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The Bee Hole of an Architect

June 2, 2014 by Bob Borson 49 Comments

The Bee Hole of an Architect

Most architects I know go about their business in an professional manner - but somehow that doesn't necessarily translate to the behavior that happens in the office. In literally every firm I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Heard around the architectural studio, Life in General Tagged With: architectural studio, design studio

Architectural Studio – 4 Questions

May 8, 2014 by Bob Borson 29 Comments

Architectural Studio – 4 Questions

A large percentage of the articles I write on this site are the result of receiving the same sorts of questions over and over again. Rather than send out a half-baked, off the top of my head response, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Do you want to be an Architect?, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: architectural studio, Architecture School, college, design studio

The Best Things about my Future New Office

February 24, 2014 by Bob Borson 36 Comments

The Best Things about my Future New Office

I am counting down the days to when we expect to move out of our current office and into our new one. There was the office at my last job - [An Architect's Office] - which shows how I laid that office … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, My Work Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, design studio, office

Surviving Architecture School

December 16, 2013 by Bob Borson 80 Comments

Surviving Architecture School

Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. I know that it isn't easy and I can still remember moments of crippling panic as I looked around the studio during my presentation. Fast … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect? Tagged With: Architecture School, career, design studio

Mental Health Awareness for the Architecture Student

August 23, 2012 by Bob Borson 12 Comments

Mental Health Awareness for the Architecture Student

 Today's post is brought to you by Ulysses Valiente, an author and recent graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Architectural Science from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. He maintains the blog … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Do you want to be an Architect?, Guest Posts Tagged With: Architecture School, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Guest post

Top 10 Things you’ll never hear an Architect say … in Turkish?

June 14, 2012 by Bob Borson 12 Comments

Top 10 Things you’ll never hear an Architect say … in Turkish?

There is a lot of foolishness that goes on here at Life of an Architect, let's face it - I'm not talking about anything really important and while I take what I do pretty seriously, I always try and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, career, design studio, Top Ten lists

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