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003: Sketching

July 9, 2018 by Bob Borson 8 Comments

How to sketch like Bob Borson

Sketching is a hot topic regardless of the people having the discussion, but I have learned over the last nine years of writing this site that sketching is one of the more hotly contested topics. While few architects would dispute the value in … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, Graphics, Landon Williams, Podcast, sketching

Inspiration and Inadequacy – All at Once

July 3, 2018 by Bob Borson 13 Comments

flip flops on a wooden deck

It is Sunday night and I find myself sitting in my usual location preparing to write the next post on Life of an Architect ... except I am experiencing a problem that is making this particular post difficult to write. It's not that I don't have … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, Architecture and Society, Travel, traveling, Writing a blog

002: The College Years

June 27, 2018 by Bob Borson 9 Comments

University of Maryland School of Architecture open studio

In this second episode of the Life of an Architect podcast, we turn our attention towards the college years. I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992, while Landon received his diploma from Virginia Tech in 2016 ... so how has … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: architectural studio, Architecture School, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

001: Character Development

June 14, 2018 by Bob Borson 18 Comments

Bob Borson and Landon Williams - Life of an Architect Podcast

So after eight and a half years, I have finally decided to enter the world of podcasting. I am excited to add this medium to my toolkit as I think podcasting my actually be a more natural medium for me rather than writing a blog post. I have … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Episodes, Life in General Tagged With: Podcast

Life of an Architect – The Inevitable has Arrived

June 11, 2018 by Bob Borson 26 Comments

It's Not you It's Me

The inevitable has arrived. I am officially bored with blogging, and it only took 8 years, 5 months, 8 days, and 854 blog posts to get here. I can still easily remember the thrill I used to experience when it came time to write a new post ... but I … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: Architecture and Society, conversations, Podcast, what?, Writing a blog

Conference Calls are Killing Me

June 4, 2018 by Bob Borson 14 Comments

shoe phone

At some point, somebody thought instead of having face-to-face meetings, conference calls would be a good idea. They were wrong because it's a bad idea ... just like ordering anything from a "food" truck is a bad idea. Just a warning, I am writing … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General, Observations Tagged With: architects office, architectural studio, conversations

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