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JUNE 25, 2013

Color guides me in my work, experimenting with complementary hues, and color gradation. A Flickr friend commissioned us to create a house number for her sister, who loves the weathered colors of totem poles. design standards. Across the Color Spectrum: Painting by Lauralee Klindt. MYD | architecture + design.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Home / Career / Surviving Architecture School Surviving Architecture School Bob Borson — December 16, 2013 — 49 Comments Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. It’s architecture not emergency surgery, mix in some hobbies during the weekend. What about those poor souls?

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Home / Architects / Architectural Sketches Architectural Sketches Bob Borson — September 26, 2013 — 22 Comments Architects sketch as part of the process when doing their job … at least I do. Since I will run copies of the sketches I make for the client, I like to use a red colored pencil to shade in the walls.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Some of the most complicated and underappreciated architectural drawings to ever exist are those depicting stairs. In the image above you can see exactly which piece of steel I am talking about as I have indicated it in red, the universally accepted architectural “this is wrong” color. Unless the stairs are cool.

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OCTOBER 13, 2013

This is the project that I will be featuring as we go through the design, construction document, and construction process. Since I’ve come over to the office, we are in the process of changing a bunch of the existing standards. Privacy, Architecture, and. I think updating your companies CAD standards is a great idea.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

These aren’t particularly easy to get your hands on, particularly if you want a specific color, but once you have it … mmmmm. Architectural T-Shirts – $20 Gratuitous self-promotion on this gift since these are T-shirts that I made. If I ever saw something that an architecture student needed, this is it.

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MAY 26, 2014

Cheers, Disclosure of Material Connection: I have partnered with Sub-Zero and Wolf to provide my professional opinion about kitchen design and document its Kitchen Design Contest. I have to admit that I left Atlanta and my time there looking forward to the next time I could talk design with Matthew – it was that enjoyable.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 18, 2014

link] Bob Borson I choose not to make this a forum for religious or political commentary, but rather an appreciation of the architecture at hand. If you are only able to appreciate buildings that contribute in a positive way (by your definition whatever that may be) to society, there is a lot of good architecture you are missing out on.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

–even if you guess the right product, you then have to guess the right color. With the spec homes there is a “Get it now” mentality that sometimes makes the client think that 2 years is way to long to go through the design, documentation and construction process. Consider only counter tops. Choise what _you_ like.

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 29, 2014

Rule #4 – Keep it simple and at high level Anything else that you think needs to be said beyond a sentence or two should be an internal document. Charlie Burris I have often thought CRS’s mission statement really covered it for us architects… do some good architecture, make some money, and have some fun doing it!

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 1, 2014

Home / Heard around the architectural studio / The Bee Hole of an Architect The Bee Hole of an Architect Bob Borson — June 2, 2014 — 49 Comments Most architects I know go about their business in an professional manner – but somehow that doesn’t necessarily translate to the behavior that happens in the office.

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JUNE 9, 2014

It is extremely complicated and we are using Rhino and Grasshopper (fancy modeling software) to help generate and document the design – I’ll show it on the site here when I have a bit more information to present. link] Bob Borson I’m sure this happens to people in architectural offices all over the world.

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APRIL 27, 2014

The short description is that the site had to be cleared (architectural speak for scraping the dirt and landscaping away as needed), the piers have been drilled (holes dug into the ground down to rock which will be filled with concrete and rebar) and formwork is getting set. link] Bob Borson Thanks J?nis Thanks for sharing.

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