CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 24, 2012

Then I specialized in architectural and contractor sales, and specified and sold many larger architectural projects. I had been a Certified Ceramic Tile Consultant (CTC) through the CTIOA since 1979 and a Certified Construction Document Technologist through CSI since 2000.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 3, 2019

Architectural Fees are a mystery to most people and there is no shortage of methods that architects charge for their services. As a result, people were walking around why we were recording and pounding on the walls and stomping on the floors – which is apparently the only way to determine if they are solidly built.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.

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Tile Talk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Shortly after I started Avente Tile, I remember Jorge Aguayo, of Aguayo Tile explaining that he had discovered many floors in disrepair while visiting Cuba. They want to help document, record and preserve the collective history that is ours. design standards. floor tile. MYD | architecture + design. bathroom tile.

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StoneDimensions

JUNE 3, 2015

Workshop: Flooring, Finishes, and Friction Masterclass. The sustainability class highlighted the recently published ANSI/NSC 373 Sustainable Production of Natural Dimension Stone and Natural Stone Council, NSC 373 Chain of Custody standards. Workshop: Stone Exterior Wall Cladding Masterclass. Workshop: Thin Veneer Stone Masterclass.

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Tile Talk

JUNE 25, 2013

This year Wayne and I began a blog at our website for collaborations (http//nutmegdesignsart.com), documenting work in progress, our commissions and the process of being a Dynamic Duo. design standards. floor tile. MYD | architecture + design. Flooring The Consumer. Architectural Ceramics: Tile+Mosaic.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 10, 2014

What is it like to be an architectural intern? Let’s pretend that you’re an architectural intern … highly educated, extremely dedicated and yet – not an architect. These plans had the same graphic standards that the firm’s construction set held. Does it suck? But we were correcting my Revit plans.

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Life of an Architect

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. about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Happy sketching!

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2014

Architectural Studio – 4 Questions Architectural Studio – 4 Questions Bob Borson — May 8, 2014 — 30 Comments A large percentage of the articles I write on this site are the result of receiving the same sorts of questions over and over again. Home / Do you want to be an Architect?

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

Home / Graphics / Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Bob Borson — April 7, 2014 — 70 Comments Architectural sketching is becoming a thing of the past – at least that’s how it seems to me most days. It’s kinda freaky to be honest.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 1, 2022

The Resilient Floor Covering Association (RFCI) continues to play a vital role in the advancement of the category, supporting its members through avenues such as advocacy and messaging, particularly in the area of sustainability. It also gets involves in setting standards to ensure product quality meets consumers’ expectations.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 25, 2019

Some of the most complicated and underappreciated architectural drawings to ever exist are those depicting stairs. One of the challenges that came with the building is that there wasn’t a monumental stair in the project that connected the ground floor (visually or spatially) to the 2nd and 3rd level. Unless the stairs are cool.

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Life of an Architect

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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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Image Via: Period Architecture Ltd. Do yourself a favor and leave a little wiggle room since you’ll likely be putting that timeframe in a binding legal document. Every country has its own home inspection standards that must be met. Condition of floors, walls, and ceilings. Image Via: Fougeron Architecture FAIA.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 4, 2013

link] Bob Borson feel free to email me some documentation on the porosity of stones, I’d love to see it. We lived in a house with light counter tops and dark floors; I could never tell when the counter was clean and the floor always looked filthy. Personally, I like this. Send to Email Address. Your Email Address.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Start with paperwork: Identifying documents like birth records and passports are a good bet, as is legal paperwork like a will or deeds to your property. Floor Safes: Floor safes are the most bulky option, but they will give you the most flexibility. Weigh each protection standard before making your decision.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

All sorts of information can be found in the Kimbell Art Museum Visitors Guide - which includes floor plans, project and material descriptions – none of which I am going to talk about today. Regarding your images, you have the eye of an architect and from which most of the best architectural photographer’s come.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

This is technically a “floating” slab because the slab floor isn’t poured integrally with the grade beam walls. There is quite a bit of steel in this house – it’s to accommodate the uninterrupted spans that we have as well as the walls that are entirely made up of floor to ceiling glass.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Things like floor finishes or countertops can be changed relatively easily, windows not so much, but I see plenty of granite countertops next to the cheapest of cheapest vinyl slider window that can be had at Home Depot for $100. Your standard sized kitchen would benefit more from one DW and one Wine fridge a bit more I would think.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Bob Borson — February 10, 2014 — 49 Comments The last several years have been hard on the architectural profession. This could be almost anything within the field of architecture – it doesn’t necessarily stick to one thing. Get yourself an architectural blog and that number will grow to 10 Million times.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2016

If space permits, break the cubicle-standards and float your desk away from a wall, parallel to the window. The addition of a task lamp, table lamp, and floor lamp can combine to create a wide variety of moods. Magazine racks are good for those who like to keep their documents vertical.

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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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Life of an Architect

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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Life of an Architect

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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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 19, 2014

This is looking into the “Dining” area of the kitchen (complete with the architectural requisite Danish dining table set). My pet peeve over the stove microwaves…have one and wish it was higher than the standard over an electric stove. I do have to confess, it’s nice having a fireplace in kitchen.

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