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Modern Wood Rainscreen

April 17, 2018 by Bob Borson 13 Comments

Modern Wood Rainscreen

There is something about a clean and simple wood "screen" that is suspended off the face of the wall that is at the same time both modern and refreshing. There are all sorts of tricks and benefits … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, Modern House, Residential Tagged With: Architects, architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, Construction Process, details, Modern Architecture

Architectural Sketches 003 – Japanese Playhouse

April 10, 2018 by Bob Borson 6 Comments

Architectural Sketches 003 – Japanese Playhouse

Architectural sketches typically fall into two distinctive camps (other than "Great!" or "terrible") and the relative purpose of those sketches seem to reflect the time period when the sketch was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, architectural studio, design, details, sketching

If You’re Not Having Fun, then You’re Doing Something Wrong

March 12, 2018 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

If You’re Not Having Fun, then You’re Doing Something Wrong

"If you go on vacation to Ireland and don't enjoy yourself, then that's your fault." This is what a man told me as I sat in the British Airways lounge in Heathrow airport while I was waiting with for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Graphics, Holidays, Life in General, My Work Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural sketching, details, traveling

Architectural Sketches 002 – The Series

February 19, 2018 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

Architectural Sketches 002 – The Series

About 30 days and thousands of sketches later, it's time for the next round of Architectural Sketches - The Series. While I think adding "The Series" on to the end certainly makes it sound super … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Graphics Tagged With: architectural sketching, architectural studio, being a part of the design process, design, details, sketching

Architectural Sketches – The Series

January 15, 2018 by Bob Borson 28 Comments

Architectural Sketches – The Series

Architects sketch as a part of doing their job - at least all the good ones that I know. Right now, as a general rule, it would appear that depending on how old you are, you either sketch, use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Graphics, My Work, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, architectural studio, being a part of the design process, design, details, sketching

Metal Shelf of Awesomeness

January 8, 2018 by Bob Borson 18 Comments

Metal Shelf of Awesomeness

It all started with a party - getting ready for one to be exact. It is not lost on me that it always seems to take having people over before you decide to fix things up. Nonetheless, we had an open … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Design, Graphics, My Work, Office Tagged With: Architects, architects office, architectural sketching, Construction Process, details

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