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EP 143: Architectural Drawings: Excessive or Essential

January 28, 2024 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

EP 143: Architectural Drawings: Excessive or Essential

Today we are focusing on drawings and the question that first comes to mind is to talk about what we draw, why we draw it, and who we draw it for and why that impacts all other considerations.  With … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Contractors, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Graphics, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, Construction Observation, Construction Process, drawing

Sketching is Hard

March 24, 2020 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Sketching is Hard

If you are like me, an architect currently working from home and hating it as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic, then I will also assume that like me you will find that your design … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Graphics, Life in General, Observations, Sketching Tagged With: career, drawing, schematic design, sketching

045: Documenting Architecture

March 15, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 2 Comments

045: Documenting Architecture

So you sitting at your desk, you’ve got your project up on the monitor and you are in the zone and crushing it … but what does that even look like? The process of preparing drawings has evolved from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Graphics - The Series, Episodes, Graphics, Office, Podcast Tagged With: architects office, construction drawings, details, drawing, Episodes, Podcast, standards

Just Draw it Up

October 10, 2018 by Bob Borson 14 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, Residential Tagged With: clients, Construction Process, drafting, drawing

The Grasshopper Playhouse – Construction Drawings

April 19, 2017 by Bob Borson 9 Comments

The Grasshopper Playhouse – Construction Drawings

The people who like my website are undoubtedly going to be very happy today. There's nothing like looking at someone else's construction drawings to put a person in a good mood. That's right - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, My Work, Playhouses Tagged With: CASA, design, details, drawing, playhouses

Modern Steel Trellis

October 18, 2016 by Bob Borson 52 Comments

Modern Steel Trellis

Architectural concept sketches, construction details, construction photos ... these are the sorts of posts that are both my most favorite, and least favorite, to put together. What makes them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Design, Graphics, Materials and Products, Modern House, My Work, Residential Tagged With: Construction Observation, Construction Process, details, drawing

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