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Ep 103: Architects and the Art of Being Happy

June 26, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Ep 103: Architects and the Art of Being Happy

Take a look around and you are likely to see what I see. Read the emails I receive and you're likely to start believing it as well. People, which includes Architects, seem to be fairly unhappy at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Architecture and Society, career, conversations, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

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 6 Comments

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 7 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

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