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Form Follows Fitness

January 5, 2012 by Bob Borson 14 Comments

Form Follows Fitness

. The Modular Man (with a weight problem) . When asked what my New Year's resolutions were going to be this year I had to think about it for a few minutes. Before I start committing myself to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Observations Tagged With: Architects, Scott Taylor, sketching, what?

Small Residential Projects

December 5, 2011 by Bob Borson 22 Comments

Small Residential Projects

Not every residential project I work on as an architect is large with an even larger budget - that just happens to be the case lately and where I find my role in the office. Since smaller projects … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Work Tagged With: being a part of the design process, design, great to work with architects, modern house, Residential Architect, sketching, sketchup

Drawing like an Architect

September 1, 2011 by Bob Borson 90 Comments

Drawing like an Architect

"How good do you need to be at drawing if you want to become an architect" "How can I be an architect - I can't draw" I wish I got one frequent flyer mile every time I heard one of those two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Do you want to be an Architect?, My Work Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, design, details, sketching

Life of an Architect: The Graphics

June 13, 2011 by Bob Borson 11 Comments

Life of an Architect: The Graphics

There is something that makes this site different from most other architectural blog sites. It is something that most can't quite put their finger on ... but there is something there - you can smell … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, blog, bob borson, sketching, Writing a blog

Your sketches speak for themselves

April 16, 2010 by Bob Borson 43 Comments

Your sketches speak for themselves

I recently had a conversation about the importance of sketching and my job. With the prevalence of computer 3D software, fewer and fewer graduates from the design profession are entering the "real" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Do you want to be an Architect?, Graphics, Life in General, My Work, Observations Tagged With: details, Do you want to be an Architect, sketches, sketching

Sketching out a design solution

April 1, 2010 by Bob Borson 12 Comments

Sketching out a design solution

I received an email asking if I would share details from some of my projects. While I bristle at the risk I might be exposing myself to, I remembered that I enjoy looking at details quite a bit, so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Work Tagged With: details, sketches, sketching

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