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Photo's #frommydesk | Life of an Architect

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Home / Blog / Photo’s #frommydesk Photo’s #frommydesk Bob Borson — February 19, 2014 — 18 Comments “ What it’s like to be and work with an architect ” … that’s the unofficial tagline for LifeofanArchitect.com – my little experiment I started just over 4 years ago.

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20 Best Drawing Tablets for Architects [2020 Update]

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This blog lists the 20 best drawing tablets for architects available in the market with features such as: Size: A greater surface area offers larger space to draw, sketch or edit. Electronic Sketch Pad / Drawing Tablet Price: $$. Tablet for Digital Sketching Price: $. Huion Kamvas Pro 22 (2019) Specifications: 21.5-inch

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ILLUMINATING HISTORY

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I have been using BIM to explore history for several years now and have shared many of these explorations on this blog. This image is generated from Enscape, then processed in Photoshop. At times the clinical realism of a computer rendering can be less effective, emotionally than an artist’s sketch. Why do I do this?

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If You’re Not Having Fun, then You’re Doing Something Wrong

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The first of which is was most recently focused on in the new series “ Architectural Sketches ” … in this case, it was the second installment where I took a focused look at the retail component of a 20,000 square foot new development that will include a medical practice as well as additional tenant space.

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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

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. Architectural Portfolio’s and their true purpose Architectural Sketching Taking the Architectural Registration Exam Do you want to be an Architect? may I make a suggestion for a blog post?

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

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. Love the sketches too. link] Bob Borson I did the sketches on top of trace paper (like 90% of all my sketches) but I scanned these in and added some color in photoshop.

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HARARE - DUBAI - THE WORLD

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Here I was using Autocad for detailed plans, Elevations and Sections, photoshop for applying colour, Archicad for quick 3d views, acrobat for compiling everything into design brochures to submit to the client. It can be a pencil sketch, a physical model, freehand, drafting board, digital. But for me, drawing is central. link] [link]