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Ep 096: The Big Idea

March 20, 2022 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Ep 096: The Big Idea

Every good architecture project has a concept. Every. Single One. This is the big idea that you will build your entire project around and if you look at your project and can’t recognize it, you need … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architecture School, Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: architectural studio, Architecture School, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Creating a Culture of Appreciation

March 14, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Creating a Culture of Appreciation

It's been a very busy past few months and as I sit at my desk this Sunday afternoon, I am going through all the things I have been focusing my efforts on ... most of which I can't talk about for one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Design Studio, Life in General, Observations, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, bob borson, career, design studio

Master Thesis Presentations

March 10, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Master Thesis Presentations

So I have spent the first part of this week in ten-hour days of project reviews. These are Masters of Architecture candidates who are conducting their master's thesis presentations.  I have been in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architecture School, Design Studio, Education, Life in General Tagged With: Architects, architectural studio, Architecture School, design studio, Graphics

EP 95: Schematic Design

March 6, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

EP 95: Schematic Design

Whenever an architect sits down with a client on a new residential project, the first thing that happens is a conversation about project goals and requirements. It is during this initial conversation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Design Studio, Episodes, Podcast, Residential Architecture 101 Tagged With: design, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Residential Architect

Architectural Redlines on an iPad

February 14, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Architectural Redlines on an iPad

On and off for the last two weeks, I have been reviewing and redlining drawings for one of our residential projects. I wrote about this process a few weeks ago in a post titled Design Process - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Design Studio, Graphics, My Work, Residential, Sketching Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, design studio, Graphics, Residential Architect, sketching

Creating a Work from Home Policy

January 17, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Creating a Work from Home Policy

An item of consideration that is becoming more prevalent in our conversations at the office is the introduction of a "Work from Home" (WFH) policy. To say that this is an important yet divisive topic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Studio, Life in General, Observations, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio

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