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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

029: Architects Should Work Construction

July 21, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Construction Tools from Bob Borson

If I have one regret during my college education is that I never worked on a construction site. Once I graduated from college, I went straight to work in an architectural office, drawing up all sorts of stuff that I had literally never seen before in … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Contractors, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, advice, career, Construction Process, conversations

028: Social Media for Architects

July 7, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Search Engine Results for Bob Borson

Today’s episode is loosely based on a presentation I've given titled “Social Media  - The Good, The  Bad, and the Crazy” The thing with Social media is that there are a lot of people out there that hold themselves out as experts and if I am being … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Episodes, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: hypothetical, Podcast, social media

As-Built Drawing Adventure

July 2, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

drawing with existing measurements

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 making and not only have I done this possibly … [Continue reading]

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

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