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Small Residential Projects

December 5, 2011 by Bob Borson 22 Comments

Small Residential Projects

Not every residential project I work on as an architect is large with an even larger budget - that just happens to be the case lately and where I find my role in the office. Since smaller projects … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Work Tagged With: being a part of the design process, design, great to work with architects, modern house, Residential Architect, sketching, sketchup

Residential Drainage

June 7, 2011 by Bob Borson 21 Comments

Residential Drainage

The average amount of rainfall in across the US is 35". Depending on where you live, that might seem like a little or alot. Dallas (the center of the Universe) is right at the average with 34.73". … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, My House, Observations Tagged With: My House, Products

The Art of Residential Construction

May 23, 2011 by Bob Borson 11 Comments

The Art of Residential Construction

One of the neatest tricks about modern residential design is that everything looks so obvious, clean and organized ... and it takes a lot of work and coordination to make things look easy. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Work Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, Construction Observation, Construction Process, contractors

Residential Architecture 101: Shutters

March 24, 2011 by Bob Borson 126 Comments

Residential Architecture 101: Shutters

A few weeks ago I started a new series called Residential Architecture 101 and the first item we reviewed was material transitions in exterior applications, and yes, it was mind-blowing!! (read it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials and Products, Observations, Residential, Residential Architecture 101 Tagged With: Materials, Products, what?

Residential Architecture 101: Materials

March 10, 2011 by Bob Borson 63 Comments

Residential Architecture 101: Materials

Many of the details that go into designing a project aren't that noticeable but are very important. I can almost always tell when an architect was involved in a project just by looking at a few simple … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials and Products, Observations, Residential Architecture 101 Tagged With: builder homes, great to work with architects

Residential Construction Costs

April 19, 2010 by Bob Borson 95 Comments

Residential Construction Costs

Residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. There are some general broad stroke pieces of information that if you know them, you will not be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractors, Observations Tagged With: residential construction costs

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