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057: Renovating your House

August 30, 2020 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

057: Renovating your House

Leaving your mark on the place where you live is built into the DNA of most architects and designers. This can manifest itself in many different ways but for many of us, working on the place where we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Contractors, Episodes, Life in General, My House, My Work, Observations, Podcast, ResidentialTagged With: being a part of the design process, Construction Process, Episodes, great to work with architects, Podcast, Residential Architect

053: Culture of Design

July 5, 2020 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

053: Culture of Design

Do you have a design culture in your office? Why is it that some firms have it and others don’t? A culture of design isn’t something that just happens, there has to be a plan, it needs to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Episodes, Heard around the architectural studio, Life in General, Observations, PodcastTagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, being a part of the design process, career, design studio, Podcast

050: Talking Shop with Marlon Blackwell

May 25, 2020 by Bob Borson1 Comment

050: Talking Shop with Marlon Blackwell

We have special guest Marlon Blackwell, FAIA on the podcast today and if you are not intimately familiar with his work, I am excited to be in a position to share it with you. I originally met Marlon … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Design, Episodes, Life in General, Talking ShopTagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Architecture and Society, being a part of the design process, career, conversations, Podcast

048: Big Design / Small Details

April 26, 2020 by Bob Borson1 Comment

048: Big Design / Small Details

Just about every architect worth their measure develops a design process that works for them – it’s almost like a fingerprint, it's that unique. In today's post and podcast episode, Andrew and I are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Career, Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, PodcastTagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, career, design, design studio, Podcast

Don’t Let the Internet Design Your Project

February 12, 2019 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

Don’t Let the Internet Design Your Project

Despite knowing it was coming for me, I decided to post one of my recent sketches to Instagram and Facebook ... and I was murdered. For 95% of those folks doing the murdering, their intentions were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, Life in General, My Work, Observations, SketchingTagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, Graphics, sketching, Writing a blog

The Aalto – Life of an Architect Holiday Cocktail

December 16, 2018 by Bob Borson6 Comments

The Aalto – Life of an Architect Holiday Cocktail

It would seem that I am getting a reputation where cocktails are involved ... ironic since I don't really drink all that much. While I enjoy drinking adult beverages, it would appear that I enjoy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays, Kitchen, Life in GeneralTagged With: Architects, being a part of the design process, cocktails, Holiday, Travel

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