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Ep 070: Dirty Side to Clean Buildings

March 7, 2021 by Tori WickardLeave a Comment

Body Burden - Ep 070: Dirty Side to Clean Buildings

Today we are going to talk about Material Health and Transparency as it pertains to the practice of architecture, what this is all about, why it is important, as well as ask the question “What is the Architect’s Professional Obligation here?” To … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Design, Life in General, Materials and Products, PodcastTagged With: architects office, Episodes, Materials, Podcast

Phone Call or Email?

March 1, 2021 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

too many emails - sketch by artist Elena Lacey

Phone call or email? I ask myself this question a few dozen times a day now - not because I don't know which one I prefer, but I'm starting to think that maybe I don't know which one is the correct way to respond. Just asking this question puts me … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Life in General, Observations, OfficeTagged With: architects office, bob borson, career, design studio, what?

Unpaid Internship Positions

February 25, 2021 by Andrew HawkinsLeave a Comment

Pennies on the Dollar

Since it is getting time for college career fairs and planning for the summer, at least in the academic and graduation sense, I wanted to touch on the subject of Unpaid Internship Positions. Also in our current tough economy (and in the past for … [Continue reading]

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Ep 069: Better Faster Cheaper

February 21, 2021 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

Better Faster Cheaper diagram

We have all heard the phrase “Better, Faster, Cheaper, you can have any 2” but is that actually true? … Yes, of course, that’s true, but we are going to talk about it anyways because this is really a conversation about quantity and quality … which is … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Contractors, Design Studio, Education, Episodes, ObservationsTagged With: architects office, architectural studio, Architecture and Society, conversations, Podcast

How Much Do Architects Actually Work?

February 15, 2021 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

Bob Borson - working late at MMB

How much do Architects actually work? Is there actually an answer to this question that is universal? Since I am only one person and what I know stems from 29 years of working in this industry as well as the communication I've had with friends and … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, OfficeTagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, career, design studio

Architecture Profession in Numbers

February 11, 2021 by Andrew HawkinsLeave a Comment

Workforce-Stats-Architecture Profession in Numbers

So the podcast this week and a state architects' advocacy day got me thinking about numbers as they relate to our profession as compared to comparable professionals. So since I am a big fan of data, I went to round some up! I want to start by … [Continue reading]

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