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Ep 153: Inspiration

June 16, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 153: Inspiration

Whether your interests or skills lend themselves to design or technology, I think it is safe to say that creativity plays a role in the day-to-day experience of an architect. Sometimes you aren’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, being a part of the design process, career, Podcast, traveling

Ep 152: Starting a New Job

June 2, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 152: Starting a New Job

All around the country, new architecture school graduates are rolling up their sleeves to start their professional journey with their first “this time it counts” job. Some will be excited for this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Observations, Office, Podcast, Quotes Tagged With: a day in the life, advice, architects office, architectural studio, career, Podcast

EP 143: Architectural Drawings: Excessive or Essential

January 28, 2024 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

EP 143: Architectural Drawings: Excessive or Essential

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 … [Read more...]

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

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 – … [Read more...]

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

Ep 141: 2023 Yearapalooza

December 17, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 141: 2023 Yearapalooza

December 2023, and Andrew and I find ourselves in front of the microphone for the final time until 2024. It is the annual state of the state address where we look back at all the interesting bits and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, blog, Podcast, Writing a blog

Ep 135: Employee Takeover

October 1, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 135: Employee Takeover

It was podcast Episode 130: Employee Evaluations, and Andrew and I were discussing the process and criteria used to assess and measure an individual employee’s performance when we made the point that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Interviews, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, great to work with architects, Podcast

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