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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

Residential Architecture 101 – Room Matrix

August 2, 2021 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Residential Room Size Matrix by Bob Borson - Residential Architecture 101 - Room Matrix

Since it has been a while since the last entry in this series, today's topic is Residential Architecture 101 - Room Matrix. I brought this topic up in podcast episode 79: Designing a House because, for every residential project I have ever worked on, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: My Work, Residential, Residential Architecture 101 Tagged With: Architects, being a part of the design process, great to work with architects, Residential Architect

Architects on the Screen

July 28, 2021 by Andrew Hawkins 6 Comments

The Fountainhead movie

As a profession, architects have been portrayed in various movies and television series for almost as long as the mediums have been around. I thought for today I would hit some of the titles that portray architects in entertainment media. I am … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Life in General, Uncategorized Tagged With: Architects & Media, Architecture and Society, conversations

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