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EP 110: Modern Home Challenge

October 2, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

EP 110: Modern Home Challenge

It was August 10th, 2010 when I first conceived of the “Low-Cost Modern Home Challenge” with the intent to go through a design process that would help us understand how to design a modern house that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Competition, Design, Design Studio, Education, Episodes, Modern House, Podcast Tagged With: architects office, architectural studio, being a part of the design process, design, Design Competition, Graphics, Modern Architecture, modern house, Podcast, Residential Architect, sketching

Ep 101: Design Process

May 30, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 101: Design Process

If you were tasked with defining the design process – you could take it in a lot of different directions and you're going to have a lot of options. Andrew and I are going to attempt to tackle this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, conversations, design, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Residential Architect

Design Process – Redlines

January 31, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Design Process – Redlines

There are a few things that I know with absolute certainty ... Leprechauns are jerks, people will tell me if I don't call out the vapor barrier in my sketches, and seeing redlines will cause PTSD. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Graphics - The Series, Design, Graphics, Residential Tagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, design studio, Graphics, Residential Architect

Ep 085: Design and Fabrication

October 3, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 085: Design and Fabrication

Design and fabrication is a topic that almost all architects discuss at one point or another. How does it inform the creative process, who gets involved, why does it make sense? We are going to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Construction, Episodes, Interviews, Observations, Podcast, Talking Shop Tagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, Construction Process, conversations, design studio

Residential Architecture 101 – Room Matrix

August 2, 2021 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Residential Architecture 101 – Room Matrix

Since it has been a while since the last entry in this series, today's topic is Residential Architecture 101 - Room Matrix. I brought this topic up in podcast episode 79: Designing a House because, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Work, Residential, Residential Architecture 101 Tagged With: Architects, being a part of the design process, great to work with architects, 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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