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As-Built Drawing Adventure

July 2, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

As-Built Drawing Adventure

If you are an architect, it's a pretty safe bet that at some point in your career you've had to go on site and collect some existing dimensions for a project. My career is now almost 30 years in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Work, Observations, Office, Projects Tagged With: a day in the life, Do you want to be an Architect, great to work with architects, sketching

027: Is That Even Legal?

June 23, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

027: Is That Even Legal?

How much time have you spent thinking about the legal side of architecture?  If you are like most architects, you probably haven't spent enough time thinking about it. While it may not be the sexiest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, advice, architects office, career, Podcast

Small, Big, Really Small, and Just Right

June 19, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Small, Big, Really Small, and Just Right

During construction, on every single project of my career, there is a conversation that I have with my clients ... and it has to do with the size of the rooms. At very predictable times during … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Life in General, Oak Grove, Observations Tagged With: Construction Observation, conversations, scale

025: Architectural Bucket List

May 27, 2019 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

025: Architectural Bucket List

Today we are talking about Architectural Bucket lists. Everyone knows what a bucket list is – things you want to do or achieve in your life. For an architect, this could be visiting Therme Vals in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, bob borson, Podcast, what?

024: Presentation Skills, Tips and Techniques

May 12, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

024: Presentation Skills, Tips and Techniques

Unlike most professions, architects are fairly accustomed to standing up in front of a group of people and speaking ... but that doesn't mean they like it (or even worse)  - that they are any good at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, career, conversations, design studio, Podcast

023: The Fun Show

April 28, 2019 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

023: The Fun Show

Sometimes bad things happen, and it impacts you in a way that you weren’t anticipating – takes you out of your normal head space. Since I don’t like feeling bad, we’re going to do something about it. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, hypothetical, Podcast, Travel, traveling

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