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Ep 079: Designing a House

July 11, 2021 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Creating a Culture of Design 02

Designing a house is easy, anybody can do it … at least that’s what most people think. The reality is that there are literally thousands of nuances that when all added up make the difference between a house that suits your needs and one that simply … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Observations, Podcast, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural studio, design, design studio, Podcast, Residential Architect

Renderings for Residential Design

July 6, 2021 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

If there is one thing that I love most about the design process, is that there is always something new to learn. This is generally true about the entire profession of architecture - things are always changing - what you would once dismiss as … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Design, Design Studio, Graphics, Residential, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: architects office, architectural studio, architectural technology, design studio, Graphics, Residential Architect

Ep 078: Redlines

June 27, 2021 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

The Value of Creating Redlines

“Redlines” is the word used in an architectural office to reference the red ink that is typically used to mark up corrections that need to be made on architectural drawings. Is this phrase outdated? Do people even use red anymore? Does the experience … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Design, Design Studio, Episodes, Graphics, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, design, design studio, details, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

Printing Architectural 3D Models

June 21, 2021 by Bob Borson 9 Comments

Final Residential 3D Model

Architects have been using 3D printers for years so the process of printing architectural 3D models isn't new, but over the last two weeks, we have been experimenting with the process of creating a model for one of our residential projects. I am … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Design, Design Studio, Hill Haus, Materials and Products, Products, Residential, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: Architects, architects office, architectural studio, architectural technology, design, Residential Architect

Virtual Conventions??

June 17, 2021 by Andrew Hawkins 2 Comments

Virtual Conventions Cover

I am not certain that virtual conventions are really worthwhile. That may be a controversial statement, but I think I can stand by it even in a post-pandemic world. Today marks the start of the AIA 2021 Virtual Convention series. While I am all … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Career, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, career, Conventions, Travel, Virtual

Ep 077: Design Better

June 13, 2021 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Architects talk about design a lot – most of us go to school because we believe that we will become architects that design buildings. When it comes to design, most architects design until the drawings leave the office and never look at the clock or … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, being a part of the design process, career, design, design studio, Podcast

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