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Keep your eye on the prize

August 28, 2014 by Bob Borson 35 Comments

Keep your eye on the prize

I really, REALLY want to admit that responding to emails is the worst part of having this website. But publicly admitting that I feel that way would make me a jerk ... it definitely makes me feel like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Do you want to be an Architect?, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, Architecture School, Do you want to be an Architect

Hanging Pictures is a drag

August 25, 2014 by Bob Borson 34 Comments

Hanging Pictures is a drag

There are no two ways about it, hanging pictures is a drag. A total drag. The dragiest of drags. I know what you're thinking "Is that even a thing?" Yes - it is, because I just hung a whole bunch of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Observations, Office, Sketching Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Construction Process, conversations

This is Exciting – The Beginning of the End

August 21, 2014 by Bob Borson 22 Comments

This is Exciting – The Beginning of the End

  Out with the Old and In with the New   Today is an exciting day for me - a little less exciting than it should be still ... very exciting. We are wrapping up the process of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ArchiTalks, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, ArchiTalks, architects office

The Hollow Tree Playhouse – Winner’s Profile

August 19, 2014 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

The Hollow Tree Playhouse – Winner’s Profile

The 3rd annual 2014 Life of an Architect ‘Playhouse Design Competition’ is technically completed - this last Sunday the winning raffle tickets were selected and all the wonderful playhouses that were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Playhouse Competition 2014, Playhouses Tagged With: Architecture and Society, CASA, Construction Process, design, Design Competition

Cabin in the Woods

August 18, 2014 by Bob Borson 26 Comments

Cabin in the Woods

It has long been a fantasy of mine to own a weekend cabin somewhere in the middle of nowhere ... and by "nowhere" I mean somewhere between 1.5 and 3 hours from Dallas. I chose that time span because … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Work, Projects, Residential, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, Travel

Architects and Integrity

August 11, 2014 by Bob Borson 34 Comments

Architects and Integrity

I spend a lot of time in the shower, it's where I do some of my best thinking. I'm not really sure why, my shower isn't all that relaxing (Master Shower: You Displease Me), and finding time to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, Architecture and Society

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