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My Captive Audience

February 6, 2017 by 14 Comments

My Captive Audience

Other than the Men's toilet room, my desk is the furthest point in our office. Since I take full responsibility for the layout of my office, I am going to confess to you that I wanted my desk in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Heard around the architectural studio, Life in General, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, architects office

Advice for a young Architect

January 24, 2017 by 22 Comments

Advice for a young Architect

"Re: Advice for a young architect"That was the subject line of one of the emails that came in over the weekend. Normally I don't respond to the newest emails first (especially since I have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Life in General Tagged With: advice, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Top Ten lists

It’s Important to Keep Learning

January 10, 2017 by 13 Comments

It’s Important to Keep Learning

This has been an interesting few weeks for me - very busy and very stressful, two things that I could do with less of in my life. Whenever the stress level goes up in my life, the time I spend in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Life in General Tagged With: advice, career

How do you eat a Whale?

January 3, 2017 by 16 Comments

How do you eat a Whale?

2017 has started and I am already trying to decide what it is I am supposed to be doing. Not in "Why I am I Here?" existential way, but more in the "I need to change out the filters at the blower unit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Holidays, Life in General, My House, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, bob borson, My House, Residential Architect

What did you miss in 2016? The Best from Life of an Architect

December 28, 2016 by 12 Comments

What did you miss in 2016? The Best from Life of an Architect

The end of the year is almost upon us and it is time to reflect back on last year - that a look at what worked, and what didn't. Did you know I wrote 48 articles for this site last year? In the seven … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Blog, Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Graphics, Life in General, My House, My Work, Residential, Sketching Tagged With: architectural sketching, blog, details, models, sketches

What to Get an Architect for Christmas (2016)

December 5, 2016 by 34 Comments

What to Get an Architect for Christmas (2016)

While researching potential gift ideas for this year's 7th Annual What to Get an Architect for Christmas, I found a lot of lists that were full of really icky and terrible gift ideas that were clearly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Holidays, Life in General, Materials and Products Tagged With: Gifts

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