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Ep 109: Traveling for Work

September 18, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Traveling for Work - Airplanes

You are at the airport, or maybe you’re driving someplace that isn’t very close. You have an owner presentation, or maybe it’s a construction meeting – either way you won’t be sleeping at home and chances are pretty good that you will be eating … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, career, design studio, Podcast, Travel, traveling

Ep 108: Ask the Show (Fall 2022)

September 5, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ask the Show - Life of an Architect Podcast

How much drafting does a fully licensed architect do? What is something you learned in the industry that you hadn’t been taught in school? Are you as condescending to your employees as your redlines let on? All this and potentially other hateful … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Contractors, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, architects office, architectural studio, Architecture School, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 107: Design Development

August 21, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

sketch overlay - start blocking out updated massing concepts

There is a process when working on a residential project when you actually start figuring out what the project will look like in terms of elevations, exterior materials, interior finishes, specialty lighting, cabinetry, plumbing fixtures … a lot of … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Podcast, Residential Architecture 101 Tagged With: design development, design process, Residential Architect

Ep 106: Architecture School 101: Equipment

August 7, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

xacto blades

Around this time every year that a new crop of potential future architects are about to start their first year of architecture school, and they have questions. What equipment do I need? Drawing supplies? Computer requirements? What about software and … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architecture School, Design Studio, Education, Episodes, Life in General, Podcast, Schools of Architecture, Technology Tagged With: architectural studio, Architecture School, design studio, Equipment, Podcast, Supplies

Ep 105: Interior Architecture

July 24, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Architecture is a field with a wide variety of possible pathways and careers. Today we will focus our attention on the closely related field of Interior Architecture. What exactly is Interior Architecture you ask? That’s what we will be discussing, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Education, Episodes, Interviews, Life in General, Podcast, Talking Shop Tagged With: architectural studio, conversations, design, design studio, interior design, Podcast

Ep 104: Conventions – The Best and Worst of Times

July 10, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Bob Borson whispering secrets to Andrew Hawkins

Depending on your age, sooner or later you will end up at one convention or another. For some people, this is a yearly migration full of can’t-miss opportunities. For others, it’s three days of questionable decisions and most likely, a lot of fun. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural studio, Architecture and Society, career, Podcast

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