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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Shades of Grey

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The short, intense, concept design period, adapting to the differences of climate and construction practice, then the long weekly drives to site, and the tedium of minutes to be written up. For my part, I continue to pursue the goal of "sketching with Revit", if only because it has given me so much pleasure for the past seventeen years.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Reimagined displays of drawings and sketches will celebrate artists such as Glasgow Style pioneer Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh and Alloa-born David Allan, whose depictions of ‘Edinburgh Characters’ will allow visitors to get up close to street life in the Scottish capital in the late eighteenth century. Family Trails for children under 5.

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30X40 Design Workshop

JULY 11, 2022

Time spent on construction sites has unquestionably made me a better architect and improved my design process. During construction, I visit the job site as often as I can, it’s the best way to avoid surprises and keep the lines of communication open with the construction team. Let’s start with the backpack.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 2, 2014

Whenever an architect sits down with a new client on a new residential project, the first thing that happens is a conversation about project goals and requirements. As we are talking, I would ask questions and draw diagrams right in front of the clients to make sure we were on the same page. It was way better.

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Architects Tales

AUGUST 28, 2019

Eraser: You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site. Rich: Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring rich clients in hordes to their knees; just give me a home, in a great circle dome where stresses and strains are at ease. Specification by a Contractor: Pound to Fit, Paint to Match.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 26, 2017

The innovative ideas and concepts we create can often only be born after hours (sometimes days) of intense thought and several dozen layers of sketch paper. These are services available to your client, but are NOT included in your basic architectural services. As an Advisor, the contracts are direct between the owner and contractor.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

APRIL 29, 2022

At one school site, they repurposed a sod lawn into a sod wall to teach the kids about the sod houses that were once common on the Canadian prairie. They prioritize relationships with people (clients, visitors), and the relationships of those people to the landscape, above tangible outcomes.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The small site was crisscrossed with foot traffic and needed responsive circulation. As the bioswale grows in, it will get shaggy, denser, and the meticulously sited navigational star arrays and Tubman’s defiant words will get less visible. On the opposite side will be drawings on ceramic tile that Pozo sketched from photos of Owens.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 20, 2016

I went digging through my piles of sketches for this project and I did find one of the early redlines I created. Ryan (in my office – the person responsible for all the Revit drawings you see on this site) blocked out this initial elevation based on the floorplan I sketched up.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Home / Architects / Architectural Sketches Architectural Sketches Bob Borson — September 26, 2013 — 22 Comments Architects sketch as part of the process when doing their job … at least I do. This is a sketch from project that I am currently working on – the KHouse Modern.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 6, 2015

The innovative ideas and concepts we create can often only be born after hours (sometimes days) of intense thought and several dozen layers of sketch paper. These are services available to your client, but are NOT included in your basic architectural services. As an Advisor, the contracts are direct between the owner and contractor.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 16, 2012

The innovative ideas and concepts we create can often only be born after hours (sometimes days) of intense thought and several dozen layers of sketch paper. These are services available to your client, but are NOT included in your basic architectural services. As an Advisor, the contracts are direct between the owner and contractor.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

APRIL 13, 2023

Just a few months after 12-year-old Tamir Rice was brutally shot and killed by Cleveland police officers, the community came together to build a butterfly garden on the site of his murder. Concept sketches by Diane Jones Allen, FASLA, DesignJones LLC; concept plan by DesignJones LLC. So, I flew out here and I met Ms.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Turns out, the day Ryan chose was his very first adventure out of the office – the sort of adventure that involves getting on an airplane and sleeping on the clients basement couch. 11:30am It was straight from the airport into an on-site meeting with the clients, contractor, and HVAC consultants.

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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. In order to reach all points on the site without damaging the trees, the contractor had to use a concrete pump truck with a giant arm on it. That’s called “doing your job.”

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

More accurately, my client has one, but hopefully I’ll get to visit it every so often … maybe on every other holiday and weekends. The image above was when the idea first came in to existence (combination sketch + Revit drawing) when we were looking at an exterior covered porch for the KHouse Modern project.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

This was the very first “Top Ten” list I ever wrote and in some ways, this is the most important article on my site. If you’re a contractor, engineer or interior designer you’ve experienced it. If you’re a client – I’m here to tell you that you want it.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

An early hand sketch by Richard Hartlage, Affiliate ASLA, of planting for the Pollinator and Habitat Garden. Heller says there were surprises in the site’s geology (bags and bags of pile grout disappeared into holes drilled in the earth), surprises in the pandemic’s disruptions, and surprises in the civil unrest that beset Portland in 2020.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 11, 2014

I think that I owe it to the contractors that I convince to donate their time and their money to support this cause to design a playhouse that doesn’t become a financial burden to them. I think I must be a doing a good job because the same contractor has built my playhouse every year for the last 5 years. Vegetables or Dessert?

