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Ep 147: Draw Like an Architect

March 24, 2024 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 147: Draw Like an Architect

How good do you need to be at drawing if you want to become an architect? Or … How can I be an architect – I can’t draw? These are questions that in one form or another, I hear a lot, especially from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Graphics - The Series, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics, Podcast, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, Do you want to be an Architect, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

Ep 146: Ask the Show Spring 2024

March 10, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 146: Ask the Show Spring 2024

We get asked a lot of good questions here on the show – they come up in the comment section, they are sent into our email inboxes, and some slide into our DM’s. Sometimes we reach out and ask people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, career, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast, traveling

Ep 145: Delegated Design

February 25, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 145: Delegated Design

In the architecture and construction industry, delegated design refers to the process where certain design responsibilities are transferred from architects to contractors during the construction … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Construction, Design, Episodes, Life in General Tagged With: being a part of the design process, Construction Process, Podcast

Ep144: Objects of Design

February 11, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep144: Objects of Design

From a design standpoint, some things are just cooler than other things – and these things don’t need to be justified to anyone because people either understand it or they don’t … but that doesn’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: being a part of the design process, design, Podcast

Ep 142: When I Grow Up

January 14, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 142: When I Grow Up

Astronaut, Fireman, Ballerina, Pilot, Builder, Dump Truck driver – these are all things that children consider as a profession, even before they know the word “profession”. For a lot of architects – … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture School, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Architecture School, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

Ep 141: 2023 Yearapalooza

December 17, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 141: 2023 Yearapalooza

December 2023, and Andrew and I find ourselves in front of the microphone for the final time until 2024. It is the annual state of the state address where we look back at all the interesting bits and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, blog, Podcast, Writing a blog

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