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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

Ep 098: Architecture Presentations

April 17, 2022 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Ep 098: Architecture Presentations

As we get to that time of the year when students are working on their last project of the semester, we thought it would be a good idea to give you some unsolicited advice and help you score big points … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture School, Design, Design Studio, Education, Episodes, Life in General, Podcast, Projects, Schools of Architecture, Studio Lessons 101 Tagged With: Architects, architectural studio, Architecture School, design, design studio, Podcast

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?

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