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029: Architects Should Work Construction

July 21, 2019 by Bob Borson1 Comment

029: Architects Should Work Construction

If I have one regret during my college education is that I never worked on a construction site. Once I graduated from college, I went straight to work in an architectural office, drawing up all sorts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Contractors, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Observations, PodcastTagged With: a day in the life, advice, career, Construction Process, conversations

Interior Stairwell Design and Graphics

May 21, 2019 by Bob Borson1 Comment

Interior Stairwell Design and Graphics

Few people love putting together stair drawings, but I think you'll agree that some stairs are more fun to detail than others. Such is the case for the monumental stairwell we've been working on for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Design, Graphics, Oak GroveTagged With: Construction Process, design, details

022: Residential Construction Costs

April 14, 2019 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

022: Residential Construction Costs

In the beginning, when you are starting to plan your budget for building a new house, residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. There are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Construction, Contractors, Dallas Architecture, Episodes, OfficeTagged With: architects office, Construction Process, contractors, Podcast, residential construction costs

020: The Construction Bid Process

March 17, 2019 by Bob Borson7 Comments

020: The Construction Bid Process

Every client wants to know what their project is going to cost and who’s going to build it. That means sending the drawings out and getting contractors involved … Let’s get ready to rumble because … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Construction, Contractors, EpisodesTagged With: construction, Construction Observation, Construction Process, great to work with architects, Podcast

Estate Project – Preston Hollow

January 29, 2019 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

Estate Project – Preston Hollow

Life of been disproportionately busy as of late - which is nothing that should win me any awards, but I am already disproportionately busy so for me to single it out should count for something ... I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Graphics, My Work, Preston Hollow Estate, ResidentialTagged With: Construction Process, details, Graphics, modern house

Just Draw it Up

October 10, 2018 by Bob Borson15 Comments

Just Draw it Up

There is a request that I receive a few times a week that I thought I would finally talk about in an effort to shed some light on a fairly taboo subject. Those requests typically start off something … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Graphics, Observations, ResidentialTagged With: clients, Construction Process, drafting, drawing

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