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Being an Architect is Hell – The Ongoing Descent

April 3, 2018 by Bob Borson 13 Comments

Evidence of Lazy Painting

Being an architect is hell for any countless number of reasons, but one of the most prevalent reasons is that architects everywhere are assaulted visually on a daily basis by the most mundane of things. Ridiculous tile layouts? check Poorly aligned … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General, My House, Observations, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, bob borson, Construction Observation, My House

Architectural Blogging … It isn’t for Everyone

March 20, 2018 by Bob Borson 6 Comments

My computer is dying ... I am systematically killing it with all the stuff I keep on here. One of the things that frequently happens when you write a blog like mine (i.e. a site that is graphically heavy with content) is that your hard drive fills up … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, blog, conversations, what?, Writing a blog

If You’re Not Having Fun, then You’re Doing Something Wrong

March 12, 2018 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

Deathly Hallows production drawing

"If you go on vacation to Ireland and don't enjoy yourself, then that's your fault." This is what a man told me as I sat in the British Airways lounge in Heathrow airport while I was waiting with for my flight to Dublin, Ireland, with my wife and … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Blog, Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Graphics, Holidays, Life in General, My Work Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural sketching, details, traveling

Architectural Sketches 002 – The Series

February 19, 2018 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

Sketch Study 002 oculus theater detail - sketch by Bob Borson

About 30 days and thousands of sketches later, it's time for the next round of Architectural Sketches - The Series. While I think adding "The Series" on to the end certainly makes it sound super exciting, I'm not entirely convinced of its value. I … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Graphics Tagged With: architectural sketching, architectural studio, being a part of the design process, design, details, sketching

Website for an Architect

February 12, 2018 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Malone Maxwell Borson Architects People

I think there is a not-so-well-hidden secret out there that the websites for architects are almost all unilaterally terrible. They are cumbersome and hard to navigate - trying to find information on them seems to be a reward for people who … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Blog, Graphics, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, great to work with architects, photography, Writing a blog

Architectural Redlines During Design

January 29, 2018 by Bob Borson 41 Comments

Architectural Hazing

Nothing makes people lose their minds faster than whenever I post a sketch ... you would think that contained somewhere within this sketch is the nuclear launch codes and because of my frivolous lack of attention, I've just put the world on a … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architectural Graphics - The Series, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Career, Graphics, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, conversations

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