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I love you Building – Happy Valentine’s Day

Bob Borson — February 14, 2014 — 29 Comments

Do you have a building that you love, that is significant to you? What building flipped your architectural switch on?

Happy Valentine’s Day building, I love you.

In Holidays, Life in General architects office, Holiday, Staff

Should I be an Architect?

Bob Borson — February 10, 2014 — 71 Comments

The last several years have been hard on the architectural profession. The tone of the questions I receive have shifted from “Should I become an Architect?” to “Why should I become an Architect?”

Here are my reasons for being an architect.

In Architects, Career, Life in General Architects, bob borson, Do you want to be an Architect

Architects and Coffee

Bob Borson — January 13, 2014 — 142 Comments

Let me get this out-of-the-way right up front – most architects I know drink coffee.
A LOT of coffee.
In fact, most of them are snobby and frequently a-holes about the coffee they drink … if Grey Poupon made coffee, architects would drink it.

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You have something gross on your face

Bob Borson — January 8, 2014 — 26 Comments

Sometimes your fly is down, or you have something stuck in your teeth. Wouldn’t you want someone to tell you? In the professional world, the answer is always yes.

In Life in General, Observations a day in the life, career

Goals versus Resolutions

Bob Borson — January 6, 2014 — 22 Comments

Let me go on the record as saying that I HATE New Years resolutions. According to the people who keep track of these sorts of things at the US Government, these are the most popular resolutions that are made every year:

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Out with the Old, In with the New

Bob Borson — December 30, 2013 — 58 Comments

2013 has been a year of change, so terrific … and some kind of sucky. In order to look forward to 2014, we need to look back at 2013. What exactly happened and where are we going – these are good questions.

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