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EP 110: Modern Home Challenge

October 2, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

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

15 Tips for Young Architecture Professionals

June 5, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 2 Comments

15 Tips for Young Architecture Professionals

It's that time of year when graduating students join the workforce or students have summer internships. So I decided to share this list of tips for young architecture professionals. Even though it was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architect Skills, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Life in General, Observations, Office Tagged With: advice, architects office, architectural studio, career, Do you want to be an Architect

Studio Lessons 101: Diagrams

May 9, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Studio Lessons 101: Diagrams

After a week full of various studio reviews, I have realized how essential diagrams are to the presentation of one’s architectural ideas. While they may not hold a large place within the practice of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architect Skills, Architecture School, Design, Design Studio, Graphics, Schools of Architecture, Studio Lessons 101 Tagged With: Architects, architectural studio, Architecture School, design, design studio, Graphics

Ep 99: Construction Drawings

May 1, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 99: Construction Drawings

A subject matter that we are always dancing around is the creation and preparation of drawings. Fundamentally and at their essence, drawings are at the core of what architects do and they allow us to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Graphics - The Series, Construction, Contractors, Episodes, Podcast, Residential Tagged With: conversations, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast, Residential Architect

Architecture and Graphic Design

March 31, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Architecture and Graphic Design

So I have been talking a great deal lately with my students about many aspects of graphic design as they relate to architecture representation and presentation. I am always amazed at how little this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architect Skills, Architecture School, Design, Education, Graphics Tagged With: Architects, architectural studio, Architecture School, design

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