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How Much Do Architects Actually Work?

February 15, 2021 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

How Much Do Architects Actually Work?

How much do Architects actually work? Is there actually an answer to this question that is universal? Since I am only one person and what I know stems from 29 years of working in this industry as well … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, career, design studio

Ep 068: Where is the Finish Line?

February 7, 2021 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Ep 068: Where is the Finish Line?

Becoming an architect is hard – but we all know that. You go to school for a long time and work and study but upon graduation, you are not an architect … so when does that moment happen? Welcome to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture School, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: Architects, Architecture School, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 067: Ask the Show

January 24, 2021 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Ep 067: Ask the Show

Should architects date one another? How do you get your first client? What is the greatest challenge you’ve ever faced? All this and more on today’s episode as Andrew and I answer your burning … [Read more...]

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

Ep 064: A Day in the Life of an Architect

December 6, 2020 by Bob Borson 5 Comments

Ep 064: A Day in the Life of an Architect

Answering the question of what exactly does a typical day in the life of an architect look like is nearly impossible. There are certain things that seem to be fairly standard to one of my "typical" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, architects office, architectural studio, career, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

062: The Evolving Virtual Office

November 8, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

062: The Evolving Virtual Office

The phrase "Virtual Office" has a much different ring and connotation to it now than it did just a few months ago. As more and more people work from home (more times than not in a spare bedroom or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Studio, Episodes, Observations, Podcast, Technology, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, career, design studio, Podcast

I Work How Many Jobs? My FTE equals 3.0?

October 29, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

I Work How Many Jobs? My FTE equals 3.0?

As we discussed the stereotypes earlier this week on the podcast, I was inspired to create this post. Added to that is just two days ago some of the discussion in our upcoming episode (062) and then I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Architecture School, Career, Design, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, Architecture and Society, career, design

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