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Don’t Let the Internet Design Your Project

February 12, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave 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, Sketching Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, Graphics, sketching, Writing a blog

The Aalto – Life of an Architect Holiday Cocktail

December 16, 2018 by Bob Borson 6 Comments

The Aalto – Life of an Architect Holiday Cocktail

It would seem that I am getting a reputation where cocktails are involved ... ironic since I don't really drink all that much. While I enjoy drinking adult beverages, it would appear that I enjoy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays, Kitchen, Life in General Tagged With: Architects, being a part of the design process, cocktails, Holiday, Travel

010: What Makes You a Designer

October 14, 2018 by Bob Borson 6 Comments

010: What Makes You a Designer

There are many things I do during a typical day – designing “stuff” is just one very small portion – but I still consider myself a designer more so than a project architect. Since I work at a smallish … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: a day in the life, being a part of the design process, design, design studio, Podcast

009: The “Low Cost Modern House”

September 30, 2018 by Bob Borson 8 Comments

009: The “Low Cost Modern House”

Modern Design used to be about the mechanization of the process thereby making a thing affordable to the masses ... but that doesn't really seem to be the case anymore. With their clarity often … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, Construction Process, Materials, Modern Architecture, Podcast

Technology is Amazing

May 21, 2018 by Bob Borson 6 Comments

Technology is Amazing

If you are an architect, technology is a way of life ... but despite knowing this information, I am frequently amazed by just how amazing technology actually is and the role it plays daily in my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural technology, being a part of the design process, design studio

Modern Wood Rainscreen

April 17, 2018 by Bob Borson 13 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, Residential Tagged With: Architects, architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, Construction Process, details, Modern Architecture

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