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Kitchen Pantry Design 101

November 2, 2020 by Bob Borson 10 Comments

Kitchen Pantry Design 101

Pantries are one of those spaces that exist within every house that either get a lot of attention or no attention at all. If you were to stop and think about the pantry in your own home, I bet you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, Interior Design, Kitchen, My Work, Residential Tagged With: design, details, Graphics, modern house, Residential Architect

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

061: Architectural Stereotypes

October 25, 2020 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

061: Architectural Stereotypes

When I say the word “architect” what do you imagine? It seems that most people imagine individuals in black clothing (most likely a turtleneck) and heavy rimmed glasses. We are here to set the record … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, design, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

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

Architecture: Form, Function, and Object

September 3, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 2 Comments

Architecture: Form, Function, and Object

“Form follows Function.” was a phrase coined by the late Louis Sullivan in 1896 in his article titled The Tall Office Building Artistically Considered. In reality, the phrase was “Form ever follows … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Design, Design Studio, Schools of Architecture, Theories Tagged With: Architecture and Society, Architecture School, Architecture Theory, design, Modern Architecture

055: Scale This!

August 2, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

055: Scale This!

How does scale factor into the practice of architecture? For any architect, scale and proportion are two skills that appear to be the most challenging to master. Scale and proportion are also where a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Design, Episodes, Life in General, Podcast Tagged With: Architects, conversations, design, details, Podcast

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