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Ep 085: Design and Fabrication

October 3, 2021 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Ep 085: Design and Fabrication

Design and fabrication is a topic that almost all architects discuss at one point or another. How does it inform the creative process, who gets involved, why does it make sense? We are going to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Construction, Episodes, Interviews, Observations, Podcast, Talking Shop Tagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, Construction Process, conversations, design studio

Just Draw it Up

September 28, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Just Draw it Up

If you are in the market for an architect and are starting to shop around a bit, a piece of advice is to avoid the phrase: We know what we want, we just need someone to draw it up. I can just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Design Studio, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, conversations, Residential Architect

Ep 084: Building an Architect

September 19, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 084: Building an Architect

You’re a kid thinking about being an architect, you go to school, you take an unreasonable number of classes for years and years, you graduate, start your first job and instead of thinking “I’ve made … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architecture School, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, architectural studio, Architecture and Society, Architecture School, career, Do you want to be an Architect

The Perspective of Work-Life Balance

September 13, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

The Perspective of Work-Life Balance

Right out of the gate I'm going to say that you have to craft your own particular description of what work-life balance means in order to achieve it. It has been incredibly interesting to see how the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Life in General, Observations, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, career, conversations

Episode 082: The Side Hustle

August 22, 2021 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

Episode 082: The Side Hustle

It seems that everybody these days has a side hustle – a means in which you can leverage your creative genius into an additional stream of revenue to help you makes ends meet between paychecks. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 080: Is Architecture Art?

July 25, 2021 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

Ep 080: Is Architecture Art?

Architecture meets the needs and goals of those who inhabit it. Architecture involves a great deal of artistic skill and creative energy … and it originates in a creative spark that comes from within … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes, Observations, Podcast, Theories Tagged With: Architecture and Society, art, conversations

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