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Vegas Baby!

June 3, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

On Wednesday, I will be heading out to the American Institute of Architects 2019 National Convention. Attending events like these for me are equal parts wonderful and terrible - at least I hope they are at least equal. I've been attending this … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, Architecture and Society, Travel

025: Architectural Bucket List

May 27, 2019 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Today we are talking about Architectural Bucket lists. Everyone knows what a bucket list is – things you want to do or achieve in your life. For an architect, this could be visiting Therme Vals in Switzerland by Peter Zumthor, or if this was prior to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Episodes, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, bob borson, Podcast, what?

Interior Stairwell Design and Graphics

May 21, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Oak Grove Interior Stair Metal Panels Axon

Few people love putting together stair drawings, but I think you'll agree that some stairs are more fun to detail than others. Such is the case for the monumental stairwell we've been working on for our Work214 shared coworking space. The front of … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Buildings, Design, Graphics, Oak Grove Tagged With: Construction Process, design, details

024: Presentation Skills, Tips and Techniques

May 12, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Bob Borson preparing to give a presentation

Unlike most professions, architects are fairly accustomed to standing up in front of a group of people and speaking ... but that doesn't mean they like it (or even worse)  - that they are any good at doing it. The concern going through almost … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, career, conversations, design studio, Podcast

Man versus Machine – Architectural Sketch Series

May 8, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

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I'm currently in Chicago celebrating the 50th birthday of a good friend of mine. In fact, there are four of us here and we all know each other from our time together from the University of Texas School of Architecture. Evidence presented this weekend … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Graphics, Interior Design, Life in General, Materials and Products, Oak Grove, Sketching Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, architectural studio, architectural technology, design, design studio, Materials

023: The Fun Show

April 28, 2019 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Bob Borson and Mike Buesing at Monument Valley

Sometimes bad things happen, and it impacts you in a way that you weren’t anticipating – takes you out of your normal head space. Since I don’t like feeling bad, we’re going to do something about it. Welcome to "The Fun Show". [Note: If you are … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, hypothetical, Podcast, Travel, traveling

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