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The Best Thing on my Desk

April 6, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

The Best Thing on my Desk

Making the change from a permanent desk at the office to a work-from-home desk requires a bit of transition unless you already work from home. For the most part, I'm not talking about those people in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, design, design studio, desk, office

Sketching is Hard

March 24, 2020 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Sketching is Hard

If you are like me, an architect currently working from home and hating it as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic, then I will also assume that like me you will find that your design … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Graphics, Life in General, Observations, Sketching Tagged With: career, drawing, schematic design, sketching

044: Architectural Technology

March 1, 2020 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

044: Architectural Technology

Architectural Technology is changing how architects work and what’s in today might be irrelevant and out of date by next week, but ignore these developments at your own peril. For even your average … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes, Observations, Podcast, Technology Tagged With: architectural studio, architectural technology, Construction Process, Podcast

A Day in the Life – Punch list Day

February 11, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

A Day in the Life – Punch list Day

Do Architects work long hours? Of course they do - but just about anybody in a professional role works long hours so there isn't anything specifically interesting or useful in that statement so I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Construction, Do you want to be an Architect?, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, architects office, Construction Process, Do you want to be an Architect

For the Love of All That is Holy … Be on Time

January 27, 2020 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

For the Love of All That is Holy … Be on Time

Did you know that I have never needed to use an alarm clock? It might even be considered a superpower of mine, although I would be disappointed if you are only allotted one superpower and this was it. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, advice, career

039: The Hypothetical Show

December 8, 2019 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

039: The Hypothetical Show

As we head into the final few weeks of 2019, Andrew Hawkins and I have spent some time talking about what happens next and what do we want this podcast to become ... if that sounds daunting, it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: hypothetical questions, Podcast, what?

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