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Ep 195: Designing Your Own House

February 22, 2026 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 195: Designing Your Own House

The idea of an architect designing a house for themselves sounds inevitable, like it’s lurking on the horizon as some kind of professional rite of passage. Reality doesn’t line up with the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Episodes, Modern House, My House, Podcast, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, design, Modern Architecture, Podcast, Residential Architect

Ep 193: The Client Experience

January 25, 2026 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 193: The Client Experience

Every so often a comment lands that sticks around longer than it should because it touches something familiar. The note that sparked today’s conversation came from a call I received from someone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, My Work, Observations, Podcast, Residential Tagged With: advice, architectural studio, Architecture and Society, Podcast, Residential Architect

Ep 180: Size Doesn’t Matter

July 13, 2025 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 180: Size Doesn’t Matter

The phrase “it’s just a small project” has probably caused more confusion, blown more budgets, and strained more relationships than we’d care to admit. It sounds harmless, maybe even charming - the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes, Observations, Podcast, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, great to work with architects, Podcast, Residential Architect

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 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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