Life of an Architect

1 week ago | lifeofanarchitect.com | Bob Borson

Nobody wants to be the person who asks a question that causes everyone else within ear shot to turn and look at them. We spend the early part of our careers trying to prove we deserve a seat at the table, hoping we sound competent, sharp, with just the right amount of confidence. But architecture isn’t a field you get good at by pretending. It’s a craft you grow into by doing, which ultimately leads to asking questions early, often, and sometimes awkwardly. We are going to embrace that process.

3 weeks ago | lifeofanarchitect.com | Bob Borson

There are bits of advice that one collects over a 30 year career and when given the chance, some are worth passing on to those who care to listen. While this could have been a lessons from my father sort of episode, we decided to keep things focused on those of us who either are, or want to be, architects, and we are going to pass along a handful of things that we wish we had known at the start of our careers. Welcome to Episode 174: Dear Future Architects.

1 month ago | lifeofanarchitect.com | Bob Borson

Podcast: EmbedSubscribe: | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | TuneInWhen I think back on the early days of my career, I can remember how many things I didn’t know — and maybe even more clearly, how many things I thought I knew but clearly didn’t. There were decisions I made with complete confidence that, in hindsight, probably should have come with a warning label. Somehow, through a combination of luck, patience from others, and the occasional eyeroll, I kept moving forward.

1 month ago | lifeofanarchitect.com | Bob Borson |Andrew Hawkins

Most people have no idea what I do for a living, and to be honest, most of how I spend my time doesn’t look like the things I did when I was in college. Have things gone terribly wrong for me? What about Andrew? I’m pretty confident that his role as an architect is different than how he imagined it to be … and I think that this is all okay. It should be an interesting conversation, and possibly a mandatory exercise, to find out how architects actually spend their time.

2 months ago | lifeofanarchitect.com | Bob Borson

Podcast: EmbedSubscribe: | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | TuneInBeing an Architect is difficult and there is plenty of evidence that this is not a vocation that is suitable for everyone. The coursework you will take in college is all over the place – from the drawing and design classes to physics and upper level math requirements, you seem to have to be both an artist and a scientist to go down this path. This begs the question, Just how smart do you need to be in order to become an architect?