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Changes You Don’t See Coming

August 26, 2019 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Changes You Don’t See Coming

The last several months have been a whirlwind of changes … or maybe it was really the last few weeks where all the action took place. If you are a regular around this site you would know that I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Life in General, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, architects office, architectural studio, BOKA Powell, career, conversations, design studio

030: Starting Your Own Architecture Firm

August 4, 2019 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

030: Starting Your Own Architecture Firm

Is it the dream of every architect to have their own firm one day? I can recall hours and hours of conversations that I've had with other architects throughout my career where this topic was front and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, conversations, Do you want to be an Architect

027: Is That Even Legal?

June 23, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

027: Is That Even Legal?

How much time have you spent thinking about the legal side of architecture?  If you are like most architects, you probably haven't spent enough time thinking about it. While it may not be the sexiest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, advice, architects office, career, Podcast

026: First Jobs

June 9, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

026: First Jobs

Pretty simple and straightforward sentence – “Your first architectural job is important.” Let me clarify that I’m not talking about summer jobs or internships … those don’t really count because they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Life in General Tagged With: architects office, career, working

022: Residential Construction Costs

April 14, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

022: Residential Construction Costs

In the beginning, when you are starting to plan your budget for building a new house, residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. There are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Construction, Contractors, Dallas Architecture, Episodes, Office Tagged With: architects office, Construction Process, contractors, Podcast, residential construction costs

019: Architectural Fees

March 3, 2019 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

019: Architectural Fees

Architectural Fees are a mystery to most people and there is no shortage of methods that architects use when charging for their services. How do you make sense of the options, which method works best … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Episodes, Office Tagged With: architects office, architectural fees, Podcast

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