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Ep 150: Drawing Stuff

May 5, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 150: Drawing Stuff

So here we are ... Episode 150, and I am a little surprised that I made it this far into this Life of an Architect experiment, but due to the support and interest we have received over the last 6 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Graphics - The Series, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics Tagged With: Architects, architectural sketching, design, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

Ep 147: Draw Like an Architect

March 24, 2024 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 147: Draw Like an Architect

How good do you need to be at drawing if you want to become an architect? Or … How can I be an architect – I can’t draw? These are questions that in one form or another, I hear a lot, especially from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Graphics - The Series, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics, Podcast, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, Do you want to be an Architect, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

Ep 117: Graphic Matters

January 22, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 117: Graphic Matters

Architects still communicate their designs through the use of graphics – and there are a lot of different formats, mediums, and techniques that are up for consideration. Architectural graphics is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics Tagged With: architectural sketching, career, Graphics, Podcast

Architectural Redlines on an iPad

February 14, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Architectural Redlines on an iPad

On and off for the last two weeks, I have been reviewing and redlining drawings for one of our residential projects. I wrote about this process a few weeks ago in a post titled Design Process - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Design Studio, Graphics, My Work, Residential, Sketching Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, design studio, Graphics, Residential Architect, sketching

Residential Architecture 101: Shower Design

March 15, 2021 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Residential Architecture 101: Shower Design

Welcome to Residential Architecture 101: Shower Design - a new post in a long-dormant series that I am already regretting putting together. While I think a post like this will ultimately be extremely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Graphics - The Series, Construction, Design, Graphics, Observations, Residential, Residential Architecture 101 Tagged With: architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, design, details, Residential Architect

Ep 066: Architects and Sketching

January 10, 2021 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

Ep 066: Architects and Sketching

There is a nostalgia associated with architects and sketching but is it still an integral part of the design process anymore? What types of architects sketch? Are there still benefits at all to this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Episodes, Life in General, Podcast, Sketching, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: architectural sketching, Do you want to be an Architect, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

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