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019: Architectural Fees

March 3, 2019 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Bob Borson and Andrew Hawkins recording a podcast

Architectural Fees are a mystery to most people and there is no shortage of methods that architects use when charging for their services. How do you make sense of the options, which method works best for you, and how do you provide a method that … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Episodes, Office Tagged With: architects office, architectural fees, Podcast

How to Get a Job in an Architect’s Office

February 26, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Architecture office - Malone Maxwell Borson Architects Now Hiring

Getting a job in an architect's office should be a lot easier than it really is ... well, I should put a caveat on that statement to say that it's hard to get a good job in a good architect's office. Including mine. The reason this particular topic … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Office Tagged With: advice, architects office, architectural studio, career, Do you want to be an Architect

018: Architectural Photography

February 17, 2019 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Beinecke Library - architect Gordon Bunshaft, photo by Poul Ober

Architecture and photography have a symbiotic relationship with one another and every architect knows that a picture is worth a 1,000 words. For today's episode, Andrew and I sit down with photographer Poul Ober to discuss the role photography plays … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Episodes, Interviews, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: photography, Podcast

Don’t Let the Internet Design Your Project

February 12, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Don't Let The Internet Design Your Project

Despite knowing it was coming for me, I decided to post one of my recent sketches to Instagram and Facebook ... and I was murdered. For 95% of those folks doing the murdering, their intentions were honest and well intended. For the other 5%, ... I … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, Life in General, My Work, Observations, Sketching Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, Graphics, sketching, Writing a blog

017: Quitting Your Job

February 3, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Quitting Your job - Exit Strategy

It happens to almost all of us eventually, and for pretty much everybody, the experience ranges from unpleasant to downright panic-inducing … so get your moving box ready because “Quitting Your Job” is today’s topic, something that I, unfortunately, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Observations, Office Tagged With: advice, career, Podcast

Estate Project – Preston Hollow

January 29, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Estate Residence wall section thumbnail

Life of been disproportionately busy as of late - which is nothing that should win me any awards, but I am already disproportionately busy so for me to single it out should count for something ... I can assure you that my family has taken … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Construction, Graphics, My Work, Preston Hollow Estate, Residential Tagged With: Construction Process, details, Graphics, modern house

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