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Technical Drawings

December 21, 2015 by Bob Borson 84 Comments

Technical Drawings

If you are the sort of person who likes to look at architectural drawings, this is your lucky day. At least I hope that after you read today's post you think this was your lucky day. I've decided … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Graphics, Modern House, My Work, Projects, Residential Tagged With: Construction Observation, Construction Process, design, details, Residential Architect

Life of an Architect Playhouse Awards

December 8, 2015 by Bob Borson 24 Comments

Life of an Architect Playhouse Awards

This turned out to be a lot more challenging than I had anticipated but I am happy to say that the Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition Awards are finally complete! It took a lot of work … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Materials and Products, Playhouse Competition 2015, Playhouses Tagged With: a day in the life, Architecture and Society, CASA, Construction Process, design, Design Competition, details, Playhouse Competition

My First Project: The Best Project Ever Designed That Wasn’t

November 9, 2015 by Bob Borson 35 Comments

My First Project: The Best Project Ever Designed That Wasn’t

It's possible that I have lost my mind by showing you this project. Not only does it time stamp me as someone who pre-dates computers, but it also could potentially expose me to vast amounts of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ArchiTalks, Design, Graphics, My Work Tagged With: ArchiTalks, bob borson, career, details, projects

How to Build a Wood Deck

October 7, 2015 by Bob Borson 52 Comments

How to Build a Wood Deck

"How to build a wood deck" is a question that I ask myself more times than you might think. Despite having drawn up a lot of them in my career, I still find new ways to build them. Maybe I just find … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Design, Materials and Products, Modern House, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, Construction Process, design, details, KHouse Modern, Materials, modern house

Movie Theater Playhouse – The Construction Drawings

May 26, 2015 by Bob Borson 17 Comments

Movie Theater Playhouse – The Construction Drawings

The design process starts simply enough - an observation, a challenge, a problem - it's an opportunity to make something ... or maybe it's just making something better. See a need, fill a need. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, My Work, Playhouses Tagged With: Architecture and Society, CASA, design, details, playhouses

‘Voltron’ Model Table

September 8, 2014 by Bob Borson 11 Comments

‘Voltron’ Model Table

A big model requires a big table ... a table so large that you must have it made out of a dozen or so individual pieces because a) you couldn't fit it through any door smaller than a loading door, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, Life in General, My Work, Office, Sketching Tagged With: architects office, design, design studio, details

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