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Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me

April 7, 2014 by Bob Borson 105 Comments

Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me

Architectural sketching is becoming a thing of the past - at least that's how it seems to me most days. I graduated eons ago back in 1992, back in the days that pre-date computers being used in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Graphics, Life in General, My Work, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, sketches, sketching

The Best Architectural Websites 2014

March 24, 2014 by Bob Borson 45 Comments

The Best Architectural Websites 2014

The Best Architectural Websites in the World . *UPDATE* The 2015 list of the Best Architectural Website can be found here After exhaustive research (a.k.a. my internet explorer history) and peer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Blog, Observations Tagged With: blog, Top Ten lists, websites, Writing a blog

If You Build It

March 6, 2014 by Bob Borson 20 Comments

If You Build It

IF YOU BUILD IT is a documentary by filmmaker Patrick Creadon, that has been brought to my attention by my good friend (and excellent architectural photographer) Brad Feinknopf. I was lucky enough to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Design Tagged With: Architecture and Society

Architectural Job Starter Kit

February 28, 2014 by Bob Borson 29 Comments

Architectural Job Starter Kit

March is knocking on the door so that means one thing in an architectural office: the "summer interns" and freshly minted architectural graduates are ... well, knocking on the door. So I thought I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect? Tagged With: architects office, career, Do you want to be an Architect

An Electrician’s Bag

December 18, 2013 by Bob Borson 11 Comments

An Electrician’s Bag

After a little break, it's time for another entry into ongoing series I have been running where we get to take an inside look into the working contents of various design and construction related … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bags, Materials and Products Tagged With: Materials, Products

Architecture and The Art of Getting it Wrong

December 12, 2013 by Bob Borson 39 Comments

Architecture and The Art of Getting it Wrong

Architecture is not a trade, it's a craft ... and it normally takes years of practice before you start to routinely exist in the delicate balance between programming requirements and artistic … [Read more...]

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

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