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Top Instagram Accounts for Architectural Visualization

October 1, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Top Instagram Accounts for Architectural Visualization

So as a follow-up to the recent podcast this week, I wanted to delve into the world of visualization and find some of the best Instagram accounts to follow for this industry. As I am an architect, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Design, Design Studio, Graphics, Technology, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: Architects, architectural studio, architectural technology, Architecture School, design, design studio, Graphics

Starting Architecture School: COVID Edition Part 2

September 17, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 2 Comments

Starting Architecture School: COVID Edition Part 2

So I know that I have written before about the transition to online teaching that occurred last spring, but I am going to revisit this situation once again. I recently wrote an article for Texas … [Read more...]

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

056: Starting A Design Firm

August 16, 2020 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

056: Starting A Design Firm

If you’ve ever dreamed of starting your own design firm, maybe you’ve just graduated from school, perhaps you’ve worked for another firm and seen first-hand what not to do and decided it’s time to go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architects, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Interviews, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: architectural studio, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast, Residential Architect

Architecture Student Tool Kit

July 23, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Architecture Student Tool Kit

As I am preparing my syllabus and other items for the quickly approaching fall semester, I have begun to have discussions and questions about the student “tool kit” if you want to call it that. What … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Design Studio, Graphics, Schools of Architecture, Sketching, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: Architects, architectural sketching, architectural studio, Architecture School, design studio

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

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