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Unpaid Architecture Internship Positions

February 25, 2021 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Unpaid Architecture Internship Positions

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Observations Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, Architecture School, career, conversations, first job

Ep 069: Better Faster Cheaper

February 21, 2021 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Ep 069: Better Faster Cheaper

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 … [Read more...]

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

How Much Do Architects Actually Work?

February 15, 2021 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

How Much Do Architects Actually Work?

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 … [Read more...]

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

Architecture Profession in Numbers

February 11, 2021 by Andrew Hawkins 2 Comments

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Education, Life in General Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, Architecture School, Do you want to be an Architect

Ep 068: Where is the Finish Line?

February 7, 2021 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Ep 068: Where is the Finish Line?

Becoming an architect is hard – but we all know that. You go to school for a long time and work and study but upon graduation, you are not an architect … so when does that moment happen? Welcome to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture School, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: Architects, Architecture School, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

What’s On My Desk?

February 1, 2021 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

What’s On My Desk?

I had a moment about a week ago that had to do with the simple question of "What's on my desk?" We are very busy up at the office and I have been putting in a lot of early mornings and late nights - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Observations, Products, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: architects office, architectural studio, Materials, Products

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