https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com Sun, 24 Mar 2024 18:01:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.lifeofanarchitect.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Life-of-an-Architect-New-Logo-200-x-200-e1451878774701.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com 32 32 A gifted storyteller communicating the role and value of architecture to a new audience, host Bob Borson uses the experiences acquired over a 25-year career to inform his podcast. <br /> <br /> A small firm owner, architect, and college design instructor, co-host Andrew Hawkins brings his insight from his 20 years in various roles within the profession. <br /> <br /> It responds to the public curiosity and common misunderstanding about what architects do and how it is relevant to people’s lives, engaging a wide demographic of people in a meaningful way without requiring an understanding of the jargon or knowledge of the history of the profession.<br /> <br /> With a creative mix of humor and practicality, Borson’s stories are informative, engaging, and approachable, using first-person narratives and anecdotes that have introduced transparency into what it really means to be a practicing architect. <br /> <br /> To learn more about Bob, Andrew, and what life is like as an architect, please visit Lifeofanarchitect.com<br /> Bob Borson and Andrew Hawkins false episodic Bob Borson and Andrew Hawkins Bob Borson Bob Borson podcast Life of an Architect, a podcast dedicated to all things architecture with a little bit of life mixed in for balance https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Life_of_an_Architect_Podcast_iTunes_Thumbnail.png https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/category/architectural-sketches-the-series/ TV-G Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas bi-weekly 131299242 https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/ep-147-draw-like-an-architect/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ep-147-draw-like-an-architect https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/ep-147-draw-like-an-architect/#respond Sun, 24 Mar 2024 19:00:26 +0000 https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/?p=39278 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? Is there an easy answer to these questions? Of course there is, but that doesn’t mean the getting is easy.

The post Ep 147: Draw Like an Architect first appeared on Life of an Architect.]]> https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/ep-147-draw-like-an-architect/feed/ 0 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? Is there an easy answer to these questions? Of course there is, but that doesn’t mean the getting is easy. 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? Is there an easy answer to these questions? Of course there is, but that doesn’t mean the getting is easy. Bob Borson and Andrew Hawkins 2024 2024 147 147 Draw Like an Architect full false 56:34 39278 https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/architectural-redlines-on-an-ipad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=architectural-redlines-on-an-ipad https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/architectural-redlines-on-an-ipad/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:01:19 +0000 https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/?p=37183 I take a look at the process of creating Architectural Redlines on an iPad to determine if it is worth getting an iPad if you are an Architect?

The post Architectural Redlines on an iPad first appeared on Life of an Architect.]]> https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/architectural-redlines-on-an-ipad/feed/ 2 37183 https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/sketching-is-hard/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sketching-is-hard https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/sketching-is-hard/#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2020 05:01:07 +0000 https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/?p=33102 The point of today's post is that sketching is hard for most people and it's okay if you end up using other tools to help get you to your destination. As one of my college professors once told me, sketch until it hurts and then keep sketching.

The post Sketching is Hard first appeared on Life of an Architect.]]> https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/sketching-is-hard/feed/ 0 33102 https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/sketching-details/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sketching-details https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/sketching-details/#comments Mon, 04 Nov 2019 06:01:23 +0000 https://www.lifeofanarchitect.com/?p=32198 It’s not a secret – or at least it shouldn’t be much of one. Architects should be on Instagram and I would like for them to post pictures of what they do during the day. There is so much good stuff out there that people are doing and few people know anything about it. I […]

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