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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

Teaching Statement for Architecture

January 13, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Teaching Statement for Architecture

I am working on a project that I have never completed in my career: a teaching statement for architecture. This is a new challenge for me, but I am working my way through to complete it. Now I have … [Read more...]

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

091: Architects and Traveling

January 9, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

091: Architects and Traveling

Traveling is an important part of the foundational makeup of any architect. The act of being exposed to different cultures, climates, materials, and spatial solutions is an ongoing life adventure that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Episodes, Holidays, Life in General, Podcast, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, bob borson, Holiday, Podcast, Travel, traveling

Objectives for 2022

January 3, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Objectives for 2022

I can enthusiastically announce here after a prolonged break that I am not dead. I hope this comes as a bit of positive news to kick off your 2022 (I'm pretty happy about it) but there was a time in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Holidays, Life in General, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, bob borson, conversations, Podcast, traveling, Writing a blog

090: Architectural Graphics

December 12, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

090: Architectural Graphics

Graphics are the language that architects use to communicate intent to the people we serve. We draw to explain our designs, we draw to explain what material we want to use, we draw to articulate how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Graphics - The Series, Episodes, Graphics, Life in General, Podcast Tagged With: Architects, Architecture School, design, Graphics, Podcast

089: Small Firm Mentality

November 28, 2021 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

089: Small Firm Mentality

Inch wide and mile-deep versus mile wide and inch deep ... the "Jack of all trades/Master of none" vs. "The Specialist" … conceptually this is the idea that distinguishes the nuances between a small … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast, Talking Shop Tagged With: Architects, architects office, Architecture and Society, career, conversations

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