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Ep 161: Wow Moments

October 6, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 161: Wow Moments

It happens on every project – sometimes you know exactly what it is because you had a hand in bring it into existence. Other times, you might be visiting the work of another architect, or really, you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: being a part of the design process, Construction Process, details, Graphics, Modern Architecture, modern house, Podcast, Residential Architect

Ep 160: Determining Value

September 22, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 160: Determining Value

When I say the word “value”, the meaning that typically comes to mind is generated by that persons position or context. Andrew and I were having a chat about how employees think of value versus how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Episodes, Observations, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, leadership, Podcast

Ep 159: Ask the Show Fall 2024

September 8, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 159: Ask the Show Fall 2024

It is time for the second and last installment of the Life of an Architect “Ask the Show” episode for 2024. Once again, as is our practice we solicited questions to be submitted through our Instagram … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Observations, Office, Podcast, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, career, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 158: Architects and iPads

August 25, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 158: Architects and iPads

I am going to do at least two things on today’s show – eat a little crow and talk about how I use my iPad. I get asked this question often enough to where I have been meaning to talk about why you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast, Technology, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

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 156: Build a Better House

July 28, 2024 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 156: Build a Better House

Today is a special sort of show as we are discussing residential projects that focus on incorporating high value building science techniques. The focus of today’s conversation is going center around … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Construction, Education, Episodes, Podcast, Talking Shop Tagged With: Architects, Construction Process, Podcast, Products, Residential Architect

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