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Jun 15
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Ep 178: Under Pressure

BOB BORSON AND ANDREW HAWKINS
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This is Life of an Architect, a podcast dedicated to all things architecture with a little bit of life thrown in for balance. We’ve all had days where the drawing set grows by thirty pages and the inbox doubles before noon. A consultant goes silent, a client changes their mind, and just when the printer jams, someone asks if you’ve “had a chance to think bi ... Show More
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