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Architect vs. Architectural Designer: aka Alphabet Soup

February 20, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins Leave a Comment

Architect vs. Architectural Designer: aka Alphabet Soup

So many times when you see someone's email signature, business card (if they still use one), LinkedIn profile, or other identifying monikers there is possibly a series of letters or abbreviations at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Do you want to be an Architect? Tagged With: Architects, career, education, licensure

034: Let’s Get Physical

September 29, 2019 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

034: Let’s Get Physical

Architectural models are clearly within the architect's domain but are you within the "physical models are better" or "digital models are better" camp? That's the subject matter today as we discuss … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics, Podcast Tagged With: architects office, design studio, models, Podcast

030: Starting Your Own Architecture Firm

August 4, 2019 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

030: Starting Your Own Architecture Firm

Is it the dream of every architect to have their own firm one day? I can recall hours and hours of conversations that I've had with other architects throughout my career where this topic was front and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, conversations, Do you want to be an Architect

021: Making an Architect

March 31, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

021: Making an Architect

There isn’t an architect walking the planet that hasn't questioned if they were making the right decision when they decided to become an architect – at least not if they’re being honest with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Life in General Tagged With: advice, Architects, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

019: Architectural Fees

March 3, 2019 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

019: Architectural Fees

Architectural Fees are a mystery to most people and there is no shortage of methods that architects use when charging for their services. How do you make sense of the options, which method works best … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Episodes, Office Tagged With: architects office, architectural fees, Podcast

Just Draw it Up

October 10, 2018 by Bob Borson 14 Comments

Just Draw it Up

There is a request that I receive a few times a week that I thought I would finally talk about in an effort to shed some light on a fairly taboo subject. Those requests typically start off something … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Graphics, Observations, Residential Tagged With: clients, Construction Process, drafting, drawing

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