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Ep 170: Architecture School versus the Real World

February 23, 2025 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 170: Architecture School versus the Real World

There is a moment of realization that occurs when you get your first real job in an architectural office that maybe architecture school and what is now going to be expected from you are a little out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architecture School, Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, Architecture School, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 169: Architecture Studio

February 9, 2025 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Ep 169: Architecture Studio

The act of creating architecture is a fairly unique process and the manner in which you learn how to think both creatively and technically is a skill that requires certain training and nurturing to … [Read more...]

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

Ep 159: Ask the Show Fall 2024

September 8, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 159: Ask the Show Fall 2024

It is time for the second and last installment of the Life of an Architect “Ask the Show” episode for 2024. Once again, as is our practice we solicited questions to be submitted through our Instagram … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Observations, Office, Podcast, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, career, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 158: Architects and iPads

August 25, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 158: Architects and iPads

I am going to do at least two things on today’s show – eat a little crow and talk about how I use my iPad. I get asked this question often enough to where I have been meaning to talk about why you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast, Technology, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

Ep 156: Build a Better House

July 28, 2024 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 156: Build a Better House

Today is a special sort of show as we are discussing residential projects that focus on incorporating high value building science techniques. The focus of today’s conversation is going center around … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Construction, Education, Episodes, Podcast, Talking Shop Tagged With: Architects, Construction Process, Podcast, Products, Residential Architect

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

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