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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. It respond...
Ep 200: Hate to Love You looks back at favorite episodes, hard lessons, great guests, and the conversations that made this podcast worth you...
Ep 199: Conflict Resolution explores how architects manage tension, stay useful under pressure, and move hard conversations toward better ou...
Ep 198: The Creative Process | Why creativity in architecture depends on process, judgment, and knowing which ideas are worth pursuing
Ep197: The Knowledge Gap: As veteran architects retire, the profession risks losing hard-won knowledge, mentorship, and judgment no handbook...
Ep 196: Do Architects Retire explores why architects work longer, what comes next, identity shifts, and how money choices that shape retirem...
Designing Your Own House explores why architects hesitate to design their own homes: pressure, endless choices, ego vs livability, money, an...
Being your own boss isn’t about starting a firm. It’s about control, momentum, money, and owning the tradeoffs shaping your career long befo...
Ep 193: The Client Experience, looks at why client relationships feel adversarial and why architects have more control than they think.
Have a Plan is a reflective conversation about why pausing to think matters and how intention can help you move off square one this year.
Architects ask the questions they actually want answered as Bob and Andrew dig into careers, practice, and the occasional absurdity.
The Truth about Titles explores why architectural titles matter, why they don’t, and how their meaning shifts over the course of a career.
Discover the ultimate Holiday Gift Guide for Architects – curated picks, tools, and books that every designer will actually want to unwrap t...
At some point in every career, the path ahead stops looking like the one behind it. The work that once defined you begins to shift, not beca...
Architects explore the stories behind objects of design that remind us why design matters — revealing creativity, purpose, and meaning in ev...
Every rule was made to be broken, except in architecture, where even the act of breaking rules seems to come with its own set of rules. Mode...
It’s one thing to be busy and another to be productive – and most of us are far better at the first than the second. The reality is that arc...
The Architect as Brand explores how personal reputation and firm identity collide, coexist, and shape modern architectural practice.
Architectural career tips meet life lessons in a conversation about balancing professional success with being a genuinely good person. This...
Discover how AI tools are transforming architecture, from design and research to workflow efficiency, and shaping the future of practice.
How leadership behavior shapes culture, trust, and growth - why people mirror what leaders model, and how influence is built through everyda...
The phrase “it’s just a small project” has probably caused more confusion, blown more budgets, and strained more relationships than we’d car...
Architectural influencers on social media can bring real insight to the table while others blur the line between experience and performance,...
What happens when architects face extreme pressure? Ep. 178 explores how stress reveals character, process, and priorities in practice.
There’s a moment in almost every architect’s career where the idea first surfaces—quietly at first, then louder over time: What if I started...
We’ve all stared at the calendar, convinced there’s a hidden twenty-fifth hour—plenty of room to redline that section, nudge the model, and...
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 par...
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 l...
Mentorship turns confusion into clarity, builds confidence, and connects you with people who help you grow faster than you ever could alone.
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...
Being an Architect is difficult and there is plenty of evidence that this is not a vocation that is suitable for everyone. The coursework yo...
There is a moment of realization that occurs when you get your first real job in an architectural office that maybe architecture school and...
The act of creating architecture is a fairly unique process and the manner in which you learn how to think both creatively and technically i...
Building upon our last episode when we discussed the path we have taken to get where we are, how unpredictable and in some cases, how circui...
It is the start of a New Year, everything still smells fresh and most things looking forward are theoretically in place for an amazing year...
December 2024, and Andrew and I find ourselves in front of the microphone for the final time until 2025 – from my perspective a mere 28 days...
We’re going to explore some of the most common myths about architects and peel back the layers to reveal what this profession is really abou...
It’s almost that gift-giving time of the year and if you have an architect in your life, you know that getting them a gift is possibly among...
One of the most enjoyable activities is traveling on vacation – at least for most people, but it takes a special sort of individual who actu...
Some things are cool – even if you don’t know it yet. Andrew and I have prepared some stories today about some things you are probably famil...
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 migh...
Ep. 160 explores how architects define, communicate, and prove their value—to clients, collaborators, and themselves.
It is time for the second and last installment of the Life of an Architect “Ask the Show” episode for 2024. Once again, as is our practice w...
For architects, todays post is a analysis of why you want to use an iPad and what applications are worth your consideration and money.
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...
We are discussing residential projects that focus on incorporating high value building science techniques with guest Steven Baczek.
The vast majority of practicing architects view the time spent practicing their craft as a calling, but what happens when you don’t want to...
Today we are tackling a topic that we have never covered before, not even a little. Imagine walking into a crowded room and not knowing who...
Inspiration can come from many different sources - but can you actively seek it out when you are feeling like you are in a dry spell?
When you are starting a new job, even you very first job, here are some tips that might make the transition a bit easier and potentially, mo...
We are finally conceding to a request that’s been made a thousand times – do an episode on starting an architectural business – a topic that...