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Ep 150: Drawing Stuff

May 5, 2024 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 150: Drawing Stuff

So here we are ... Episode 150, and I am a little surprised that I made it this far into this Life of an Architect experiment, but due to the support and interest we have received over the last 6 … [Read more...]

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Ep 147: Draw Like an Architect

March 24, 2024 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 147: Draw Like an Architect

How good do you need to be at drawing if you want to become an architect? Or … How can I be an architect – I can’t draw? These are questions that in one form or another, I hear a lot, especially from … [Read more...]

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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

Sketching is Hard

March 24, 2020 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Sketching is Hard

If you are like me, an architect currently working from home and hating it as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic, then I will also assume that like me you will find that your design … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Graphics, Life in General, Observations, Sketching Tagged With: career, drawing, schematic design, sketching

Sketching Details

November 4, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Sketching Details

It's not a secret - or at least it shouldn't be much of one. Architects should be on Instagram and I would like for them to post pictures of what they do during the day. There is so much good stuff … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Graphics, Interior Design, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, architectural studio, details, Graphics, sketching

Architectural Sketch Series: Schematic Design

August 13, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Architectural Sketch Series: Schematic Design

In a moment of absolute madness, I decided to write today's post on schematic design and populate it with 11(!?!) schematic design sketches - basically what amounts to a digital summarization of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Graphics, Residential, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, design, Graphics, Modern Architecture, Residential Architect, sketching

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