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Ep 147: Draw Like an Architect

March 24, 2024 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Bob Borson - Sketching Details

How good do you need to be at drawing if you want to become an architect? Or … How can I be an architect – I can’t draw? These are questions that in one form or another, I hear a lot, especially from people my age who became accountants and … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Graphics - The Series, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics, Podcast, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, Do you want to be an Architect, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

Ep 146: Ask the Show Spring 2024

March 10, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

camera lenses laid out in a highly organized manner

We get asked a lot of good questions here on the show – they come up in the comment section, they are sent into our email inboxes, and some slide into our DM’s. Sometimes we reach out and ask people what they would like us to discuss – which is … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, career, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast, traveling

Ep 145: Delegated Design

February 25, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

The Spearin Doctrine

In the architecture and construction industry, delegated design refers to the process where certain design responsibilities are transferred from architects to contractors during the construction phase. This collaboration is considered crucial in … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Construction, Design, Episodes, Life in General Tagged With: being a part of the design process, Construction Process, Podcast

Ep144: Objects of Design

February 11, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Objects of Design Banner 01

From a design standpoint, some things are just cooler than other things – and these things don’t need to be justified to anyone because people either understand it or they don’t … but that doesn’t mean there isn’t an interesting and amazing story … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Design, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: being a part of the design process, design, Podcast

EP 143: Architectural Drawings: Excessive or Essential

January 28, 2024 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Borson Drawing Set A2

Today we are focusing on drawings and the question that first comes to mind is to talk about what we draw, why we draw it, and who we draw it for and why that impacts all other considerations.  With all of that on the table for consideration, the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Construction, Contractors, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, Construction Observation, Construction Process, drawing

Ep 142: When I Grow Up

January 14, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Bob Borson as Astronaut - Ep 142: When I Grow Up

Astronaut, Fireman, Ballerina, Pilot, Builder, Dump Truck driver – these are all things that children consider as a profession, even before they know the word “profession”. For a lot of architects – but not all – they decide they want to be an … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architecture School, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Architecture School, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

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