CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 24, 2012

I had been a Certified Ceramic Tile Consultant (CTC) through the CTIOA since 1979 and a Certified Construction Document Technologist through CSI since 2000. All are involved in setting industry standards so we can avoid the negative advertising of problems and failures and ensure successful installations.

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StoneDimensions

MAY 23, 2014

Since “you’re the professional” , you are expected to do some educating and coaching of the designers and customers so that they know what to expect from the product once it is delivered and installed. It is, however, noteworthy and perhaps influential to some structural design evaluations.

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Tile Talk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Tile and our Collective History One of the reasons I started Avente was my love of tile - both in the beauty of the hand painted design and the sense of place and time it conveys. His goal was to preserve these amazing tile tapestries of pattern and color found in Cuban tile. Ive sent many architects and designers their way.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 27, 2013

In the detail I shown immediately above, there is a custom brake metal flashing detail I designed that protects and closes off the end grain of the wood siding that wraps the house. Anyone who has taken on the chore of adjusting the graphic standards for their own office knows that this is a slow and laborious process.

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Floor Covering News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Definity has long been known in the market for its capabilities in design customization and superior performance,” said David Duncan, senior vice president at Durkan, Mohawk Group Hospitality.”With Additionally, Definity products are recyclable at end-of-life through Mohawk’s ReCover program.

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Floor Covering News

MAY 17, 2022

The robust renovation and building market over the past two years has been well documented,” said Michael Martin, NWFA CEO, adding that 75% of homeowners made improvements to their homes during the pandemic. Grand Estate is an oil-finished collection, a first for Anderson Tuftex, that launched in 10 trendy but classic colors.

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Kitchen and Residential Design

OCTOBER 20, 2021

If it burns a blue flame then it is in good shape however, if it is yellowish or orange in color then there is a problem, it could be a sign that it is not burning its fuel completely. They include: First Run A Survey You wouldn’t know what service is better if you do not know the standard expected in rendering that service.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Home / Graphics / Graphic Standards Graphic Standards Bob Borson — October 21, 2013 — 99 Comments How an architect draws is a reflection of many things – you can frequently tell the priorities of a firm just by looking at the quality of their drawings.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 18, 2014

If you can’t look at a building like this and appreciate the design and the effort and craftsmanship that went into it, I don’t have anything further to say. As the story goes, when the church was having some repair work done, there was a guy who came to document the stone masons work. Your photos are so beautiful.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Home / Observations / What Home Buyers Really Want What Home Buyers Really Want Bob Borson — September 23, 2013 — 34 Comments I am an architect who designs – among other things – residential projects for a fairly upscale clientele. –even if you guess the right product, you then have to guess the right color.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

You can get smaller sizes of this exact lightbox, but the larger is best for an architect who likes to sketch, draw or design in a non-digital format. The other class that I am starting to watch now is from architect Frank Gehry teaching design and architecture ( like I need that ) and so far, it’s extremely well done.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 26, 2014

Home / Kitchen / Talking Kitchen Trends with Matthew Quinn Talking Kitchen Trends with Matthew Quinn Bob Borson — May 27, 2014 — 12 Comments The latest stop on my great kitchen adventure was in Atlanta, Georgia – where I was able to go hear kitchen design expert Matthew Quinn give a lecture on regional design trends.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Home / Design / KHouse Modern – Progress Update 03 KHouse Modern – Progress Update 03 Bob Borson — October 14, 2013 — 36 Comments If your new here at Life of an Architect, say hello to the KHouse Modern project. In the original design, we had this entire walkway as a cantilevered concrete walkway.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 27, 2014

It’s not rocket science but I will tell you that I am glad that color has been introduced into the strings – makes them a lot easier to see. It was so cool to see it go up and knowing I had a hand in the construction documents. link] Bob Borson Thanks J?nis I remember working for an architect when I was his CAD monkey.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Learning how a business runs and how to sell work will actually take you farther in your career than just being a designer. The person in school that you thought had terrible designs – but could talk about their project - will be your boss. Architecture School , career , design studio Architecture and The Art of.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 1, 2014

Cheers, Consider sharing More Email Digg Print Share on Tumblr In Heard around the architectural studio , Life in General architectural studio , design studio Book Reviews: Robert Moses. When I was complete with the documents, a PA asked me to draw plan details.) So, never wear black or dark colors around killer bees!

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 25, 2019

We are also able to experiment with the design and jump back and forth between the various design options to examine the effectiveness of our assumptions. The challenge of the images immediately above and below this paragraph we design options we studied to deal with trash and birds.

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 29, 2014

Mission statements are a valuable tool for designing a point in space that a company can focus on and work towards but who are they really written for? 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. The company? New clients?

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 9, 2014

I will use this 3D model of my house to have design conversations with my wife who will probably appreciate how much easier it is to see the various design concepts we have been discussing. May sound stupid but that’s why I try so hard to make the design process fun, not just for me but for the people I work with.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

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. Since coming over to the new office, there are certain graphic standards that I am changing and sometimes it’s easier to simply show how we want the CAD file to look like by sketching on top of it.

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Life of an Architect

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. Shockingly, you can get them in other colors than white and black … but that’s a pretty bold move. You will want to staple everything. Hollywood glamour at its coolest.”

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