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063: Holiday Gift Guide for Architects

November 22, 2020 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

Snowman for Holiday Guide

It’s that gift-giving time of the year and if you have an architect in your life, you know that getting them a gift is rough since they are sooo particular – but that’s why we’re here. Now in its 11th consecutive year, Life of an Architect is once … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Episodes, Holidays, Life in General, Materials and Products, Observations, Products, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: Architects, Episodes, Gifts, Holiday, Podcast

Fireplace Renovation – The Long Haul

November 16, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Borson Demolished Fireplace by Poul Ober

Renovating my house has not been awesome for so many reasons, but slowly and surely we are getting someplace with it all. The most recent item to be added to the "mostly" completed list is my fireplace. Let's make this clear right from the beginning … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Construction, Design, Interior Design, Life in General, My House, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, bob borson, Construction Process, details, Materials, My House, Residential Architect

Architecture Lectures and Presentations

November 12, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 2 Comments

Empty halls for Architecture Lectures

One of my new tasks this semester in my academic position is to be a member of the departmental committee for lectures and exhibitions. This committee is tasked with creating the annual lecture and exhibitions program for the Department of … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Design, Education, Life in General Tagged With: Architects, architectural education, Architecture and Society, Architecture School, conversations, design, Presentations

062: The Evolving Virtual Office

November 8, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

house plan view for wifi layout

The phrase "Virtual Office" has a much different ring and connotation to it now than it did just a few months ago. As more and more people work from home (more times than not in a spare bedroom or from the dining room table) what changes will take … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Design Studio, Episodes, Observations, Podcast, Technology, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, career, design studio, Podcast

Kitchen Pantry Design 101

November 2, 2020 by Bob Borson 10 Comments

Enlarged Butler's Pantry plan

Pantries are one of those spaces that exist within every house that either get a lot of attention or no attention at all. If you were to stop and think about the pantry in your own home, I bet you would know which category it falls into (my own falls … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, Interior Design, Kitchen, My Work, Residential Tagged With: design, details, Graphics, modern house, Residential Architect

I Work How Many Jobs? My FTE equals 3.0?

October 29, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Andrew Weekly Calendar

As we discussed the stereotypes earlier this week on the podcast, I was inspired to create this post. Added to that is just two days ago some of the discussion in our upcoming episode (062) and then I was fully settled into this one. Do all … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Design, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, Architecture and Society, career, design

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