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032: Projects in Architecture School are Silly

September 2, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

The Cube House by Bob Borson - thumbnail

The projects that architects-in-training work on while in school are rarely about solving practical problems and issues – the real objectives are almost always lurking just below the surface. Your projects from Architecture school are silly, but for … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Life in General, Memories from Studio, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: Architecture School, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect

Changes You Don’t See Coming

August 26, 2019 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Bob Borson - Associate Principal BOKA Powell

The last several months have been a whirlwind of changes … or maybe it was really the last few weeks where all the action took place. If you are a regular around this site you would know that I have been at Malone Maxwell Borson Architects for the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Life in General, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, architects office, architectural studio, BOKA Powell, career, conversations, design studio

031: Obsession

August 18, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Life of an Architect OCPD

Do Architects have obsessive personalities? I tend to think so, and only partially based on my own behavior. I should throw out the caveat that I don’t think you should have to explain why you obsess over something. Isn’t that the nature of any … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural studio, architectural technology, BBQ, Podcast

Architectural Sketch Series: Schematic Design

August 13, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Architectural Sketch Series Schematic Design 04 by Bob Borson

In a moment of absolute madness, I decided to write today's post on schematic design and populate it with 11(!?!) schematic design sketches - basically what amounts to a digital summarization of the programming requirements and spatial limitations. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Graphics, Residential, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, design, Graphics, Modern Architecture, Residential Architect, sketching

030: Starting Your Own Architecture Firm

August 4, 2019 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Michael Hsu Office of Architecture 01

Is it the dream of every architect to have their own firm one day? I can recall hours and hours of conversations that I've had with other architects throughout my career where this topic was front and center of our discussions. When I sat down and … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, conversations, Do you want to be an Architect

Oculus and Skylights

July 29, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Skylight Detail Sections - Construction Drawings

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. While I don't try to stick them in every project … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, design, details

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