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Business Development and Social Media

August 30, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Business Development and Social Media

On the chance that you've been asleep for the last 10 years,  more and more architects are turning to social media and platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn to demonstrate their design … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design, Graphics, Hill Haus, My Work, Projects, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Architecture and Society, career, design, Graphics, Modern Architecture, Residential Architect

Residential Architecture 101 – Architectural Fees

August 16, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Residential Architecture 101 – Architectural Fees

There are easily 10+ posts that I can think of that I could talk about right off the top of my head that are specific to explaining how architectural fees are employed on residential projects. It is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Office, Residential, Residential Architecture 101 Tagged With: architects office, Architecture and Society, conversations, Residential Architect

Renderings for Residential Design

July 6, 2021 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

Renderings for Residential Design

If there is one thing that I love most about the design process, is that there is always something new to learn. This is generally true about the entire profession of architecture - things are always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Design, Design Studio, Graphics, Residential, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: architects office, architectural studio, architectural technology, design studio, Graphics, Residential Architect

Ep 078: Redlines

June 27, 2021 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Ep 078: Redlines

“Redlines” is the word used in an architectural office to reference the red ink that is typically used to mark up corrections that need to be made on architectural drawings. Is this phrase outdated? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Design, Design Studio, Episodes, Graphics, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, design, design studio, details, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

Printing Architectural 3D Models

June 21, 2021 by Bob Borson 9 Comments

Printing Architectural 3D Models

Architects have been using 3D printers for years so the process of printing architectural 3D models isn't new, but over the last two weeks, we have been experimenting with the process of creating a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Design, Design Studio, Hill Haus, Materials and Products, Products, Residential, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: Architects, architects office, architectural studio, architectural technology, design, Residential Architect

Ep 077: Design Better

June 13, 2021 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Ep 077: Design Better

Architects talk about design a lot – most of us go to school because we believe that we will become architects that design buildings. When it comes to design, most architects design until the drawings … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, being a part of the design process, career, design, design studio, Podcast

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