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Ep 104: Conventions – The Best and Worst of Times

July 10, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 104: Conventions – The Best and Worst of Times

Depending on your age, sooner or later you will end up at one convention or another. For some people, this is a yearly migration full of can’t-miss opportunities. For others, it’s three days of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural studio, Architecture and Society, career, Podcast

Ep 103: Architects and the Art of Being Happy

June 26, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Ep 103: Architects and the Art of Being Happy

Take a look around and you are likely to see what I see. Read the emails I receive and you're likely to start believing it as well. People, which includes Architects, seem to be fairly unhappy at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Architecture and Society, career, conversations, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 102: Business Development

June 13, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Ep 102: Business Development

If you are thinking about the dream that a lot of architects have – which is going out on your own and starting your own office – or maybe you’ve grown in your current position where you have new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast Tagged With: Architects, architects office, business, career, 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

Out of Touch?

April 7, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Out of Touch?

So this past week the architectural internet has been abuzz with commentary and reactions to a recent roundtable discussion that happened at an architectural academic institution. It made me wonder … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Design, Education, Life in General, Observations, Schools of Architecture Tagged With: Architects, architectural studio, Architecture and Society, Architecture School, career, conversations, design, what?

Ep 097: Burnout

April 3, 2022 by Bob Borson 6 Comments

Ep 097: Burnout

We have all experienced it at one time or another, and for some people, they seem to experience it all the time. Architecture is a profession that seems to require more than its fair share of 40+ hour … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Observations, Office, Podcast Tagged With: architects office, Architecture and Society, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

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