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

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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30X40 Design Workshop

JULY 11, 2022

I’ve also been using it to record memos as I’m walking through a space and, because the videos can be recomposed later in post, I use it to view areas I may have missed during my visit or export them to send to the client for discussion and general progress updates. Solar Battery Bank - huge capacity (10 charges for iPhone, 3.6

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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. I believe the structural engineer called for 3,500 psi concrete so we were looking for a 4″ slump – which is what we got. Amn That’s the point I was trying to make.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 4, 2014

I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and this event was most likely going to be filled with ex-professors and old classmates of mine. But then there is the mystery of the structural engineer (of which I am). I make a lot of fun at the expense of structural engineers, none of it is true, I just like doing it.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

I still enjoy getting out my lead holders and tools to sketch new product ideas. A mentor of mine once told me, “Reinvent the wheel on your own time.” The ball really falls when the structural engineer gets the CAD file from the architect and they just scrub items and add “stuff.”

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EntreArchitect

JULY 3, 2018

Do you know how to calculate the exact amount that you need to charge your clients in order to earn 20 percent profit on that project? What I would do is I tell the client, well, the way I will invoice you, it’s $10,000 a month. And all of the stuff that goes along with that doesn’t matter to the client.

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