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056: Starting A Design Firm

August 16, 2020 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

056: Starting A Design Firm

If you’ve ever dreamed of starting your own design firm, maybe you’ve just graduated from school, perhaps you’ve worked for another firm and seen first-hand what not to do and decided it’s time to go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architects, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Interviews, Life in General, Observations, PodcastTagged With: architectural studio, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast, Residential Architect

055: Scale This!

August 2, 2020 by Bob Borson1 Comment

055: Scale This!

How does scale factor into the practice of architecture? For any architect, scale and proportion are two skills that appear to be the most challenging to master. Scale and proportion are also where a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Design, Episodes, Life in General, PodcastTagged With: Architects, conversations, design, details, Podcast

054: Leadership

July 19, 2020 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

054: Leadership

What exactly is leadership and what does it mean to be a leader? Leadership is thrust upon those who, through the strength of conviction and moral character, lead through personal example. [Note: If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Life in General, ObservationsTagged With: advice, career, conversations, Podcast

053: Culture of Design

July 5, 2020 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

053: Culture of Design

Do you have a design culture in your office? Why is it that some firms have it and others don’t? A culture of design isn’t something that just happens, there has to be a plan, it needs to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Episodes, Heard around the architectural studio, Life in General, Observations, PodcastTagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, being a part of the design process, career, design studio, Podcast

052: Architectural Tools

June 21, 2020 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

052: Architectural Tools

When an architect goes to work … what happens? Do they pull out a pen and sketch paper? Maybe they power up some hardware – quite possibly a bit of both. Ask and architect what they need to do their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Studio, Episodes, Graphics, Observations, Office, Podcast, Talking ShopTagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, architectural technology, career, conversations, design studio, Podcast

051: Style over Substance

June 7, 2020 by Bob Borson1 Comment

051: Style over Substance

We are all familiar with the phrase “style over substance” but those words might mean something else to architects. If I were to look at a project and describe it with this particular phrase, there is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design, Episodes, Life in GeneralTagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, design

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