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

So far we have seen the contents from: Architect Architecture Student Drywall Contractor Interior Designer Photographer Today we get to take a look inside the bag of Dallas based environmental graphic designer – Steve Jordan of Steve Jordan Design. It was a gift from a client 7.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 9, 2014

Consider sharing More Email Digg Print Share on Tumblr Memories from Studio Posted by Bob Borson onApril 10, 2014 In Memories from Studio architectural studio , college 25 Comments Architectural Sketching or. It was an international chess center on a site in St. Motivation - and why its. Kat Have you ever used zap-a-gap?

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Architizer

JUNE 16, 2023

These two relics are among South Korea’s 15 World Heritages Sites. With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Take the Changdeokgung Palace and the Haeinsa Temple, for example.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Like a lot of the topics I introduce on this site, today’s conversation is really an idea that I have been thinking about for a while. The classical triad says, to create a good Solution, one needs a Consultant, an executing agency and mainly a Sponsor/Client!; maybe there is, maybe the client wants or needs that!

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Out of all these houses, probably 99% of them have been for actual clients and not for the speculative home building market – and I’m fairly glad that’s the case because as much as I like to design awesome projects, I generally prefer awesome clients.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 26, 2024

The open, expansive views and rolling surroundings, paired with the challenges presented by a steep site, inform the overall design. Photo © Naho Kubota The final home organizes three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a dining room, living room, study, and garage along a single line that follows the contours of the hilltop site.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 18, 2017

Before we grab the roll of trace and start sketching with the Sharpie, we gather as much information about the users of our buildings as possible. Our complete Pre-Design Client Questionnaire template is included with your purchase of our Foundations: Business Forms and Checklists for Architects package. Listen carefully.

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Design Thoughts Architects

APRIL 13, 2022

As per bylaws and other site conditions, it is better to involve the best architect in many meetings until the requirements are clear. Provide a survey sketch and soil test report to the architect. A series of sketches will be properly arranged based on the basic facts gathered. Source: Shutterstock.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 10, 2017

This was the original concept sketch that I created for a pair benches – you can see from the date on that sketch that I drew this in August of 2015. What these benches represent is the spirit of hospitality that the clients have for their guests. About the only change that happened was the hooks meant for hanging.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sites such as Midjourney, Dall-E and Stable Diffusion use AI to create original images from text prompts. One of the images from his "Cairo sketches" series, an Escher-esque wall of windows, connected by complex and implausible interwoven stonework and decorated with Islamic tracery, was seen by an extraordinary 8.5

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

I met Maura Rockcastle, ASLA, and John Rasmussen at the Quarry Garden site early one Saturday morning in June. The clients, professors at the University of Minnesota, had moved from just blocks away and were looking for both architectural and landscape renovations to their new home. A Study in Design Process. It’s great.”

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

6:45am I had to sketch out a quick graphic image for my annual “ What to Get an Architect for Christmas ” post. A Christmas ornament seemed Christmas-y enough so I sketched it up, took a picture of it with my phone, brought it into Photoshop where I added some color, and then *BOOM* … the graphic was created.

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e-architect

APRIL 5, 2023

The firm creates customized solutions that speak to a deep understanding of its clients’ needs, and to its highly diversified experience, acquired over many years of sustained practice in the North. The firm was first established in 1996 following the merger of two firms established in 1983.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 24, 2013

Before we grab the roll of trace and start sketching with the Sharpie, we gather as much information about the users of our buildings as possible. I tell clients that we could design a successful project with nothing more than a scope of work and site plan. Listen carefully. Estimate often. Don’t give your services away.

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 28, 2019

It is a beautiful Georgian manor home and it has been a real treat to work on the job and transition it to its new owner (aka our client). Our client has a decidedly modern take on things and one of the major challenges to this project was to marry the modern additions to this existing Georgian residence.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 1, 2016

Like this one: Measuring something in the neighborhood of 14″ wide x 10″ tall x 22″ long, this was a gift from the contractors building my cabin project in the North Woods of Wisconsin. Do you remember this sketch: If you do, then you are fairly amazing. That’s called a “Robertson” head screw.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 21, 2016

This last week was a bit of a milestone because it was the first site visit I’ve taken where the actual cabin is starting to take shape. According to the contractor, the whole thing will be done by the end of June, although the owner and I aren’t sure that will happen. Remember this firewood sketch ?

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