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Motherflipping Tile Joints

December 17, 2019 by Bob Borson1 Comment

Motherflipping Tile Joints

Normally I spend about 0.54788716 seconds coming up with the titles to the articles I write, with the exception of today. I agonized on it for almost 10 minutes ... I will acknowledge … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Interior Design, Life in General, Materials and Products, My HouseTagged With: Construction Observation, Construction Process, design, details, modern house, My House, Products

Man versus Machine – Architectural Sketch Series

May 8, 2019 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

Man versus Machine – Architectural Sketch Series

I'm currently in Chicago celebrating the 50th birthday of a good friend of mine. In fact, there are four of us here and we all know each other from our time together from the University of Texas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Graphics, Interior Design, Life in General, Materials and Products, Oak Grove, SketchingTagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, architectural studio, architectural technology, design, design studio, Materials

What to Get an Architect for Christmas [2017]

November 28, 2017 by Bob Borson20 Comments

What to Get an Architect for Christmas [2017]

In what has become an annual "must write" post, I present to you THE definitive list of "What to Get an Architect for Christmas." This is the 8th version of this list and I'm not going to lie, I'm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Holidays, Life in General, Materials and ProductsTagged With: Gifts, Holiday

Cabin Detail – Steel and Walnut Bench

April 11, 2017 by Bob Borson26 Comments

Cabin Detail – Steel and Walnut Bench

In any project, there are a handful of design moments that help establish the personality of that entire project. For the cabin project that I have been working on for the past 2+ years, one of those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Design, Graphics, Interior Design, Materials and Products, ResidentialTagged With: cabin, Construction Observation, design, details, Materials, modern house

Not Your Typical Modern Wood Deck

December 13, 2016 by Bob Borson51 Comments

Not Your Typical Modern Wood Deck

I don't think it's bragging when I tell people I've done my fair share of awesome decks in my career, and today I thought I would show you one of the most recently completed awesome decks. THis is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Materials and Products, My Work, ProjectsTagged With: Construction Process, deck

What to Get an Architect for Christmas (2016)

December 5, 2016 by Bob Borson36 Comments

What to Get an Architect for Christmas (2016)

While researching potential gift ideas for this year's 7th Annual What to Get an Architect for Christmas, I found a lot of lists that were full of really icky and terrible gift ideas that were clearly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Holidays, Life in General, Materials and ProductsTagged With: Gifts

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