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Ep 149: Moonlighting

April 21, 2024 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 149: Moonlighting

This will be the 5th time in 5,209 days that I have put my opinions about taking on extra work outside of your normal job and typically during ridiculous hours of the day and night. This practice has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast

Ep 147: Draw Like an Architect

March 24, 2024 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 147: Draw Like an Architect

How good do you need to be at drawing if you want to become an architect? Or … How can I be an architect – I can’t draw? These are questions that in one form or another, I hear a lot, especially from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Graphics - The Series, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics, Podcast, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, Do you want to be an Architect, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

Ep 146: Ask the Show Spring 2024

March 10, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 146: Ask the Show Spring 2024

We get asked a lot of good questions here on the show – they come up in the comment section, they are sent into our email inboxes, and some slide into our DM’s. Sometimes we reach out and ask people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, career, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast, traveling

EP 143: Architectural Drawings: Excessive or Essential

January 28, 2024 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

EP 143: Architectural Drawings: Excessive or Essential

Today we are focusing on drawings and the question that first comes to mind is to talk about what we draw, why we draw it, and who we draw it for and why that impacts all other considerations.  With … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Contractors, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, Construction Observation, Construction Process, drawing

Ep 142: When I Grow Up

January 14, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 142: When I Grow Up

Astronaut, Fireman, Ballerina, Pilot, Builder, Dump Truck driver – these are all things that children consider as a profession, even before they know the word “profession”. For a lot of architects – … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture School, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Architecture School, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 140: Communicating Through Drawings

December 10, 2023 by Bob Borson 1 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

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