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Ep 083: Ask the Show

September 6, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ask the Show - Life of an Architect Podcast

Bringing work home with you, talking to your boss about a raise, what is your favorite beer … All this and more on today’s episode as Andrew and I answer your burning questions where almost nothing is off-limits is what we will be discussing today in … [Continue reading]

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

Business Development and Social Media

August 30, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Interior Renderings for Business Development

On the chance that you've been asleep for the last 10 years,  more and more architects are turning to social media and platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn to demonstrate their design skills and leverage that exposure into business … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Design, Graphics, Hill Haus, My Work, Projects, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Architecture and Society, career, design, Graphics, Modern Architecture, Residential Architect

Episode 082: The Side Hustle

August 22, 2021 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

sketching+on+ergo - Eric Reinholdt

It seems that everybody these days has a side hustle – a means in which you can leverage your creative genius into an additional stream of revenue to help you makes ends meet between paychecks. Whatever it is, there are a lot of options out there but … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Residential Architecture 101 – Architectural Fees

August 16, 2021 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Architectural Drawings by Bob Borson

There are easily 10+ posts that I can think of that I could talk about right off the top of my head that are specific to explaining how architectural fees are employed on residential projects. It is also extremely easy to see how people might be … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General, Office, Residential, Residential Architecture 101 Tagged With: architects office, Architecture and Society, conversations, Residential Architect

Architectural Graphic Standards Collection

August 12, 2021 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Andrew Arch Graphic Standards Editions

So I posted a photo of a few books the other day including two Architectural Graphic Standards. As it turns out I may have a slight problem with collections or maybe it’s a compulsion. I have an almost full collection of the Architectural Graphics … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Book Reviews, Design, Education, Graphics Tagged With: Architects, architectural studio, architectural technology, books, design, details

Episode 081: Motivation

August 8, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Bigger than your Body Ant strong

Architecture is a profession that requires a certain amount of motivation. It may not require more than any other profession per se, but it seems like the topic of being and staying motivated is one discussed quite often among architects. This is … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Episodes, Life in General, Podcast Tagged With: advice, Architects, career, design

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