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My Favorite Book

August 30, 2011 by Bob Borson 32 Comments

My Favorite Book

When I sat down to write a post about my favorite book, the first step was to figure which book actually is my favorite. This turned out to be harder than I thought. I used to read a lot back when I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Reviews, Life in General Tagged With: about bob, Book Review, Let's Blog Off

London Design Week 2011

August 29, 2011 by Bob Borson 13 Comments

London Design Week 2011

I haven't been making a big stink about this yet but the time has finally come to start stinking the place up (wait ... what?!??). In just a few weeks, I will be jetting off to London, sipping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, Blog tour 2011, London, Travel

T-Shirts for Architects

August 25, 2011 by Bob Borson 198 Comments

T-Shirts for Architects

I have always wanted to have a cool architectural t-shirt but I never really liked the ones I found and as a result, I've never had that cool architectural t-shirt. Back when I was in school, before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Materials and Products, My Work, Uncategorized Tagged With: a day in the life, bob borson, design, students, t-shirts

Zinc Metal Siding – VM Zinc by Umicore

August 23, 2011 by Bob Borson 27 Comments

Zinc Metal Siding  – VM Zinc by Umicore

A few years ago a vendor brought in an update to our VM Zinc product binder and in it were some samples of some new colors available for zinc panels - yes, yes, I know instead of focusing on how zinc … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials and Products, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, details, great to work with architects, Materials, modern house, Products, Sale Street

Architects and their signatures

August 22, 2011 by Bob Borson 38 Comments

Architects and their signatures

What does your signature say about you? The way you leave your name behind on a piece a paper  tells more about you than just saying "sorry I hit your car but I don't have insurance". It should come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Observations Tagged With: Architects

… You might be an Architect

August 18, 2011 by Bob Borson 124 Comments

… You might be an Architect

Do you want to be an Architect? Maybe you already are an Architect and wondered if you made the right decision? Times are weird and the economy is making a lot of people who thought they knew they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: Architects, Do you want to be an Architect

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