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You’ve Got to be Kidding Me

June 15, 2020 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Doh!!

Full disclosure here mandates that I let you know I am feeling a bit cranky as I sit down to write today's post. It's Sunday morning, the sun is shining, and while it seems like it's getting hotter earlier this year than I would like, it's basically … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, advice, career, office

Dear John, An Ode Public Restroom Design

June 11, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Athletic Park Restroom Floor Plan

So let’s talk business. Not your office business, not your business, not THE business, but doing the business. I have been looking at a wide variety of books lately both from my library and on the internet. In my recent online perusal, I came across … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Buildings, Design, Life in General, Projects Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, building typologies, design, design process, Materials

051: Style over Substance

June 7, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Jackson Pollock painting and Construction Drawings

We are all familiar with the phrase “style over substance” but those words might mean something else to architects. If I were to look at a project and describe it with this particular phrase, there is no question that this would reflect a negative … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Design, Episodes, Life in General Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, design

The Best Instagram Accounts to Follow for Construction

June 1, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Best Construction Instagram Accounts NS Builders

While Instagram is not a new digital platform - its "born on date" was October 6th, 2010 - it is one of the more interesting platforms. While other social media platforms have come and gone over the last 10 years, Instagram is still going strong with … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Buildings, Construction, Observations Tagged With: architectural technology, Construction Observation, Construction Process, details, instagram

050: Talking Shop with Marlon Blackwell

May 25, 2020 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Marlon Blackwell Architects Lamplighter Innovation Lab 4

We have special guest Marlon Blackwell, FAIA on the podcast today and if you are not intimately familiar with his work, I am excited to be in a position to share it with you. I originally met Marlon almost 30 years ago, just as his career started to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Design, Episodes, Life in General, Talking Shop Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Architecture and Society, being a part of the design process, career, conversations, Podcast

Design Process – This is New for Me

May 19, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

South Elevation - SketchUp model by Bob Borson

I went back to work today. I suppose to clarify that a bit more, I physically I went back to work and sat at my desk for the first time since  March 13th, 2020. Was it weird? Yeah ... it was a bit like coming back to school after the summer break. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architectural Graphics - The Series, Design, Do you want to be an Architect? Tagged With: architectural studio, design, details, Do you want to be an Architect, Graphics, sketchup

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