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060: The Perfect Portfolio

October 11, 2020 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

Danielle Anderson's Architectural Portfolio

At one point or another, every architecture student or graduate has a portfolio of their work that they have agonized over creating. Portfolios are important, they demonstrate your range of skills and will most likely play a significant role in … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architecture School, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics, Observations, Podcast, Studio Lessons 101 Tagged With: Architects, Architecture School, career, portfolio

Surprise! I’m Starting a Residential Studio

October 5, 2020 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Trellis details - Dallas Architect Bob Borson

I really enjoyed the 20+ years I spent working with people (who typically became my friends) to design their dream houses. Of all the things that changed when I left my last firm and slid on over to BOKA Powell, the only thing I've really missed was … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Design, Life in General, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, architects office, career, Residential Architect

Top Instagram Accounts for Architectural Visualization

October 1, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Cover Image by Mir

So as a follow-up to the recent podcast this week, I wanted to delve into the world of visualization and find some of the best Instagram accounts to follow for this industry. As I am an architect, educator, and enthusiast I did reach out to our guest … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Design, Design Studio, Graphics, Technology, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: Architects, architectural studio, architectural technology, Architecture School, design, design studio, Graphics

059 Architectural Visualization with Alex Hogrefe

September 27, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 2 Comments

Alex Hogrefe - Desert Villa Night

Do you have architectural visualization skills? Maybe you’re asking yourself “what does even mean?” Well, you are in luck because today on the Life of an Architect Podcast we are dedicated to discussing all things related to architectural … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architecture School, Career, Episodes, Graphics, Interviews, Podcast Tagged With: career, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

We, Myself and I

September 20, 2020 by Bob Borson 30 Comments

Bob Borson Presenting - series of images

There's no "I" in "Team" ... but there's no "We" in "Team" either. Come to think of it, there's no "U" in "Team". I don't know when I became obsessed with saying "we" whenever I sit across the table from someone and talk to them about what "I" … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob

Starting Architecture School: COVID Edition Part 2

September 17, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 2 Comments

Studio Setup Diagram 01

So I know that I have written before about the transition to online teaching that occurred last spring, but I am going to revisit this situation once again. I recently wrote an article for Texas Architect Magazine (Sept/Oct issue) that was completed … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architecture School, Design Studio, Schools of Architecture Tagged With: architectural studio, Architecture and Society, Architecture School, design studio

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