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Board-Formed Concrete

July 17, 2014 by Bob Borson 57 Comments

board formed concrete with metal handrail

By a show of hands, who doesn't like board-formed concrete? Anyone? If you want to be my friend, you better not have raised your hand. So what exactly is "board formed concrete" and how do you get it to look its very best? You're in luck because … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Design, Materials and Products Tagged With: concrete, Construction Process

Leadership

July 14, 2014 by Bob Borson 38 Comments

Abraham Lincoln

Leadership is one of those words that people throw around a lot but I'm not sure most people stop to actually think about what it means. Maybe it's just me ... my initial response, if you were to ask me to define "leadership", might have simply been … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Life in General, Observations, Quotes Tagged With: advice, career, Do you want to be an Architect, leadership, quote

Being an Architect

July 10, 2014 by Bob Borson 17 Comments

question marks

I frequently get a lot of the same questions and if you are in a creative field - and a visible member of that field - I'm quite sure you get these same sorts of questions. In an effort to fill the void, I have collected a new list of most commonly … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: ArchiTalks, Career, Do you want to be an Architect? Tagged With: a day in the life, ArchiTalks, conversations, Do you want to be an Architect

Designing for Others

July 7, 2014 by Bob Borson 39 Comments

Ranch Sketch 01

There is a secret that all attentive architects know: Don’t give your client what they ask for, give them what they need. Better yet, have them be a part of the design process. In order to create personal and successful designs, you need to develop … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Do you want to be an Architect?, Observations, Residential, Sketching Tagged With: architects office, being a part of the design process, great to work with architects

Schematic Design – This isn’t “Architecture”

July 3, 2014 by Bob Borson 37 Comments

schematic design bubble diagram

Whenever an architect sits down with a new client on a new residential project, the first thing that happens is a conversation about project goals and requirements. It is during this initial conversation that everyone tries to figure out what exactly … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Design, My Work, Sketching Tagged With: being a part of the design process, design, schematic design

You should say ‘Yes’ more often

June 30, 2014 by Bob Borson 31 Comments

Mies van der Rohe 880 Lake Shore Drive thumbnail

I know that the title of this post is "You should say 'Yes' more often" ... it sounded really good in my head this afternoon during my 7 hour drive from Chicago into northern Wisconsin, but as I sit down and type out these first few words (looking … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, Architecture and Society, conversations, Do you want to be an Architect

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