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Who Doesn’t Love a Nice Bar?

June 21, 2016 by Bob Borson 12 Comments

Who Doesn’t Love a Nice Bar?

In case you haven't figured this out for yourself, let me be the one to tell you: Bars are making a comeback.  Maybe that's the sort of thing you don't want to brag about knowing - or worse - be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Design, Materials and Products, My Work, Projects, Residential Tagged With: Construction Observation, Construction Process, design, details, Modern Architecture, modern house

Technical Drawings

December 21, 2015 by Bob Borson 84 Comments

Technical Drawings

If you are the sort of person who likes to look at architectural drawings, this is your lucky day. At least I hope that after you read today's post you think this was your lucky day. I've decided … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Graphics, Modern House, My Work, Projects, Residential Tagged With: Construction Observation, Construction Process, design, details, Residential Architect

Aqua Verde – Architectural Proofs

October 23, 2015 by Bob Borson 12 Comments

Aqua Verde – Architectural Proofs

This may come as a surprise but I don't talk about everything that goes on here at the office (just about) and that extends to projects. I suppose it should be obvious but we do more than 1 or 2 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Modern House, Projects Tagged With: Austin, Modern Architecture, modern house, photography

There are no small projects

August 24, 2015 by Bob Borson 37 Comments

There are no small projects

Whenever I sit down to write one of these articles for the site, the first thing I tend to start with is the title I am going to use - I think it sets the tone for the rest of the piece. For today's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, My Work, Projects Tagged With: Architects, Construction Process, great to work with architects, Materials, playhouses

Cabin in the Woods

August 18, 2014 by Bob Borson 26 Comments

Cabin in the Woods

It has long been a fantasy of mine to own a weekend cabin somewhere in the middle of nowhere ... and by "nowhere" I mean somewhere between 1.5 and 3 hours from Dallas. I chose that time span because … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Work, Projects, Residential, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, Travel

Building with Structural Insulated Panels … or SIPs

March 31, 2014 by Bob Borson 99 Comments

Building with Structural Insulated Panels … or SIPs

We are building the CHouse Modern using Structurally Insulated Panels, or SIPs as they are commonly referenced. SIPs are a high performance building system where the interior structural portion of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Materials and Products, Products, Projects, Residential Tagged With: CHouse Modern

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