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Residential Architecture 101: Shower Design

March 15, 2021 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

Shower Design 101 - Full Glass Wall

Welcome to Residential Architecture 101: Shower Design - a new post in a long-dormant series that I am already regretting putting together. While I think a post like this will ultimately be extremely helpful to some people, I know that even more … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Graphics - The Series, Construction, Design, Graphics, Observations, Residential, Residential Architecture 101 Tagged With: architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, design, details, Residential Architect

Ep 070: Dirty Side to Clean Buildings

March 7, 2021 by Tori Wickard 2 Comments

Body Burden - Ep 070: Dirty Side to Clean Buildings

Today we are going to talk about Material Health and Transparency as it pertains to the practice of architecture, what this is all about,  why it is important, as well as ask the question “What is the Architect’s Professional Obligation here?” To … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Design, Episodes, Life in General, Materials and Products, Podcast Tagged With: architects office, Episodes, Materials, Podcast

Phone Call or Email?

March 1, 2021 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

too many emails - sketch by artist Elena Lacey

Phone call or email? I ask myself this question a few dozen times a day now - not because I don't know which one I prefer, but I'm starting to think that maybe I don't know which one is the correct way to respond. Just asking this question puts me … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Life in General, Observations, Office Tagged With: architects office, bob borson, career, design studio, what?

Unpaid Architecture Internship Positions

February 25, 2021 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Pennies on the Dollar

Since it is getting time for college career fairs and planning for the summer, at least in the academic and graduation sense, I wanted to touch on the subject of Unpaid Internship Positions. Also in our current tough economy (and in the past for … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Observations Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, Architecture School, career, conversations, first job

Ep 069: Better Faster Cheaper

February 21, 2021 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Better Faster Cheaper diagram

We have all heard the phrase “Better, Faster, Cheaper, you can have any 2” but is that actually true? … Yes, of course, that’s true, but we are going to talk about it anyways because this is really a conversation about quantity and quality … which is … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Contractors, Design Studio, Education, Episodes, Observations Tagged With: architects office, architectural studio, Architecture and Society, conversations, Podcast

How Much Do Architects Actually Work?

February 15, 2021 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Bob Borson - working late at MMB

How much do Architects actually work? Is there actually an answer to this question that is universal? Since I am only one person and what I know stems from 29 years of working in this industry as well as the communication I've had with friends and … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, career, design studio

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