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Steel Stair Panels – Guardrails and Handrails

October 7, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Steel Stair Panels – Guardrails and Handrails

"Stairapalooza" might not be the best word for it but guardrailapalooza definitely isn't any better ... Handrailapalooza? Nope, that's not it either, but that's really what today's post is all about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Graphics - The Series, Construction, Design, Graphics, Oak Grove Tagged With: design, details, Graphics, Materials

Architectural Sketch Series: Schematic Design

August 13, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Architectural Sketch Series: Schematic Design

In a moment of absolute madness, I decided to write today's post on schematic design and populate it with 11(!?!) schematic design sketches - basically what amounts to a digital summarization of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Graphics, Residential, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, design, Graphics, Modern Architecture, Residential Architect, sketching

Oculus and Skylights

July 29, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Oculus and Skylights

Unless you've been living under a rock (or you are anything other than another architect who reads this site), you would know that there are few things I enjoy in a project as much as a proper oculus. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, design, details

Interior Stairwell Design and Graphics

May 21, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 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 Grove Tagged With: Construction Process, design, details

Man versus Machine – Architectural Sketch Series

May 8, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Man versus Machine – Architectural Sketch Series

I'm currently in Chicago celebrating the 50th birthday of a good friend of mine. In fact, there are four of us here and we all know each other from our time together from the University of Texas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Graphics, Interior Design, Life in General, Materials and Products, Oak Grove, Sketching Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, architectural studio, architectural technology, design, design studio, Materials

Master Bathroom … Again

April 9, 2019 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Master Bathroom … Again

Apparently, I don't like myself very much. I am basing this on all the evidence I have on hand  ... and I use the word "evidence" because the master bathroom in my current home is a crime scene. Not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My House Tagged With: bathrooms, design, My House

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