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What did you miss in 2016? The Best from Life of an Architect

December 28, 2016 by Bob Borson 12 Comments

Life of an Architect - Best of 2016

The end of the year is almost upon us and it is time to reflect back on last year - that a look at what worked, and what didn't. Did you know I wrote 48 articles for this site last year? In the seven years that I have been writing articles here … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Blog, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Graphics, Life in General, My House, My Work, Residential, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, blog, details, models, sketches

Exhibit: Architecture in Palestine during the British Mandate (1917-1948)

December 27, 2016 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

Architecture in Palestine During the British Mandate Exhibition

While I was in Israel this summer, I was fortunate enough to get a sneak peek into an architectural exhibit that was about to open at the Israel Museum that focused on the architecture of Palestine, before the state of Israel became a state. During … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Observations, Travel Tagged With: Book Review, Israel, Modern Architecture, Travel, traveling

Not Your Typical Modern Wood Deck

December 13, 2016 by Bob Borson 52 Comments

Ipe Wood Deck

I don't think it's bragging when I tell people I've done my fair share of awesome decks in my career, and today I thought I would show you one of the most recently completed awesome decks. THis is definitely not your typical modern wood deck One … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Construction, Materials and Products, My Work, Projects Tagged With: Construction Process, deck

What to Get an Architect for Christmas (2016)

December 5, 2016 by Bob Borson 36 Comments

Santa Claus

While researching potential gift ideas for this year's 7th Annual What to Get an Architect for Christmas, I found a lot of lists that were full of really icky and terrible gift ideas that were clearly NOT put together by an architect. You know what … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Holidays, Life in General, Materials and Products Tagged With: Gifts

Architectural Sketches – Sketchapalooza II

November 29, 2016 by Bob Borson 34 Comments

elevation sketch study by Bob Borson

If you are an architect, everyone thinks that you draw for a living. While that's not really true, it's a stereotype that most architects warmly embrace. But when I say "drawing", what comes to mind? Trace paper and pens, or computer screens and a … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Do you want to be an Architect?, Graphics, My Work, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, elevation-sketch-study-thumb, sketches, sketching

Drafts that might be “Better Left for Dead”

November 22, 2016 by Bob Borson 27 Comments

Dallas Architect Bob Borson presenting

If there is a topic I can spontaneously talk about, it's this blog ... it is the closest thing I have to a hobby (which is incredibly sad on so many levels) and I definitely have a Love / Hate relationship with it. To that end, I was in San Antonio, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General Tagged With: blog, Writing a blog

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