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How to Detail a Snowman

December 13, 2020 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

How to Detail a Snowman

It's hard to believe that the Christmas Holidays are upon us and I haven't shared with you my profound "How to Detail a Snowman" knowledge ... mostly because I don't have any since I live in Texas. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Design Studio, Graphics, Holidays, Life in General, My Work, Sketching Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, Graphics, Holiday, sketching, what?

Ep 064: A Day in the Life of an Architect

December 6, 2020 by Bob Borson 5 Comments

Ep 064: A Day in the Life of an Architect

Answering the question of what exactly does a typical day in the life of an architect look like is nearly impossible. There are certain things that seem to be fairly standard to one of my "typical" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, architects office, architectural studio, career, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

063: Holiday Gift Guide for Architects

November 22, 2020 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

063: Holiday Gift Guide for Architects

It’s that gift-giving time of the year and if you have an architect in your life, you know that getting them a gift is rough since they are sooo particular – but that’s why we’re here. Now in its 11th … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes, Holidays, Life in General, Materials and Products, Observations, Products, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: Architects, Episodes, Gifts, Holiday, Podcast

Fireplace Renovation – The Long Haul

November 16, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Fireplace Renovation – The Long Haul

Renovating my house has not been awesome for so many reasons, but slowly and surely we are getting someplace with it all. The most recent item to be added to the "mostly" completed list is my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Design, Interior Design, Life in General, My House, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, bob borson, Construction Process, details, Materials, My House, Residential Architect

Architecture Lectures and Presentations

November 12, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 2 Comments

Architecture Lectures and Presentations

One of my new tasks this semester in my academic position is to be a member of the departmental committee for lectures and exhibitions. This committee is tasked with creating the annual lecture and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Design, Education, Life in General Tagged With: Architects, architectural education, Architecture and Society, Architecture School, conversations, design, Presentations

I Work How Many Jobs? My FTE equals 3.0?

October 29, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

I Work How Many Jobs? My FTE equals 3.0?

As we discussed the stereotypes earlier this week on the podcast, I was inspired to create this post. Added to that is just two days ago some of the discussion in our upcoming episode (062) and then I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Design, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, Architecture and Society, career, design

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