16. Architectural Colorist Bob Buckter "Dr. Color" on his color formula behind 18,000 San Francisco buildings, the psychology of a facade, and what it means to have good taste
In this episode of The Trades Show, host Briana Ottoboni sits down with Bob Buckter, the San Francisco native known citywide as "Dr. Color," an architectural colorist whose palettes sit on more than 18,000 buildings in San Francisco and 25,000 across a 56-year career, inside his San Francisco home. Their conversation traces the whole arc — from the two weeks he worked for a painter in 1970 before going into business for himself, to the signs he staked on every finished Victorian that made the phone ring, to the year-long sailing trip around the world that ended with him quitting painting for…
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