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053: Culture of Design

July 5, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 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, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, being a part of the design process, career, design studio, Podcast

052: Architectural Tools

June 21, 2020 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

052: Architectural Tools

When an architect goes to work … what happens? Do they pull out a pen and sketch paper? Maybe they power up some hardware – quite possibly a bit of both. Ask and architect what they need to do their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design Studio, Episodes, Graphics, Observations, Office, Podcast, Talking Shop Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, architectural technology, career, conversations, design studio, Podcast

End of Architecture School Semester: COVID-19 Edition

May 14, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

End of Architecture School Semester: COVID-19 Edition

As of last week, all my studios were completed, final reviews concluded, grades entered, and the end of the 2020 spring semester came to a virtual close. It was an interesting ride, to say the least. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Design, Design Studio, Graphics, Schools of Architecture Tagged With: Architects, architectural studio, Architecture School, design studio, Graphics

048: Big Design / Small Details

April 26, 2020 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

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, Podcast Tagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, career, design, design studio, Podcast

The Best Thing on my Desk

April 6, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

The Best Thing on my Desk

Making the change from a permanent desk at the office to a work-from-home desk requires a bit of transition unless you already work from home. For the most part, I'm not talking about those people in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, design, design studio, desk, office

046: Working From Home

March 29, 2020 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

046: Working From Home

A lot can happen in just a few weeks. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, business as usual is anything but … and Andrew and I felt like we should interrupt our regularly scheduled podcast to take some time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural technology, design studio, Podcast

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