By Bob Borson
I am presenting at this years Texas Society of Architects Convention in Dallas on ‘The Purpose of Balanced Social Media for Architects’. What?! I don’t have any balance and I’m making it up as I go – but I do know what works and what doesn’t.

By Bob Borson
I like tell clients that everyone needs to have skin in the game, that both architect and client are accountable to one another and while we both have something to gain, we both also have something to lose. I received some questions about hourly fees that I didn’t address the first time around so let’s revisit hourly fees –

By Bob Borson
Within the last few months, the number of emails I have received from people asking whether or not they should get out of architecture has been staggering. Equally surprising are the emails I receive that ask for direction on whether or not they should go into the field of architecture. The answer to both questions is easy -

As a profession we architects are lousy at giving back: giving back to our communities, giving back to our profession, giving back to things that would better our own lives and the lives of our families. I’m a keen observer of this condition, in part because I have found that by taking on tasks and responsibilities outside my work (and family) I have been enriched and actually expanded the professional opportunities available to me.