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Moving to a Virtual Design Studio?

March 20, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins Leave a Comment

Moving to a Virtual Design Studio?

So as the nation falls into a full-on experiment in quarantine and social distancing, everyone is having their typical life cycles interrupted. My life is no different; I am going through the process … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Design, Life in General Tagged With: Architects, Architecture School, design, design studio

For Architects, Patience is Definitely a Virtue

February 24, 2020 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

For Architects, Patience is Definitely a Virtue

Most architects have to learn patience over the course of their career, it's actually one architectural character trait that I always think about but rarely bring up because it always falls into the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Construction, Design, Graphics, My Work, Projects Tagged With: Construction Observation, details, Graphics

Sketching Details

November 4, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Sketching Details

It's not a secret - or at least it shouldn't be much of one. Architects should be on Instagram and I would like for them to post pictures of what they do during the day. There is so much good stuff … [Read more...]

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

Steel Stair Panels – Guardrails and Handrails

October 7, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Steel Stair Panels – Guardrails and Handrails

"Stairapalooza" might not be the best word for it but guardrailapalooza definitely isn't any better ... Handrailapalooza? Nope, that's not it either, but that's really what today's post is all about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Graphics - The Series, Construction, Design, Graphics, Oak Grove Tagged With: design, details, Graphics, Materials

Architectural Sketch Series: Schematic Design

August 13, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Architectural Sketch Series: Schematic Design

In a moment of absolute madness, I decided to write today's post on schematic design and populate it with 11(!?!) schematic design sketches - basically what amounts to a digital summarization of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Graphics, Residential, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, design, Graphics, Modern Architecture, Residential Architect, sketching

Oculus and Skylights

July 29, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Oculus and Skylights

Unless you've been living under a rock (or you are anything other than another architect who reads this site), you would know that there are few things I enjoy in a project as much as a proper oculus. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, design, details

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