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Ep 187: Objects of Design

October 21, 2025 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 187: Objects of Design

From a design standpoint, some things just stand apart. They make you pause for reasons that go beyond looks — something about the form, the logic, or even the story behind them just feels right. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: Architecture and Society, design, Podcast

Ep 157: Project Constraints

August 11, 2024 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Ep 157: Project Constraints

You sit down at your desk, you turn your computer on, maybe you sharpen your pencils, you lay out your rolls of trace and your sharpie pens – whatever your creative process - and you are about to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractors, Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural studio, Construction Process, design, Podcast, Residential Architect

Ep 150: Drawing Stuff

May 5, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 150: Drawing Stuff

So here we are ... Episode 150, and I am a little surprised that I made it this far into this Life of an Architect experiment, but due to the support and interest we have received over the last 6 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Graphics - The Series, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics Tagged With: Architects, architectural sketching, design, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

Ep144: Objects of Design

February 11, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep144: Objects of Design

From a design standpoint, some things are just cooler than other things – and these things don’t need to be justified to anyone because people either understand it or they don’t … but that doesn’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: being a part of the design process, design, Podcast

Ep 131: Starting Architecture School Part 1

August 6, 2023 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Ep 131: Starting Architecture School Part 1

So you are thinking about starting architecture school or looking to study architecture. What are your options for schools? Are you just weeks away from starting your first semester of college … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture School, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Life in General, Podcast, Schools of Architecture Tagged With: architectural studio, Architecture School, design, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 126: Architectural Bucket List

May 29, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 126: Architectural Bucket List

It has been a long time since a bucket list was brought up on this show, but today’s the day. Almost 4 years to the day and 100 episodes later, Andrew and I are going to go through an architectural … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes, Life in General, Podcast Tagged With: design, Podcast, Travel

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