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Feb 2025
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Ep 169: Architecture Studio

BOB BORSON AND ANDREW HAWKINS
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The act of creating architecture is a fairly unique process and the manner in which you learn how to think both creatively and technically is a skill that requires certain training and nurturing to develop. When young and eager architects in training head off to college, this development will take place in the architecture studio. This is a topic that – shoc ... Show More
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