. Keep images for your portfolio and link to it. This example is a registered architect with eight years in housing and school projects.

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Isabel Moreno
Architect
Newcastle upon Tyne · 07700 900183 · isabel.moreno@example.com · Portfolio: isabelmoreno.example

Profile

ARB-registered architect with eight years in practice, five since Part 3, on housing and school projects from £2 million to £14 million. Leads projects from brief to completion, writes planning applications and runs site inspections. Works in Revit and AutoCAD and presents clearly to clients and planning committees. Looking for a project architect or associate role.

Experience

Project Architect, Tyne & Ouse Architects, Newcastle 2021–present

Lead a £14 million primary school extension from RIBA Stage 2 to Stage 5: design, planning, tender drawings and coordination with engineers.

Won planning consent for 38 homes on a brownfield site after two public consultation events.

Run fortnightly site inspections and issue instructions under the building contract.

Mentor two Part 1 assistants and review their drawings before issue.

Architectural Assistant (Part 2), Wearside Design Studio, Sunderland 2018–2021

Produced planning and building regulations drawings for housing schemes and a community centre.

Qualifications

ARB registered 2021

Part 3, Professional Practice and Management, Northumbria Vale School of Architecture 2021

MArch Architecture (Part 2), University of Tyneside 2016–2018

BA (Hons) Architecture (Part 1), University of Tyneside 2012–2015

Skills

Revit, AutoCAD and SketchUp

Planning applications and building regulations

Contract administration and site inspections

Presenting to clients and committees

Additional information

RIBA chartered member. Full UK driving licence.

Fictional example for an architect. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What architecture practices look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Discuss ideas, materials, costs and timelines with clientsLeading a school extension from Stage 2 and presenting to clients
Draft plans by hand and using computer aided design softwareRevit, AutoCAD and tender drawings
Prepare instructions for construction and engineering teamsCoordination with engineers and site instructions
Manage projects and visit sites to check on progressFortnightly site inspections on a £14 million project
Make sure plans follow building laws, safety regulations and budgetsPlanning and building regulations drawings
Draw up bids, contracts and planning applicationsPlanning consent for 38 homes

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for an architect.

Inside this example
  • Profile: 56 words here
  • Experience: 98 words here
  • Qualifications: 39 words here
  • Skills: 23 words here
  • Additional information: 7 words here

How to write yours

01

Registration first

Put ARB registration, and your Part 1, 2 and 3, where a practice sees them in the first lines.

02

List projects, not duties

For each project give its type, value and the RIBA stages you worked on, then what you did.

03

Keep images for the portfolio

Drawings and renders make a CV hard to read and slow to open. Link a portfolio of six to ten projects instead.

04

Show the client side

Planning wins, consultations and presentations show the judgement a project architect needs.

Rules and checks for an architect's CV

  • The title. Only people on the Register of Architects may call themselves an architect in the UK (Architects Registration Board, checked 9 October 2026). Until you are registered, write Part 1 or Part 2 architectural assistant.
  • Training route. The National Careers Service gives Part 1, a year of practical experience, Part 2, another year in practice, then the Part 3 exam, with degree apprenticeships as another route. Give each part with its year.
  • Portfolio. Link it in your contact line and make sure it opens on a phone.

Two pages suit an experienced architect with several projects; one page is enough at Part 1 or Part 2. The design is plain on purpose, so your portfolio does the visual work.

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