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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.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Home / Holidays / What to Get an Architect for Christmas (2013) What to Get an Architect for Christmas (2013) Bob Borson — November 21, 2013 — 27 Comments It’s that time a year again – the highly anticipated “What to get an Architect for Christmas” post!

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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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DECEMBER 4, 2016

I could also argue that boiling water is particularly handy for architecture students so they can eat those oh-so-delicious $0.99 I personally feel that the really nice ones can be a little intimidating to sketch in – they seem a little precious to me. I am a pro (or at least now I can look like one).

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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. Architecture School , career , design studio Architecture and The Art of. How I believe in #13.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Home / Bags / A Graphic Designer’s Bag A Graphic Designer’s Bag Bob Borson — September 28, 2013 — 7 Comments It’s time for another entry in the ongoing series I am running where we get to look at the working contents of various design and construction related professionals. It was a gift from a client 7.

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JANUARY 31, 2016

That’s what architecture students did, they built models. Fast forward 20 years and I look around and think: “What happened to all the architectural models?!? Assuming that your knee-jerk reaction as to why models aren’t built is because clients refuse to pay for them.

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