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You’ve Got Mail

September 30, 2015 by Bob Borson 52 Comments

You’ve Got Mail

I don't know when it happened to me, but I feel the need to blame someone - if only I knew who to blame. My email inbox is out of control and it's frankly starting to irritate me because so many of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Observations, Office Tagged With: career, conversations, working

Trying New Things

September 28, 2015 by Bob Borson 98 Comments

Trying New Things

Shadows on construction drawings ... who would do such a thing?!? As it turns out, I would. I thought adding shadows to these elevations would help convey some additional information and despite the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Graphics, My Work, Residential, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, drafting, Graphics, instagram, sketches

Everyone Should have an Oculus

September 21, 2015 by Bob Borson 34 Comments

Everyone Should have an Oculus

Who has an Oculus? (finger-pointing) This Guy. More accurately, my client has one, but hopefully I'll get to visit it every so often ... maybe on every other holiday and weekends. Oculus is a word … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Materials and Products, Modern House, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, Construction Process, KHouse Modern

Work / Life … Different Letters, Same Word

September 8, 2015 by Bob Borson 39 Comments

Work / Life … Different Letters, Same Word

I can't even begin to convey the irony of this post. It is literally Labor Day - a holiday - and I'm sitting in my customary spot on the couch writing this article.  Bonus level of irony - I initially … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ArchiTalks, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, ArchiTalks, architects office, career

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