Life of an Architect

MAY 4, 2014

Home / Architects / Why Architects should Blog Why Architects should Blog Bob Borson — May 5, 2014 — 40 Comments I was asked to be the Master of Ceremonies for the AIA Austin Design Awards ceremony, an event that took place last Thursday evening (May 1st). This is now the main reason why I continue writing my blog.

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Aric Gitomer Architect

JUNE 23, 2022

The architectural style you prefer. Social media platforms are overflowing with architects showcasing their work and they always put their contact details to find more clients. Whether it’s their projects, sketches, or blogs, you can access them through the touch of your hands. The number of bathrooms.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 6, 2014

“Design great architecture and they will come.”. Through the 15 years I’ve been pitching our services at Fivecat Studio , I have learned that great architecture is a given. My prospects, when shopping for architectural services, expect that their project will be designed exceptionally well when hiring an architect.

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Archmark

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The answer lies in leveraging digital platforms and traditional networking methods to attract prospective clients. In this blog post, we will: Explore various strategies that can help architecture firms drive leads and grow their business. How do architects generate leads in today's competitive market?

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Despite knowing it was coming for me, I decided to post one of my recent sketches to Instagram and Facebook … and I was murdered. Here was the sketch that got me murdered. It isn’t architecture … are you shocked? As I was drawing, I kept saying “This isn’t architecture … this is a diagram.

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Ronen Bekerman

MARCH 9, 2023

Table of Contents Your role at the Factory At the heart of this role is your ability to communicate ideas with clarity and confidence to both clients and artists. Meeting with clients to discuss their requirements and vision, pitching concepts utilizing innovative presentations. Bring unique conceptual approaches to branded content.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 2, 2018

“How do I get noticed when I am first starting an architecture firm? I have no portfolio of my own to show clients. I’ve shared articles at this blog in the past on how much it may cost to start your own firm and how Annmarie and I launched Fivecat Studio with no clients and very little money. Start a Blog.

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Architecture Quote

JULY 7, 2020

This is ultimate the guide to architecture marketing and digital marketing for architects. We start with basics of branding and go into deep detail on how to use digital marketing to grow your architecture company. Chapter 1 – Marketing for Architects – Branding Your Architecture Company. Architecture-work-photos.

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DesignScape Architects

JULY 22, 2020

Architectural Design Tools While architects of the past may have held their protractors, compasses and sharpened pencils dear to their hearts, the modern architect works with tools that are a little more cutting edge. BIM has become the standard in many architectural offices, including ours.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 7, 2021

Either architects are present in the mix of cultural awareness, or Alexa, who is the child of unavoidable Artificial Intelligence, will replace architects for all but those seeking the artisanal in architecture. Alexa is coming to supplant creativity (and frustration) with performance. We need to walk the talk.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 22, 2014

Home / Blog / #ArchiSketch #ArchiSketch Bob Borson — June 23, 2014 — 22 Comments As an architect, I tend to communicate through sketching – which is starting to make me a bit of a relic. The rest of my afternoon is starting to look up – all that’s missing is a beer Hashtags used: #sketching.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 9, 2021

This is because we are on the edge of a complete flip in how every service industry functions, including medicine, law, and architecture. Every potential client who architects serve under 40 has created a software derived sketch. Architecture school need to teach architects how to better listen, communicate, as well as design.

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Architects Tales

AUGUST 28, 2019

30 of the blog, www.architects-tales.com; Copyright 2019 on only format, notes and arrangement by Dale R. In case you have not noticed, each of the previous stories posted to this blog has been proceeded by an appropriate quote or saying attributed to a particular source. Dorothy Sayers, novelist. Note to reader. More: Less is more.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 27, 2014

Doug and I have formed a professional architect-to-architect relationship since I started writing my blog and we have routinely exchanged emails over the years discussing a myriad of subjects. For years I have done all my initial design efforts for individual clients in face to face, highly participatory meeting with the owners.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 23, 2014

Home / Architects / The Best Architectural Websites 2014 The Best Architectural Websites 2014 Bob Borson — March 24, 2014 — 27 Comments The Best Architectural Websites in the World. c) you can’t suck I give a lot of credit for effort – both in real life and in my architectural websites.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [

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Architecture Quote

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

If you are an architect, you need an architecture portfolio. As such, you need a sample of your best works to show your potential clients what you can do. The portfolio is a tool used throughout a career in architecture” ( architecture.com ). When it comes to architecture, show don’t tell is really the way to go.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Home / Design / KRob 2013 – Architectural Delineation Competition KRob 2013 – Architectural Delineation Competition Bob Borson — October 10, 2013 — 27 Comments If you like architectural “drawings” than you’ve just landed on the mother lode.

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Community Architect

APRIL 7, 2023

Rotterdam - City of Architecture (Photo: Philipsen) Through my past teaching and current mentoring role at Morgan State University I was invited to participate in the student and faculty architecture trip to Rotterdam organized by Murphy. It is this variety that tells the story of the city.

