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Ep 178: Under Pressure

June 15, 2025 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 178: Under Pressure

This is Life of an Architect, a podcast dedicated to all things architecture with a little bit of life thrown in for balance. We’ve all had days where the drawing set grows by thirty pages and the … [Read more...]

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

Ep 177: Hanging Out Your Shingle

June 1, 2025 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 177: Hanging Out Your Shingle

There’s a moment in almost every architect’s career where the idea first surfaces—quietly at first, then louder over time: What if I started my own firm? Maybe it’s the itch for creative freedom, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Office, Podcast, Talking Shop Tagged With: architects office, architectural studio, career, conversations, Podcast

Ep 173: Mentorship Matters

April 6, 2025 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Ep 173: Mentorship Matters

When I think back on the early days of my career, I can remember how many things I didn’t know — and maybe even more clearly, how many things I thought I knew but clearly didn’t. There were decisions … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, career, conversations, Podcast

Ep 160: Determining Value

September 22, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 160: Determining Value

When I say the word “value”, the meaning that typically comes to mind is generated by that persons position or context. Andrew and I were having a chat about how employees think of value versus how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Episodes, Observations, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 159: Ask the Show Fall 2024

September 8, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 159: Ask the Show Fall 2024

It is time for the second and last installment of the Life of an Architect “Ask the Show” episode for 2024. Once again, as is our practice we solicited questions to be submitted through our Instagram … [Read more...]

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Ep 158: Architects and iPads

August 25, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 158: Architects and iPads

I am going to do at least two things on today’s show – eat a little crow and talk about how I use my iPad. I get asked this question often enough to where I have been meaning to talk about why you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast, Technology, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

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