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Life of an Architect – Best of 2014

December 29, 2014 by Bob Borson 16 Comments

Life of an Architect – Best of 2014

While 2014 isn't technically over yet, it isn't going to stop me [cause I do what I want] from looking back at all the articles I wrote over the year to  see which ones represented the very best that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Career, Construction, Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Graphics, Life in General, Observations, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, Construction Observation, Construction Process, interns, KHouse Modern, sketching

Architectural Delineation Competition – KRob 2014 Winners

December 22, 2014 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

Architectural Delineation Competition  – KRob 2014 Winners

Delineation is a fancy word for drawings, and if you like architectural drawings, you've come to the right place! Recently, the winners of the 40th annual AIA Dallas Chapter Ken Roberts Memorial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics Tagged With: architectural sketching, sketches, sketching

Design in a Day

July 28, 2014 by Bob Borson 26 Comments

Design in a Day

I have known architect Douglas Burke for a few years ... although we have never met. Doug and I have formed a professional architect-to-architect relationship since I started writing my blog and we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Posts, Residential, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, design, Guest post, sketches, sketching

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

heard around the architectural studio #010

December 3, 2013 by Bob Borson 9 Comments

I can't find any sketch paper. What do you need it for? Uhm ... to sketch on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Heard around the architectural studio Tagged With: architectural sketching, quotes

Architectural Delineation Competition – KRob 2013 Winners

November 18, 2013 by Bob Borson 28 Comments

Architectural Delineation Competition  – KRob 2013 Winners

If you're "in the know", you'll understand when I say these are not amazing drawings ... these are amazing "delineations." Last Thursday, I was asked to moderate a panel of extremely talented … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics Tagged With: Architects, architectural sketching, architectural technology, design

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