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The Lantern House – Construction Drawings

June 26, 2014 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

The Lantern House – Construction Drawings

Construction drawings are the things that turn ideas into actualities and trying to create drawings that demonstrate the vision and intended level of craft is a conscious effort on my part. That may … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Life in General, Playhouses Tagged With: CASA, Construction Process, design, details, plans, playhouses

Goals versus Resolutions

January 6, 2014 by Bob Borson 21 Comments

Goals versus Resolutions

This is the time of year when people tend to identify something they want to change about themselves and they make a "New Years Resolution". Let me go on the record as saying that I HATE New Years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Career, Life in General, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Architecture and Society, My House, photography, plans, Travel

Lyday Farms – Featured Project

October 18, 2013 by Bob Borson 11 Comments

Lyday Farms – Featured Project

Designed as a compound of rural structures forming three sides of a quadrangle that encloses and defines an inner courtyard, the main house and accessory structures are located to take advantage of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Projects Tagged With: design, plans, projects

Working on your own house sucks

September 17, 2012 by Bob Borson 41 Comments

Working on your own house sucks

As an architect I am here to tell you that designing and preparing drawings for work on your own house is a drag. This isn't news to most architects and it's a topic that I have covered here on Life … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My House Tagged With: a day in the life, Construction Process, details, My House, plans

Modern Stairs – the timeline

June 11, 2012 by Bob Borson 54 Comments

Modern Stairs – the timeline

Today I thought it would be interesting to look at the timeline for the modern stairs we put in at our modern project that is wrapping up. There are a bunch of posts that I am thinking about putting … [Read more...]

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

Sexy Retaining Wall

March 1, 2012 by Bob Borson 29 Comments

Sexy Retaining Wall

This happy top-o-the morning looking bloke is David Hocker. He's a landscape architect (Hocker Design Group) and a pretty good one at that. Besides winning an American Society of Landscape Architects … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Construction, Modern House Tagged With: concrete, Construction Observation, Construction Process, consultants, details, landscape, modern house, plans, Sale Street

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