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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

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

Ep 078: Redlines

June 27, 2021 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Ep 078: Redlines

“Redlines” is the word used in an architectural office to reference the red ink that is typically used to mark up corrections that need to be made on architectural drawings. Is this phrase outdated? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Design, Design Studio, Episodes, Graphics, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, design, design studio, details, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

Ep 066: Architects and Sketching

January 10, 2021 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

Ep 066: Architects and Sketching

There is a nostalgia associated with architects and sketching but is it still an integral part of the design process anymore? What types of architects sketch? Are there still benefits at all to this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Episodes, Life in General, Podcast, Sketching, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: architectural sketching, Do you want to be an Architect, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

How to Detail a Snowman

December 13, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

How to Detail a Snowman

It's hard to believe that the Christmas Holidays are upon us and I haven't shared with you my profound "How to Detail a Snowman" knowledge ... mostly because I don't have any since I live in Texas. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Design Studio, Graphics, Holidays, Life in General, My Work, Sketching Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, Graphics, Holiday, sketching, what?

059 Architectural Visualization with Alex Hogrefe

September 27, 2020 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

059 Architectural Visualization with Alex Hogrefe

Do you have architectural visualization skills? Maybe you’re asking yourself “what does even mean?” Well, you are in luck because today on the Life of an Architect Podcast we are dedicated to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architecture School, Career, Episodes, Graphics, Interviews, Podcast Tagged With: career, Graphics, Podcast, sketching

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