It has been a long time since a bucket list was brought up on this show, but today’s the day. Almost 4 years to the day and 100 episodes later, Andrew and I are going to go through an architectural bucket list of people places, and things. I don’t … [Continue reading]
Ep 125: A Great Employee
How do you define a great employee? The answer is most likely dependent on who is attempting to respond, the employee or the employer. I will concede that I have told previous employers that I would be the best employee they have ever had. And I … [Continue reading]
Ep 124: Show Me the Money
I get asked a LOT about how much money an architect makes and without understanding a few parameters, that’s like trying to buy a car by the pound. I spend a fair amount of my time discussing the architectural marketplace, where we can find value, … [Continue reading]
EP 123: Interviews Just Aren’t that Hard
You’re about to graduate from architecture school, or maybe you already have a job, and you’re just simply looking for a change. Going through the interviews in an architecture firm is just part of a sequence of activities toward getting a new job, … [Continue reading]
Ep 122: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence
Even though artificial intelligence can conceptually trace its roots back to the 1950s, the reality is AI and Machine learning went mainstream not too long ago and as recently as November of 2022, anyone with a computer and internet access can dip … [Continue reading]
Ep 121: Material Selection
When you think of a building – whatever scale or project type, the items that go to create that building are most frequently associated with the materials that are selected that define the appearance of the building. Brick, glass, wood, and metal are … [Continue reading]