Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” October 26th, 2012 “This is what my office did for lunch” #beer and napkin #sketches. March 28th, 2013 “Commercial Pre-Construction meeting this morning and I brought a pink cup” #really. August 10th, 2013 “concept assembly sketch for a modern house I will feature on LoaA” #vegetativeroof.

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Sketching Architect IT Site 93

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. If your school doesn’t put any sort of emphasis on sketching, burn an elective (or two) and take a class over in the arts building.

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Architecture School Architect Architecture Sketching 111

Life of an Architect

JUNE 11, 2014

Since a number of people don’t seem to understand this concept, I thought I would whip together some sketches to help illustrate my point. I have no doubt that the stories our client will tell folks about his house will include more than just “this is white oak flooring” or “this is a pier and beam foundation.”

Foundation 107

Foundation Architect Sketching Contract 107

Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

[and by "change your life" I mean, "distract you for 10 or 15 minutes" at most] Today’s post is really going to be a comparison of how things have changed from early August of 2013 to our most recent construction issue towards the end of January 2014. Clients love to be able to see the models.

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Modern Architect Clients Client 82