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SketchUp renderings…You Have Options

April 26, 2012 by Bob Borson 31 Comments

SketchUp renderings…You Have Options

One of the most valuable tools used to convey a project to a client is the use of 3d modeling.  You can sit and try to explain something to a client but at the end of the day if they can't read the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Materials and Products, Observations Tagged With: 3-D modeling, sketchup, V-Ray

I drank the Kool-Aid (and more)

April 16, 2012 by Bob Borson 38 Comments

I drank the Kool-Aid (and more)

As I write this, it is Sunday afternoon and I am sitting on the couch with cold pills and kleenexes on one side, my dog Ritzy on the other, and my new MacBook Pro sitting on my lap. That's right, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, blog, modern house, Sale Street, Writing a blog

Top Kitchen Appliances for 2012

April 9, 2012 by Bob Borson 27 Comments

Top Kitchen Appliances for 2012

Kitchens are the heart of a home and probably the space where clients have the strongest thoughts and opinions. I suppose that makes a lot of sense because it's the one room in the house that everyone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials and Products, Observations Tagged With: kitchens, Products

Someone wants to buy my house

March 26, 2012 by Bob Borson 13 Comments

Someone wants to buy my house

Believe it or not, but my wife and I are living in the 5th house we have bought together ... and I have loved them all. Looking back on all the houses we have owned, there wasn't a single one that I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, My House, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, My House

Architecture Student Work Desks

March 15, 2012 by Bob Borson 30 Comments

Architecture Student Work Desks

Architecture studios in college have changed a lot over the last two decades - for the most part, computers and mouse pads have replaced Mayline parallel bars, borco table covers and drafting eraser … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Do you want to be an Architect?, Observations Tagged With: Architecture School, design studio, desk, Do you want to be an Architect

Shopping for Rocks

March 8, 2012 by Bob Borson 9 Comments

Shopping for Rocks

Sounds kind of stupid right...Shopping for Rocks? Let me explain...my wife and I decided that it was time to add a stone patio over the giant dust bowl that has become the area right outside the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials and Products, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, landscape, Scott Taylor

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