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Estate Project – Preston Hollow

January 29, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Estate Project – Preston Hollow

Life of been disproportionately busy as of late - which is nothing that should win me any awards, but I am already disproportionately busy so for me to single it out should count for something ... I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Graphics, My Work, Preston Hollow Estate, Residential Tagged With: Construction Process, details, Graphics, modern house

Architectural T-Shirts

October 17, 2018 by Bob Borson 30 Comments

Architectural T-Shirts

There are currently 58 "draft" articles on my site - some are fairly recent and some go back years. There are any number of reasons why I hadn't finish writing a particular post: Lost interest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Graphics, Life in General Tagged With: Graphics, what?

Just Draw it Up

October 10, 2018 by Bob Borson 14 Comments

Just Draw it Up

There is a request that I receive a few times a week that I thought I would finally talk about in an effort to shed some light on a fairly taboo subject. Those requests typically start off something … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Graphics, Observations, Residential Tagged With: clients, Construction Process, drafting, drawing

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

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

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