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Architectural Sketching [or How to Sketch like Bob] | Life of an Architect

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Home / Graphics / Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Bob Borson — April 7, 2014 — 70 Comments Architectural sketching is becoming a thing of the past – at least that’s how it seems to me most days.

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Life of an Architect – Best of 2014

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While 2014 isn’t technically over yet, it isn’t going to stop me [ cause I do what I want] from looking back at all the articles I wrote over the year to see which ones represented the very best that 2014 and I had to offer. February 10, 2014 The last several years have been hard on the architectural profession.

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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

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Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.

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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

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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? How I believe in #13.

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What to Get an Architect for Christmas – 2016

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I could also argue that boiling water is particularly handy for architecture students so they can eat those oh-so-delicious $0.99 I personally feel that the really nice ones can be a little intimidating to sketch in – they seem a little precious to me. I am a pro (or at least now I can look like one).

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What to Get an Architect for Christmas (2013) | Life of an Architect

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x 10) - $15 I’m a big advocate of sketching, despite the fact that I am not particularly adept in my own sketching “style” I get a lot of Moleskine journals as gifts but the one I’ve listed above is my favorite. Since half of my sketches are total clunkers, the cahier journals seem just a bit more forgiving.

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because that's what architects do for fun | Life of an Architect

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Home / Architects / … because that’s what architects do for fun … because that’s what architects do for fun Bob Borson — June 10, 2014 — 39 Comments I don’t have a lot of spare time on my hands … in fact the last few weeks have been brutal. Cool, but whacky.