diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/components/svg.tsx b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/components/svg.tsx
index 4359b39180e36..7a62b529d5b21 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/components/svg.tsx
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/components/svg.tsx
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export const PLAY_ICON = (
             width={21}
             height={21}
             rx={10.5}
-            stroke="#3E515F"
+            stroke="currentColor"
             strokeOpacity={0.1}
             strokeWidth={3}
         />
@@ -164,6 +164,25 @@ export const ARROW_UP_ICON = (
     </svg>
 )
 
+/** An icon representing creation of an item. */
+export const CIRCLED_PLUS_ICON = (
+    <svg
+        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+        width={80}
+        height={80}
+        viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+        fill="none"
+        strokeWidth={0.5}
+        stroke="currentColor"
+    >
+        <path
+            strokeLinecap="round"
+            strokeLinejoin="round"
+            d="M12 9v6m3-3H9m12 0a9 9 0 11-18 0 9 9 0 0118 0z"
+        />
+    </svg>
+)
+
 /** Icon with three bars. */
 export const BARS_ICON = (
     <svg width={16} height={16} viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/components/dashboard.tsx b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/components/dashboard.tsx
index 58cf40e6094b5..80ef19287bbe1 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/components/dashboard.tsx
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/components/dashboard.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import PermissionDisplay, * as permissionDisplay from './permissionDisplay'
 import Ide from './ide'
 import ProjectActionButton from './projectActionButton'
 import Rows from './rows'
+import Templates from './templates'
 import TopBar from './topBar'
 
 // =============
@@ -232,13 +233,6 @@ function Dashboard(props: DashboardProps) {
     const directory = directoryStack[directoryStack.length - 1]
     const parentDirectory = directoryStack[directoryStack.length - 2]
 
-    // The purpose of this effect is to enable search action.
-    react.useEffect(() => {
-        return () => {
-            // TODO
-        }
-    }, [searchVal])
-
     /** React components for the name column. */
     const nameRenderers: {
         [Type in backend.AssetType]: (asset: backend.Asset<Type>) => JSX.Element
@@ -329,6 +323,63 @@ function Dashboard(props: DashboardProps) {
         })()
     }, [accessToken, directoryId])
 
