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Out of Touch?

April 7, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Out of Touch?

So this past week the architectural internet has been abuzz with commentary and reactions to a recent roundtable discussion that happened at an architectural academic institution. It made me wonder … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Design, Education, Life in General, Observations, Schools of Architecture Tagged With: Architects, architectural studio, Architecture and Society, Architecture School, career, conversations, design, what?

Ep 097: Burnout

April 3, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 097: Burnout

We have all experienced it at one time or another, and for some people, they seem to experience it all the time. Architecture is a profession that seems to require more than its fair share of 40+ hour … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Observations, Office, Podcast Tagged With: architects office, Architecture and Society, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

2022 Reading List

January 27, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

2022 Reading List

Well, this is not a New Year’s resolution post, it is a new year post of my 2022 proposed reading list. For the past few years, at the beginning of each year, I try to choose a stack of books that I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Design, Education, Life in General, Uncategorized Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, books, design

089: Small Firm Mentality

November 28, 2021 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

089: Small Firm Mentality

Inch wide and mile-deep versus mile wide and inch deep ... the "Jack of all trades/Master of none" vs. "The Specialist" … conceptually this is the idea that distinguishes the nuances between a small … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast, Talking Shop Tagged With: Architects, architects office, Architecture and Society, career, conversations

What is Architecture?

October 21, 2021 by Andrew Hawkins 3 Comments

What is Architecture?

What is architecture? How do we define architecture as a profession, as a practice, as a concept? I’ve been talking a lot about this recently with colleagues, and I have seen a couple of posts in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architect Skills, Architects, Buildings, Design, Observations Tagged With: Architects, Architecture, Architecture and Society, Architecture School, Building, Opinions

Ep 084: Building an Architect

September 19, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 084: Building an Architect

You’re a kid thinking about being an architect, you go to school, you take an unreasonable number of classes for years and years, you graduate, start your first job and instead of thinking “I’ve made … [Read more...]

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