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Memories from Architecture Studio

April 23, 2018 by Bob Borson 11 Comments

Memories from Architecture Studio

Does anybody remember "mixtapes"? For those of you born after 1995, mixtapes were traditionally self-assembled arrangements of songs onto cassette tapes. I had hundreds of them and armed with my Sony … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, Architecture School, career

Modern Wood Rainscreen

April 17, 2018 by Bob Borson 13 Comments

Modern Wood Rainscreen

There is something about a clean and simple wood "screen" that is suspended off the face of the wall that is at the same time both modern and refreshing. There are all sorts of tricks and benefits … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, Modern House, Residential Tagged With: Architects, architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, Construction Process, details, Modern Architecture

Architectural Sketches 003 – Japanese Playhouse

April 10, 2018 by Bob Borson 6 Comments

Architectural Sketches 003 – Japanese Playhouse

Architectural sketches typically fall into two distinctive camps (other than "Great!" or "terrible") and the relative purpose of those sketches seem to reflect the time period when the sketch was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, architectural studio, design, details, sketching

Being an Architect is Hell – The Ongoing Descent

April 3, 2018 by Bob Borson 13 Comments

Being an Architect is Hell – The Ongoing Descent

Being an architect is hell for any countless number of reasons, but one of the most prevalent reasons is that architects everywhere are assaulted visually on a daily basis by the most mundane of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, My House, Observations, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, bob borson, Construction Observation, My House

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