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Architectural Sketches 003 – Japanese Playhouse

April 10, 2018 by Bob Borson 6 Comments

Architectural Sketches 003 – Japanese Playhouse

Architectural sketches typically fall into two distinctive camps (other than "Great!" or "terrible") and the relative purpose of those sketches seem to reflect the time period when the sketch was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, architectural studio, design, details, sketching

Architectural Sketches 002 – The Series

February 19, 2018 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

Architectural Sketches 002 – The Series

About 30 days and thousands of sketches later, it's time for the next round of Architectural Sketches - The Series. While I think adding "The Series" on to the end certainly makes it sound super … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Graphics Tagged With: architectural sketching, architectural studio, being a part of the design process, design, details, sketching

Architectural Sketches – The Series

January 15, 2018 by Bob Borson 28 Comments

Architectural Sketches – The Series

Architects sketch as a part of doing their job - at least all the good ones that I know. Right now, as a general rule, it would appear that depending on how old you are, you either sketch, use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Graphics, My Work, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, architectural studio, being a part of the design process, design, details, sketching

How Architects Talk to One Another

December 6, 2017 by Bob Borson 20 Comments

How Architects Talk to One Another

Since I spend a majority of my time trying exceedingly hard to not sound like an architect, it's always a bit of a jolt to my system when I jump back into an environment when it's actually important … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, Life in General, My Work, Observations, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, architectural studio, conversations, design studio, sketching

Territorial Trace

September 11, 2017 by Bob Borson 27 Comments

Territorial Trace

First, let's make one thing clear: while it is labeled as "trace paper" don't call it that. It is simply called "trace." No apologies to "onion skin", "bumwad" or any other monikers. Trace. A while … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Do you want to be an Architect?, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, architectural studio, bob borson

A Culture of Models

August 15, 2017 by Bob Borson 23 Comments

A Culture of Models

Architectural models ... there's not a person walking the planet who doesn't love them. My office isn't particularly large, either in terms of employees (7) or square footage (1,677 sf), but we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Life in General, Observations, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural studio, cabin, models

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