A Brief History of Home Swapping The phenomenon of temporarily trading houses with a stranger has come a long way since the early days of “vacation exchange clubs” and printed catalogs. Text by Angelica Frey View 6 Photos Welcome to Origin Story, a series that chronicles the lesser-known histories of designs that have shaped how…
Architects on the Job Site March 21, 2021 by Bob Borson 12 Comments For some architects, being on the job site is a vital part of their work process, while for others, they see job site visits as a series of obligations fraught with increased liability. I personally love going to job sites and all…
While we started in Cass Gilbert’s downtown masterpiece, The Woolworth Building, we found our way to the masterpiece of one of his disciples, architect Harvey Wiley Corbett; Riverside Drive’s Master Building. Corbett apprenticed with Cass Gilbert before starting his own career as a preeminent advocate of tall buildings, a passion no doubt germinated while working…
Architectural Drawings: Excessive or Essential January 28, 2024 by Bob Borson 16 Comments Today we are focusing on drawings and the question that first comes to mind is to talk about what we draw, why we draw it, and who we draw it for and why that impacts all other considerations. With all of that…
Do you want to be an Architect? A few years ago I started a series of posts that were directed towards people who had an interest in either becoming an architect or now that they had finished school … what happens next? The intent when I started this series was to create a repository of…
Build a Better House July 28, 2024 by Bob Borson 14 Comments Today is a special sort of show as we are discussing residential projects that focus on incorporating high value building science techniques. The focus of today’s conversation is going center around where to start, what strategies make the most sense and provide the…
Project Constraints August 11, 2024 by Bob Borson 17 Comments You sit down at your desk, you turn your computer on, maybe you sharpen your pencils, you lay out your rolls of trace and your sharpie pens – whatever your creative process – and you are about to start work solving the problems at hand…
