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Ep 102: Business Development

June 13, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Episode 102 Business Development Cover Handshake

If you are thinking about the dream that a lot of architects have – which is going out on your own and starting your own office – or maybe you’ve grown in your current position where you have new responsibilities, there are some skills you are going … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast Tagged With: Architects, architects office, business, career, Podcast

15 Tips for Young Architecture Professionals

June 5, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 2 Comments

15 Tips for Young Professionals

It's that time of year when graduating students join the workforce or students have summer internships. So I decided to share this list of tips for young architecture professionals. Even though it was created a few years ago, I think it all still … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architect Skills, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Life in General, Observations, Office Tagged With: advice, architects office, architectural studio, career, Do you want to be an Architect

Ep 101: Design Process

May 30, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Architectural Presentation Images

If you were tasked with defining the design process – you could take it in a lot of different directions and you're going to have a lot of options. Andrew and I are going to attempt to tackle this topic and discuss how we go about solving the tasks … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, conversations, design, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Residential Architect

Architectural Graphics 101: Cover Sheet

May 23, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Architectural Graphics - Cover Page

When I say the words “cover sheet” and the topic is architectural drawings, a few different things come to mind … which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it did get me thinking that maybe we should spend a few minutes and have this conversation … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architectural Graphics - The Series, Do you want to be an Architect?, Graphics Tagged With: architectural studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Graphics

Ep 100: The 100th Episode

May 15, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Life of an Architect Podcast - The 100th episode

June 14th, 2018 … it was a Thursday, World Blood Donor Day, the end of Ramadan, and the first episode of the Life of an Architect podcast came out. That was 1,421 days ago and a lot has changed. In what could be described at times as a love/hate … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Episodes, Life in General Tagged With: Architects, conversations, design, Podcast

Studio Lessons 101: Diagrams

May 9, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

After a week full of various studio reviews, I have realized how essential diagrams are to the presentation of one’s architectural ideas. While they may not hold a large place within the practice of architecture, they are certainly critical to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architect Skills, Architecture School, Design, Design Studio, Graphics, Schools of Architecture, Studio Lessons 101 Tagged With: Architects, architectural studio, Architecture School, design, design studio, Graphics

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