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EP 110: Modern Home Challenge

October 2, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

EP 110: Modern Home Challenge

It was August 10th, 2010 when I first conceived of the “Low-Cost Modern Home Challenge” with the intent to go through a design process that would help us understand how to design a modern house that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Competition, Design, Design Studio, Education, Episodes, Modern House, Podcast Tagged With: architects office, architectural studio, being a part of the design process, design, Design Competition, Graphics, Modern Architecture, modern house, Podcast, Residential Architect, sketching

Ep 107: Design Development

August 21, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Ep 107: Design Development

There is a process when working on a residential project when you actually start figuring out what the project will look like in terms of elevations, exterior materials, interior finishes, specialty … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Do you want to be an Architect?, Education, Episodes, Podcast, Residential Architecture 101 Tagged With: design development, design process, Residential Architect

Ep 101: Design Process

May 30, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 101: Design Process

If you were tasked with defining the design process – you could take it in a lot of different directions and you're going to have a lot of options. Andrew and I are going to attempt to tackle this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, conversations, design, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Residential Architect

Ep 99: Construction Drawings

May 1, 2022 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 99: Construction Drawings

A subject matter that we are always dancing around is the creation and preparation of drawings. Fundamentally and at their essence, drawings are at the core of what architects do and they allow us to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Graphics - The Series, Construction, Contractors, Episodes, Podcast, Residential Tagged With: conversations, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast, Residential Architect

EP 95: Schematic Design

March 6, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

EP 95: Schematic Design

Whenever an architect sits down with a client on a new residential project, the first thing that happens is a conversation about project goals and requirements. It is during this initial conversation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Design Studio, Episodes, Podcast, Residential Architecture 101 Tagged With: design, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Residential Architect

Architectural Redlines on an iPad

February 14, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Architectural Redlines on an iPad

On and off for the last two weeks, I have been reviewing and redlining drawings for one of our residential projects. I wrote about this process a few weeks ago in a post titled Design Process - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Design Studio, Graphics, My Work, Residential, Sketching Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, design studio, Graphics, Residential Architect, sketching

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