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Ep 150: Drawing Stuff

May 5, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 150: Drawing Stuff

So here we are ... Episode 150, and I am a little surprised that I made it this far into this Life of an Architect experiment, but due to the support and interest we have received over the last 6 … [Read more...]

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

AIA24 Conference on Architecture & Design

April 4, 2024 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

AIA24 Conference on Architecture & Design

It's just about time for my yearly pilgrimage to AIA24, Conference on Architecture & Design - I've lost count of how many of these I've attended, and for the best of reasons. Taking place in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Graphics, Life in General

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 143: Architectural Drawings: Excessive or Essential

January 28, 2024 by Bob Borson 2 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 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

Ep 133: Ask the Show Fall 2023

September 4, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 133: Ask the Show Fall 2023

We get asked a lot of good questions here on the show – they come up in the comment section, they are emailed to us, and sometimes we get stopped at conventions and panel discussions. Some questions … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Episodes, Graphics, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: Architecture and Society, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

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