30X40 Design Workshop

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Before I enrolled in architecture school in the late summer of 1991 (has it been 32 years?), As architecture schools greet new students this fall, I thought it would be fun to revisit that list of “must-haves” after having practiced architecture for 30 years. What’s stood the test of time in my practice?

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 22, 2014

Home / Blog / #ArchiSketch #ArchiSketch Bob Borson — June 23, 2014 — 22 Comments As an architect, I tend to communicate through sketching – which is starting to make me a bit of a relic. The rest of my afternoon is starting to look up – all that’s missing is a beer Hashtags used: #sketching.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” October 26th, 2012 “This is what my office did for lunch” #beer and napkin #sketches. August 10th, 2013 “concept assembly sketch for a modern house I will feature on LoaA” #vegetativeroof. August 23rd, 2013 “and so it begins … #design #sketch #architect” #architecture.

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Architecture Quote

JULY 13, 2020

The reality of dating an architect might involve more coffee than champagne, and looking at the same sketch for 2 months. There will be a lot of books. If you manage to convince your significant other to join you on a trip to the beach, you will need a book to relax with. Strictly architecture content of course.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 9, 2013

It was a big inspiration to me during architecture school. Marianne Brignac Great creativity – great talent – thx for the architectural eye candy sketches! Enough talking … here are some of the recognized entries from last years event. I love love love the drawings coming out of this competition.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Fast forward a few years – the college process is now complete and architectural schools are churning out extremely creative graduates, ready to take on the design world … except few graduates will actually get to work on “BIG IDEA” design projects. maybe there is, maybe the client wants or needs that!

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 23, 2013

I thought I would pull some out and share them to show just how different things were back in 1990 - No internet … Research meant going to an actual library and sorting through the card catalog and the Dewey Decimal system so you could pull out books. I even sketched the floor plan of my room at the bottom. ( Can you imagine?!?

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

One thing we really work on is trying to get our interns working on something that has value, things that contribute to the office in a positive manner, and something that has value to them when they return to school. We had college architectural interns make this model – they are in their model-making prime!

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EntreArchitect

MAY 11, 2015

Eric has authored several books on architecture, his most recent is entitled, Architect and Entrepreneur: A Field Guide to Building, Branding, and Marketing Your Startup Design Business , which expands on his thoughts below and other topics related to contemporary practice. There won’t be one. Use your ‘brand’ to tell your story.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

When I first started architecture school as a freshman in college, I didn’t have the focus or maturity I needed to tackle the curriculum and I ended up having a serious identity crisis when I was 19 years old. It becomes easier to tell the client “No, that’s crap and I’m not designing it that way!”

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Life of an Architect

MAY 4, 2014

The other goal I had for myself was that I wanted to have a project that I had designed make it in to an architectural history book – now that’s a lofty goal. Remember, this is the site of a regular guy who hasn’t made it into the architectural history books … or bought a jet ski.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Secondly, although I’m not an architect, I love buildings and what turned me on to buildings more than anything else was the books in the school library. For me, I think I am torn between the British Art Muesum at Yale by Louis Kahn or the Rare Book Library by SOM again at Yale. So simple yet so complex.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

For the purposes of today’s article, I am going to assume that all architectural drawings are correct and serve their purpose of conveying intent, scope and quantity. When I graduated from architecture school in 199[mumble-mumble], computers were not that prevalent. Websites and books especially.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 13, 2014

Home / Life in General / Motivation – and why it’s important Motivation – and why it’s important Bob Borson — April 14, 2014 — 27 Comments It’s Sunday morning, it’s raining outside, I’m really tired, and the consensus around the house is to lay about, read books and watch television.

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