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On-Site Architectural Photography

January 22, 2018 by Bob Borson 26 Comments

Bob Borson Freezing Cold Selfie

Last week I spent a frigid couple of days in the far northern part of Wisconsin with Poul Ober, an architectural photographer, so that we could get professional images captured of the modern cabin I wrapped up in this area earlier this year. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Design, Life in General, Modern House, My Work, Projects, Travel Tagged With: cabin, photography, Travel

Architectural Sketches – The Series

January 15, 2018 by Bob Borson 28 Comments

Finished Sketch with color 01

Architects sketch as a part of doing their job - at least all the good ones that I know. Right now, as a general rule, it would appear that depending on how old you are, you either sketch, use computer software, or some portion of both to work … [Continue reading]

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

The Year was 1980-Something

January 11, 2018 by Bob Borson 28 Comments

Norm Abrams and Kitt from Nightrider

There are few moments in your life where the time span between the current and younger versions of yourself collide. I had such a moment yesterday and despite my aversion to "celebrity sightings", this is basically what happened. I am currently in … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Contractors, Life in General, NKBA Insiders, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, Construction Process, NKBA, NKBA Insiders

Metal Shelf of Awesomeness

January 8, 2018 by Bob Borson 18 Comments

Metal Shelf design sketch

It all started with a party - getting ready for one to be exact. It is not lost on me that it always seems to take having people over before you decide to fix things up. Nonetheless, we had an open house party towards the end of last year and I took … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Construction, Design, Graphics, My Work, Office Tagged With: Architects, architects office, architectural sketching, Construction Process, details

Somehow, 2018 Feels Different

January 2, 2018 by Bob Borson 40 Comments

World Map for Flights

2018 is only a few hours old and it already feels different to me. Ignoring the fact that I am still sitting in my front room writing a blog post right before it is "due", and ignoring the fact that this will be the first time in 5 years that I … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Holidays, Life in General, My Work, Observations, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, blog, Travel, traveling

A Proper Holiday Cocktail

December 22, 2017 by Bob Borson 15 Comments

The Botanist Islay Dry Gin

With Christmas happening in just a few days, my email inbox is getting choked out with digital holiday cards from companies that I am almost 100% positive don't know who I am ... they probably don't even know that I received their Season's Greetings … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Holidays, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, cocktails, Holiday

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