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How to Get a Job in an Architect’s Office

February 26, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

How to Get a Job in an Architect’s Office

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. … [Read more...]

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

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 … [Read more...]

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

I’m Nine Years Old – Middle Age

January 17, 2019 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

I’m Nine Years Old – Middle Age

As party week powers relentlessly on, today is a look at years 6, 7, and 8, what has come to represent the depressing middle age years ...  Life of an Architect - Year's Six (2015), Seven (2016) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, Architecture and Society, blog, Writing a blog

Turn Up the Music in Studio – Dec’18 Mix

December 2, 2018 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Turn Up the Music in Studio – Dec’18 Mix

As 2018 comes to a close, we normally find ourselves in a bit of a lull as our clients start shuttering projects for the holiday season ... that behavior isn't too crazy as there are parties and trips … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Heard around the architectural studio, Life in General, What Am I Listening Too Tagged With: Music

013: What to Get an Architect for Christmas [2018]

November 25, 2018 by Bob Borson 10 Comments

013: What to Get an Architect for Christmas [2018]

This is the 9th annual and highly anticipated What to Get an Architect for Christmas gift guide. It's hard for me to process that when I wrote the very first gift guide back in 2010 that this would … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: Architects, Gifts, Holiday, Podcast

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On June 14th, 2018, a new chapter was started when Character Development was recorded and published as the first Life of an Architect podcast episode. Recorded bi-weekly, Bob Borson and Andrew Hawkins … [Read more...]

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