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Top 5 Reasons to work in a Large Architectural Firm

March 10, 2014 by Bob Borson 10 Comments

Top 5 Reasons to work in a Large Architectural Firm

Last week I put together a post titled 'Architectural Job Starter Kit' in which I drew upon my own personal experiences that discussed how to improve your chances at getting a job in an architectural … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: architects office, career, Do you want to be an Architect

Architectural Job Starter Kit

February 28, 2014 by Bob Borson 29 Comments

Architectural Job Starter Kit

March is knocking on the door so that means one thing in an architectural office: the "summer interns" and freshly minted architectural graduates are ... well, knocking on the door. So I thought I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect? Tagged With: architects office, career, Do you want to be an Architect

The Best Things about my Future New Office

February 24, 2014 by Bob Borson 36 Comments

The Best Things about my Future New Office

I am counting down the days to when we expect to move out of our current office and into our new one. There was the office at my last job - [An Architect's Office] - which shows how I laid that office … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, My Work Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, design studio, office

Should I be an Architect?

February 10, 2014 by Bob Borson 121 Comments

Should I be an Architect?

The last several years have been hard on the architectural profession. The tone of the questions I've received have shifted from: "Should I become an Architect?" to "Why should I become an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Life in General Tagged With: Architects, bob borson, Do you want to be an Architect

Mission Statements

January 30, 2014 by Bob Borson 62 Comments

Mission Statements

I'm going to come right out and go on record by saying that I think Mission Statements are silly - particularly if you make them public and part of your marketing strategy. This flies in the face of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Observations, Office Tagged With: architects office, conversations, what?

Goals versus Resolutions

January 6, 2014 by Bob Borson 21 Comments

Goals versus Resolutions

This is the time of year when people tend to identify something they want to change about themselves and they make a "New Years Resolution". Let me go on the record as saying that I HATE New Years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Career, Life in General, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Architecture and Society, My House, photography, plans, Travel

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