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Ep 121: Material Selection

March 19, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 121: Material Selection

When you think of a building – whatever scale or project type, the items that go to create that building are most frequently associated with the materials that are selected that define the appearance … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Construction, Design Studio, Episodes, Materials and Products, Podcast Tagged With: being a part of the design process, Materials, Podcast, Products

IBS/KBIS 2023 Show Recap

March 13, 2023 by Andrew Hawkins Leave a Comment

IBS/KBIS 2023 Show Recap

Well, it has been a minute since we traveled to Las Vegas for the International Builders Show and Kitchen Bath Industry Show, otherwise known as IBS/KBIS. Bob and I made this trip in the first part of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architects, Kitchen, Life in General, Materials and Products, Products, Residential, Travel Tagged With: Architects, career, Conventions, KBIS/IBS, Products, Travel

088: Holiday Gift Guide for Architects (2021)

November 14, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

088: Holiday Gift Guide for Architects (2021)

It’s almost that gift-giving time of the year and if you have an architect in your life, you know that getting them a gift is not the most amazing experience since they are offensively specific – but … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes, Holidays, Life in General, Materials and Products, Observations, Podcast, Products, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: Architects, Episodes, Gifts, Holiday, Podcast

Printing Architectural 3D Models

June 21, 2021 by Bob Borson 9 Comments

Printing Architectural 3D Models

Architects have been using 3D printers for years so the process of printing architectural 3D models isn't new, but over the last two weeks, we have been experimenting with the process of creating a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Design, Design Studio, Hill Haus, Materials and Products, Products, Residential, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: Architects, architects office, architectural studio, architectural technology, design, Residential Architect

Go To the Cave … or Return to Camp?

May 11, 2021 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Go To the Cave … or Return to Camp?

How many of you remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books from your childhood? These were books that came out in the late 1970s and early 1980s and the premise was that you read a book and roughly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Interior Design, Materials and Products, Observations Tagged With: architects office, bob borson, great to work with architects, Materials, what?

The Front Door Experience

April 26, 2021 by Bob Borson 5 Comments

The Front Door Experience

Today I am going to focus on a singular moment that occurs in the entry sequence, a moment I call "The Front Door Experience". No, it wasn't the name of my 4th Grade rock band, but it could have been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Hill Haus, Materials and Products, Modern House, My Work, Projects, Residential, San Antonio 01 Tagged With: design, details, Modern Architecture, modern house, Residential Architect

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