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Architectural Sketch Series: Schematic Design

August 13, 2019 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

Architectural Sketch Series: Schematic Design

In a moment of absolute madness, I decided to write today's post on schematic design and populate it with 11(!?!) schematic design sketches - basically what amounts to a digital summarization of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Graphics, Residential, SketchingTagged With: architectural sketching, design, Graphics, Modern Architecture, Residential Architect, sketching

Man versus Machine – Architectural Sketch Series

May 8, 2019 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

Man versus Machine – Architectural Sketch Series

I'm currently in Chicago celebrating the 50th birthday of a good friend of mine. In fact, there are four of us here and we all know each other from our time together from the University of Texas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Graphics, Interior Design, Life in General, Materials and Products, Oak Grove, SketchingTagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, architectural studio, architectural technology, design, design studio, Materials

Stairs are Complicated

March 26, 2019 by Bob Borson1 Comment

Stairs are Complicated

Some of the most complicated and underappreciated architectural drawings to ever exist are those depicting stairs. While I will readily concede that part of me likes the technical challenges that come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Design, Graphics, Oak GroveTagged With: architectural sketching, architectural technology, details, Graphics, Modern Architecture

Don’t Let the Internet Design Your Project

February 12, 2019 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

Don’t Let the Internet Design Your Project

Despite knowing it was coming for me, I decided to post one of my recent sketches to Instagram and Facebook ... and I was murdered. For 95% of those folks doing the murdering, their intentions were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, Life in General, My Work, Observations, SketchingTagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, Graphics, sketching, Writing a blog

003: Sketching

July 9, 2018 by Bob Borson8 Comments

003: Sketching

Sketching is a hot topic regardless of the people having the discussion, but I have learned over the last nine years of writing this site that sketching is one of the more hotly contested topics. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EpisodesTagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, Graphics, Landon Williams, Podcast, sketching

Modern Wood Rainscreen

April 17, 2018 by Bob Borson13 Comments

Modern Wood Rainscreen

There is something about a clean and simple wood "screen" that is suspended off the face of the wall that is at the same time both modern and refreshing. There are all sorts of tricks and benefits … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, Modern House, ResidentialTagged With: Architects, architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, Construction Process, details, Modern Architecture

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