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048: Big Design / Small Details

April 26, 2020 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

048: Big Design / Small Details

Just about every architect worth their measure develops a design process that works for them – it’s almost like a fingerprint, it's that unique. In today's post and podcast episode, Andrew and I are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Career, Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Podcast Tagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, career, design, design studio, Podcast

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

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