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057: Renovating your House

August 30, 2020 by Bob BorsonLeave a Comment

057: Renovating your House

Leaving your mark on the place where you live is built into the DNA of most architects and designers. This can manifest itself in many different ways but for many of us, working on the place where we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Contractors, Episodes, Life in General, My House, My Work, Observations, Podcast, ResidentialTagged With: being a part of the design process, Construction Process, Episodes, great to work with architects, Podcast, Residential Architect

As-Built Drawing Adventure

July 2, 2019 by Bob Borson1 Comment

As-Built Drawing Adventure

If you are an architect, it's a pretty safe bet that at some point in your career you've had to go on site and collect some existing dimensions for a project. My career is now almost 30 years in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Work, Observations, Office, ProjectsTagged With: a day in the life, Do you want to be an Architect, great to work with architects, sketching

020: The Construction Bid Process

March 17, 2019 by Bob Borson7 Comments

020: The Construction Bid Process

Every client wants to know what their project is going to cost and who’s going to build it. That means sending the drawings out and getting contractors involved … Let’s get ready to rumble because … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Construction, Contractors, EpisodesTagged With: construction, Construction Observation, Construction Process, great to work with architects, Podcast

Website for an Architect

February 12, 2018 by Bob Borson3 Comments

Website for an Architect

I think there is a not-so-well-hidden secret out there that the websites for architects are almost all unilaterally terrible. They are cumbersome and hard to navigate - trying to find information on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Graphics, OfficeTagged With: a day in the life, architects office, great to work with architects, photography, Writing a blog

Traveling Architect: Job Site Edition

August 2, 2016 by Bob Borson25 Comments

Traveling Architect: Job Site Edition

I'm going to confess that when I decided to be an architect who specializes in residential projects, I didn't think I would end up traveling around the country doing them. How I got here isn't all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Observations, ResidentialTagged With: Architects, Construction Observation, Construction Process, great to work with architects

How to Find an Architect

July 12, 2016 by Bob Borson28 Comments

How to Find an Architect

It's really hard for people to find an architect; at least that's what the emails in my inbox are telling me. To further get to the point, it's not hard to look one up that's in your hometown - that's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Observations, ResidentialTagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, career, great to work with architects

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