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Ep 140: Communicating Through Drawings

December 10, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 140: Communicating Through Drawings

Architecture is a visual craft. From the end product where people move through, in and about, to the beginning as students when we spend years in school learning to use different forms of medium to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics, Observations, Podcast, Sketching Tagged With: Graphics, Podcast, sketching

Ep 122: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence

April 2, 2023 by Andrew Hawkins 2 Comments

Ep 122: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence

Even though artificial intelligence can conceptually trace its roots back to the 1950s, the reality is AI and Machine learning went mainstream not too long ago and as recently as November of 2022, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture School, Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Graphics, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, architectural technology, Architecture and Society, conversations, Graphics, Podcast

Ep 111: Talking Shop with Kevin Rice

October 16, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Ep 111: Talking Shop with Kevin Rice

There are various types of architecture firms out there doing all sorts of different kinds of work … but what is it like to work for a firm that routinely wins design awards and arguably falls into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Design, Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast, Talking Shop Tagged With: Architects, architects office, career, conversations, design, Guest, 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 101: Design Process

May 30, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 101: Design Process

If you were tasked with defining the design process – you could take it in a lot of different directions and you're going to have a lot of options. Andrew and I are going to attempt to tackle this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, conversations, design, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Residential 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

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