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Ep 121: Material Selection

March 19, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 121: Material Selection

When you think of a building – whatever scale or project type, the items that go to create that building are most frequently associated with the materials that are selected that define the appearance … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Construction, Design Studio, Episodes, Materials and Products, Podcast Tagged With: being a part of the design process, Materials, Podcast, Products

Ep 120: Ask the Show – Spring 2023

March 5, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 120: Ask the Show – Spring 2023

We get asked a lot of good questions here on the show – they come up in the comment section, they are sent into our email inboxes, some slide into our DM’s. Some questions come with enough frequency … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architecture School, Career, Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, career, conversations, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 117: Graphic Matters

January 22, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 117: Graphic Matters

Architects still communicate their designs through the use of graphics – and there are a lot of different formats, mediums, and techniques that are up for consideration. Architectural graphics is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics Tagged With: architectural sketching, career, Graphics, Podcast

Ep 112: Final Presentations in Architecture School

October 30, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 112: Final Presentations in Architecture School

It’s the end of the semester, you've exhausted all of your ideas, and you’re totally worn out running off minimal sleep and too much caffeine. Your work is pinned up on the wall and it’s time to give … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architecture School, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: architectural studio, design studio, Podcast

EP 110: Modern Home Challenge

October 2, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

EP 110: Modern Home Challenge

It was August 10th, 2010 when I first conceived of the “Low-Cost Modern Home Challenge” with the intent to go through a design process that would help us understand how to design a modern house that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Competition, Design, Design Studio, Education, Episodes, Modern House, Podcast Tagged With: architects office, architectural studio, being a part of the design process, design, Design Competition, Graphics, Modern Architecture, modern house, Podcast, Residential Architect, sketching

Ep 108: Ask the Show (Fall 2022)

September 5, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 108: Ask the Show (Fall 2022)

How much drafting does a fully licensed architect do? What is something you learned in the industry that you hadn’t been taught in school? Are you as condescending to your employees as your redlines … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Contractors, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, architects office, architectural studio, Architecture School, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

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