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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

As-Built Drawing Adventure

July 2, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

As-Built Drawing Adventure

If you are an architect, it's a pretty safe bet that at some point in your career you've had to go on site and collect some existing dimensions for a project. My career is now almost 30 years in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Work, Observations, Office, Projects Tagged With: a day in the life, Do you want to be an Architect, great to work with architects, sketching

Don’t Let the Internet Design Your Project

February 12, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Don’t Let the Internet Design Your Project

Despite knowing it was coming for me, I decided to post one of my recent sketches to Instagram and Facebook ... and I was murdered. For 95% of those folks doing the murdering, their intentions were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, Life in General, My Work, Observations, Sketching Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, Graphics, sketching, Writing a blog

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

Please Don’t Mess Up My Cabin

July 30, 2018 by Bob Borson 5 Comments

Please Don’t Mess Up My Cabin

It doesn't happen very often these days but I had a first ... I had an extended stay in one of my projects after the client had taken possession. It was both weird, and not weird, all at the same … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Modern House, My Work, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, cabin, Construction Observation, modern house, Residential Architect, traveling

It’s all Fun and Games

May 15, 2018 by Bob Borson 9 Comments

It’s all Fun and Games

There is nothing like having a party at your house to force you into addressing all the stuff that needs your attention. It wasn't all that long ago that I mentioned that young architects should work … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Life in General, My Work, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, bob borson, Graphics, Holiday, My House

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