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Architectural Blogging … It isn’t for Everyone

March 20, 2018 by Bob Borson 6 Comments

Architectural Blogging … It isn’t for Everyone

My computer is dying ... I am systematically killing it with all the stuff I keep on here. One of the things that frequently happens when you write a blog like mine (i.e. a site that is graphically … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, blog, conversations, what?, Writing a blog

If You’re Not Having Fun, then You’re Doing Something Wrong

March 12, 2018 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

If You’re Not Having Fun, then You’re Doing Something Wrong

"If you go on vacation to Ireland and don't enjoy yourself, then that's your fault." This is what a man told me as I sat in the British Airways lounge in Heathrow airport while I was waiting with for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Graphics, Holidays, Life in General, My Work Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural sketching, details, traveling

Architectural Sketches 002 – The Series

February 19, 2018 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

Architectural Sketches 002 – The Series

About 30 days and thousands of sketches later, it's time for the next round of Architectural Sketches - The Series. While I think adding "The Series" on to the end certainly makes it sound super … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Graphics Tagged With: architectural sketching, architectural studio, being a part of the design process, design, details, sketching

Website for an Architect

February 12, 2018 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Website for an Architect

I think there is a not-so-well-hidden secret out there that the websites for architects are almost all unilaterally terrible. They are cumbersome and hard to navigate - trying to find information on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Graphics, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, great to work with architects, photography, Writing a blog

Architectural Redlines During Design

January 29, 2018 by Bob Borson 41 Comments

Architectural Redlines During Design

Nothing makes people lose their minds faster than whenever I post a sketch ... you would think that contained somewhere within this sketch is the nuclear launch codes and because of my frivolous lack … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Graphics - The Series, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Career, Graphics, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, conversations

On-Site Architectural Photography

January 22, 2018 by Bob Borson 26 Comments

On-Site Architectural Photography

Last week I spent a frigid couple of days in the far northern part of Wisconsin with Poul Ober, an architectural photographer, so that we could get professional images captured of the modern cabin I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Life in General, Modern House, My Work, Projects, Travel Tagged With: cabin, photography, Travel

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