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Shades of Grey

DECEMBER 24, 2023

The other method was to just set up the basic perspective and then sketch over that by hand. The other method was to just set up the basic perspective and then sketch over that by hand. This was probably the peak of my architectural career in Zimbabwe. The name escapes. Two concepts from 1995. The name escapes.

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Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

The future of architecture is female. That’s what recent A+Awards winners have taught us, with more women than ever leading teams in conceptualizing, designing and delivering some of the world’s best architecture around the globe. Women have been the creative force behind dozens of winning projects in recent seasons, from B.L.U.E.

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A Better Built Environment

APRIL 4, 2021

CVG is a company that works with small architecture firms to help them run better business, and grow. I’ll also be helping CVG with business development activities, talking with firms to see if they would be a good fit and giving presentations on the business side of architectural practice. If you apply please let me know!

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Architecture Chat

JANUARY 9, 2021

Five years of a learning experience The mind of an architecture student is indeed a cauldron filled with fretting emotions, art, thought-provoking ideas, stories, and myriad experiences. Five years spent in an architecture school are nothing less than a roller-coaster that persuades you to find hidden values and varying purposes.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Home / Career / Surviving Architecture School Surviving Architecture School Bob Borson — December 16, 2013 — 49 Comments Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. It’s architecture not emergency surgery, mix in some hobbies during the weekend. What about those poor souls?

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Pull up a chair, order your favorite drink, and let me tell you about architecture in the “ real ” world. One of the most common themes of these emails is that architecture school is nothing like working in the real world. I was still in architecture school as everyone else graduated. ”) 2.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” October 26th, 2012 “This is what my office did for lunch” #beer and napkin #sketches. August 10th, 2013 “concept assembly sketch for a modern house I will feature on LoaA” #vegetativeroof. August 23rd, 2013 “and so it begins … #design #sketch #architect” #architecture.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Home / Architects / Architectural Models Architectural Models Bob Borson — September 12, 2013 — 33 Comments One of the biggest changes I have seen since moving over to my new office is that the number of scale models has gone up considerably. Can’t wait to go to architecture school.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 21, 2014

Home / Heard around the architectural studio / heard around the architectural studio #014 We decided that we wanted donuts this morning. link] Bob Borson I got shut down before I did the sketch – maybe something to make in my downtime Brandon Tyler Carr i would love a cross-section doughnut tee-shirt. Ollin Trujillo Haha.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JUNE 27, 2022

Here is the next installment of "Book Briefs," the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books that publishers send to me for consideration on this blog. Accumulation: The Art, Architecture, and Media of Climate Change edited by Nick Axel, Nikolaus Hirsch, Daniel A.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 10, 2018

Almost 40 tips for Starting an Architecture Firm. After obtaining my license as an Architect in New York, I brainstormed several long term goals and decided to start a personal blog, develop design projects, and learn everything that I could about starting an architecture firm. Time management will be difficult.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Listen to the podcast , subscribe to the newsletter and return back here to the blog each week for more information on how to generate more sales for your small firm by creating long-term value from your clients, markets, and relationships. Start a Blog. This week we’re starting from scratch.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Some architects will stand in front of clients and communicate a vision, and other architects will stay in the office and make sure the details are watertight. The idea behind this series is to take a singular word of phrase and distribute it to a group of architectural bloggers, and let them take it in whatever direction they interpret.

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Design Thoughts Architects

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Nowadays architecture is less about complicated styles and plans, but more about maximizing the minimal. The client’s requirement was to give priority to Vastu without compromising the design. which is a unique feature of ancient architecture based on Vastu Shastra. Space Management in Residence. Read More Articles.

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Architecture Quote

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Architecture software tools help architects streamline, automate, and optimize their output. Thanks to a growing market of architecture software tools , we’re all producing high-end work and delivering projects faster than ever. Here are 140+ software tools architecture firms need to know about to stay ahead in 2020.

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Architecture Here and There

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The first of four buildings in the third tranche of new architecture in Capital Center, the ten-story headquarters of a lottery machine manufacturer, was completed in 2006 on Parcel 9, west of Waterplace Park, blocking views of Providence Place from downriver and generally stinking up the joint. Photo by author).

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 28, 2019

I mentioned a few blog posts ago ( here ) that I have three really great projects that I will be sharing this year on Life of an Architect. It is a beautiful Georgian manor home and it has been a real treat to work on the job and transition it to its new owner (aka our client).

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Archmark

MAY 16, 2018

Use Email Marketing to Help Build Your Architecture Firm. The truth is, there are some emails I like to keep and go back to so I can revisit links to articles and blogs, and several that I will take action on to sign up for a webinar or grab a download. It's also a good way to stay top-of-mind with prospects and past clients.

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