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Exterior Ceilings – Here’s an idea for you

December 19, 2011 by Bob Borson 29 Comments

Exterior Ceilings – Here’s an idea for you

. In the picture above, you are looking up at the ceiling of  an exterior patio. More specifically, you are looking at 1x1 ipê wood strips attached to medium density overlay board that has been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials and Products, Modern House, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, design, details, Sale Street

Small Residential Projects

December 5, 2011 by Bob Borson 22 Comments

Small Residential Projects

Not every residential project I work on as an architect is large with an even larger budget - that just happens to be the case lately and where I find my role in the office. Since smaller projects … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Work Tagged With: being a part of the design process, design, great to work with architects, modern house, Residential Architect, sketching, sketchup

B Roll from Bob Trending

September 26, 2011 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

B Roll from Bob Trending

Do you know what "B Roll" is? If you guess "what happens when Bob falls backwards out of his chair" you wouldn't be entirely wrong but that's not it. Basically, its secondary footage that is used to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: Blog tour 2011, design, light fixtures, London

Planning and Zoning Departments make my face hurt

September 15, 2011 by Bob Borson 37 Comments

Planning and Zoning Departments make my face hurt

Planning and Zoning Departments make my face hurt. Maybe not as bad as the original "this make my face hurt" and the infamous "this really make my face hurt" ... but my face still hurt. . Do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, builder homes, design, Materials

Drawing like an Architect

September 1, 2011 by Bob Borson 90 Comments

Drawing like an Architect

"How good do you need to be at drawing if you want to become an architect" "How can I be an architect - I can't draw" I wish I got one frequent flyer mile every time I heard one of those two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Do you want to be an Architect?, My Work Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, design, details, sketching

T-Shirts for Architects

August 25, 2011 by Bob Borson 198 Comments

T-Shirts for Architects

I have always wanted to have a cool architectural t-shirt but I never really liked the ones I found and as a result, I've never had that cool architectural t-shirt. Back when I was in school, before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Materials and Products, My Work, Uncategorized Tagged With: a day in the life, bob borson, design, students, t-shirts

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