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Architecture Lectures and Presentations

November 12, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 2 Comments

Architecture Lectures and Presentations

One of my new tasks this semester in my academic position is to be a member of the departmental committee for lectures and exhibitions. This committee is tasked with creating the annual lecture and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Design, Education, Life in General Tagged With: Architects, architectural education, Architecture and Society, Architecture School, conversations, design, Presentations

Kitchen Pantry Design 101

November 2, 2020 by Bob Borson 8 Comments

Kitchen Pantry Design 101

Pantries are one of those spaces that exist within every house that either get a lot of attention or no attention at all. If you were to stop and think about the pantry in your own home, I bet you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, Interior Design, Kitchen, My Work, Residential Tagged With: design, details, Graphics, modern house, Residential Architect

I Work How Many Jobs? My FTE equals 3.0?

October 29, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

I Work How Many Jobs? My FTE equals 3.0?

As we discussed the stereotypes earlier this week on the podcast, I was inspired to create this post. Added to that is just two days ago some of the discussion in our upcoming episode (062) and then I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Design, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, Architecture and Society, career, design

Surprise! I’m Starting a Residential Studio

October 5, 2020 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Surprise! I’m Starting a Residential Studio

I really enjoyed the 20+ years I spent working with people (who typically became my friends) to design their dream houses. Of all the things that changed when I left my last firm and slid on over to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design, Life in General, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, architects office, career, Residential Architect

Top Instagram Accounts for Architectural Visualization

October 1, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Top Instagram Accounts for Architectural Visualization

So as a follow-up to the recent podcast this week, I wanted to delve into the world of visualization and find some of the best Instagram accounts to follow for this industry. As I am an architect, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Design, Design Studio, Graphics, Technology, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: Architects, architectural studio, architectural technology, Architecture School, design, design studio, Graphics

Architecture: Form, Function, and Object

September 3, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 2 Comments

Architecture: Form, Function, and Object

“Form follows Function.” was a phrase coined by the late Louis Sullivan in 1896 in his article titled The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered. In reality, the phrase was “Form ever follows … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Design, Design Studio, Schools of Architecture, Theories Tagged With: Architecture and Society, Architecture School, Architecture Theory, design, Modern Architecture

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