Massive Authority Site Layout Suggestions?

I am starting a few massive authority sites. I have had some pretty big ones but this one (and many more to come) is going to have well over 100 pages within the first month and then drip fed 10-20 each and every month. What do you guys suggest do? I am already set on Wordpress obviously. But for the homepage layout...

Should I use some sort of magazine theme? Should my latest posts be put on the homepage like a blog or should it be more of a classic website style? Let me know your suggestions!