+    const getNewProjectName = (templateName?: string | null): string => {
+        const prefix = `${templateName ?? 'New_Project'}_`
+        const projectNameTemplate = new RegExp(`^${prefix}(?<projectIndex>\\d+)$`)
+        let highestProjectIndex = 0
+        for (const projectAsset of projectAssets) {
+            let projectIndex = projectNameTemplate.exec(projectAsset.title)?.groups?.projectIndex
+            if (projectIndex) {
+                highestProjectIndex = Math.max(highestProjectIndex, parseInt(projectIndex, 10))
+            }
+        }
+        return `${prefix}${highestProjectIndex + 1}`
+    }
+
+    const handleCreateProject = async (templateName?: string | null) => {
+        const projectName = getNewProjectName(templateName)
+        switch (platform) {
+            case platformModule.Platform.cloud: {
+                const body: backend.CreateProjectRequestBody = {
+                    projectName,
+                }
+                if (templateName) {
+                    body.projectTemplateName = templateName.replace(/_/g, '').toLocaleLowerCase()
+                }
+                const projectAsset = await backendService.createProject(body)
+                setProjectAssets(oldProjectAssets => [
+                    ...oldProjectAssets,
+                    {
+                        type: backend.AssetType.project,
+                        title: projectAsset.name,
+                        id: projectAsset.projectId,
+                        parentId: '',
+                        permissions: [],
+                    },
+                ])
+                break
+            }
+            case platformModule.Platform.desktop: {
+                const result = await props.projectManager.createProject({
+                    name: newtype.asNewtype<projectManagerModule.ProjectName>(projectName),
+                    ...(templateName ? { projectTemplate: templateName } : {}),
+                })
+                const newProject = result.result
+                setProjectAssets(oldProjectAssets => [
+                    ...oldProjectAssets,
+                    {
+                        type: backend.AssetType.project,
+                        title: projectName,
+                        id: newProject.projectId,
+                        parentId: '',
+                        permissions: [],
+                    },
+                ])
+                break
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     return (
         <div className="text-primary text-xs" onClick={unsetModal}>
             <div className={tab === Tab.dashboard ? '' : 'hidden'}>
@@ -345,9 +396,7 @@ function Dashboard(props: DashboardProps) {
                     searchVal={searchVal}
                     setSearchVal={setSearchVal}
                 />
-                {/* This is a placeholder. When implementing a feature,
-                 * please replace it with the actual element.*/}
-                <div id="templates" />
+                <Templates onTemplateClick={handleCreateProject} />
                 <div className="flex flex-row flex-nowrap">
                     <h1 className="text-xl font-bold mx-4 self-center">Drive</h1>
                     <div className="flex flex-row flex-nowrap mx-4">
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/components/templates.tsx b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/components/templates.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..01cb40de01ddb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/authentication/src/dashboard/components/templates.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/** @file Renders the list of templates from which a project can be created. */
+import * as svg from '../../components/svg'
+
+// =================
+// === Constants ===
+// =================
+
+/**
+ * Dash border spacing is not supported by native CSS.
+ * Therefore, use a background image to create the border.
+ * It is essentially an SVG image that was generated by the website.
+ * @see {@link https://kovart.github.io/dashed-border-generator}
+ */
+const BORDER = `url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg width='100%25' height='100%25' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3e%3crect width='100%25' height='100%25' fill='none' rx='16' ry='16' stroke='%233e515f' stroke-width='4' stroke-dasharray='15%2c 15' stroke-dashoffset='0' stroke-linecap='butt'/%3e%3c/svg%3e")`
+
+// =================
+// === Templates ===
+// =================
+
+/** Template metadata. */
+interface Template {
+    title: string
+    description: string
+    id: string
+}
+
+/** All templates for creating projects that have contents. */
+const TEMPLATES: Template[] = [
+    {
+        title: 'Colorado COVID',
+        id: 'Colorado_COVID',
+        description: 'Learn to glue multiple spreadsheets to analyses all your data at once.',
+    },
+    {
+        title: 'KMeans',
+        id: 'Kmeans',
+        description: 'Learn where to open a coffee shop to maximize your income.',
+    },
+    {
+        title: 'NASDAQ Returns',
+        id: 'NASDAQ_Returns',
+        description: 'Learn how to clean your data to prepare it for advanced analysis.',
+    },
+    {
+        title: 'Restaurants',
+        id: 'Orders',
+        description: 'Learn how to clean your data to prepare it for advanced analysis.',
+    },
+    {
+        title: 'Github Stars',
+        id: 'Stargazers',
+        description: 'Learn how to clean your data to prepare it for advanced analysis.',
+    },
+]
+
+// =======================
+// === TemplatesRender ===
+// =======================
+
+/** Render all templates, and a button to create an empty project. */
+interface TemplatesRenderProps {
+    // Later this data may be requested and therefore needs to be passed dynamically.
+    templates: Template[]
+    onTemplateClick: (name?: string | null) => void
+}
+
+function TemplatesRender(props: TemplatesRenderProps) {
+    const { templates, onTemplateClick } = props
+
+    /** The action button for creating an empty project. */
+    const CreateEmptyTemplate = (
+        <button
+            onClick={() => {
+                onTemplateClick()
+            }}
+            className="h-40 cursor-pointer"
+        >
+            <div className="flex h-full w-full border-dashed-custom rounded-2xl text-primary">
+                <div className="m-auto text-center">
+                    <button>{svg.CIRCLED_PLUS_ICON}</button>
+                    <p className="font-semibold text-sm">New empty project</p>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </button>
+    )
+
+    return (
+        <>
+            {CreateEmptyTemplate}
+            {templates.map(template => (
+                <button
+                    key={template.title}
+                    className="h-40 cursor-pointer"
+                    onClick={() => {
+                        onTemplateClick(template.id)
+                    }}
+                >
+                    <div className="flex flex-col justify-end h-full w-full rounded-2xl overflow-hidden text-white text-left bg-cover bg-gray-500">
+                        <div className="bg-black bg-opacity-30 px-4 py-2">
+                            <h2 className="text-sm font-bold">{template.title}</h2>
+                            <div className="text-xs h-16 text-ellipsis py-2">
+                                {template.description}
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </button>
+            ))}
+        </>
+    )
+}
+
+// =================
+// === Templates ===
+// =================
+
+/** The `TemplatesRender`'s container. */
+interface TemplatesProps {
+    onTemplateClick: (name?: string | null) => void
+}
+
+function Templates(props: TemplatesProps) {
+    const { onTemplateClick } = props
+    return (
+        <div className="bg-white">
+            <div className="mx-auto py-2 px-4 sm:py-4 sm:px-6 lg:px-8">
+                <div className="grid gap-2 sm:grid-cols-3 lg:grid-cols-4 xl:grid-cols-5">
+                    <TemplatesRender templates={TEMPLATES} onTemplateClick={onTemplateClick} />
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    )
+}
+export default Templates
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/tailwind.css b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/tailwind.css
index 7de975659e94f..6d55769518cd8 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/tailwind.css
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/dashboard/src/tailwind.css
@@ -69,5 +69,9 @@ body {
     .dasharray-100 {
       stroke-dasharray: calc(12 * 6.2832) 0;
     }
+
+    .border-dashed-custom {
+      background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg width='100%25' height='100%25' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3e%3crect width='100%25' height='100%25' fill='none' rx='16' ry='16' stroke='%233e515f' stroke-width='4' stroke-dasharray='15%2c 15' stroke-dashoffset='0' stroke-linecap='butt'/%3e%3c/svg%3e");
+    }
   }
 }