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Nov 2018
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012: A Day in the Life of an Architect

BOB BORSON AND ANDREW HAWKINS
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What does a day in the Life of an Architect look like? There are a lot of different answers to that question and even if I look at what my day looks like, it has varied over the years as I move through my career and took on different roles and responsibilities. 
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