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Ep 140: Communicating Through Drawings

December 10, 2023 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 140: Communicating Through Drawings

Architecture is a visual craft. From the end product where people move through, in and about, to the beginning as students when we spend years in school learning to use different forms of medium to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics, Observations, Podcast, Sketching Tagged With: Graphics, Podcast, sketching

Ep 133: Ask the Show Fall 2023

September 4, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 133: Ask the Show Fall 2023

We get asked a lot of good questions here on the show – they come up in the comment section, they are emailed to us, and sometimes we get stopped at conventions and panel discussions. Some questions … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Episodes, Graphics, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: Architecture and Society, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 126: Architectural Bucket List

May 29, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 126: Architectural Bucket List

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 … [Read more...]

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

Ep 125: A Great Employee

May 14, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: advice, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 121: Material Selection

March 19, 2023 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Construction, Design Studio, Episodes, Materials and Products, Podcast Tagged With: being a part of the design process, Materials, Podcast, Products

Ep 119: Architectural Defrag

February 19, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 119: Architectural Defrag

There are a lot of things in the works here on the podcast, some are really cool, and some are akin to making sure the dirty dishes in the sink are washed and put away. We are pulling the curtain back … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes, Observations, Podcast, Talking Shop Tagged With: Architecture and Society, conversations, Podcast, what?, Writing a blog

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