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Summer is for the Young at Heart

July 25, 2016 by Bob Borson 17 Comments

Summer is for the Young at Heart

From my earliest memories, summertime in Texas means watermelon and cantaloupe, ice cream, swimming, riding my bike, and being gone all day looking for trouble ... as long as I was home before dark. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ArchiTalks, Career, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: ArchiTalks, career, summer

The Cottage House … Amazing

July 18, 2016 by Bob Borson 15 Comments

The Cottage House … Amazing

I have been busy patting myself on the back all weekend long because my playhouse this year turned out pretty amazing. I know, pretty bold statement to "admit" that the playhouse that I designed is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, My House, Playhouses Tagged With: design, playhouses

How to Find an Architect

July 12, 2016 by Bob Borson 28 Comments

How to Find an Architect

It's really hard for people to find an architect; at least that's what the emails in my inbox are telling me. To further get to the point, it's not hard to look one up that's in your hometown - that's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Observations, Residential Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, career, great to work with architects

Best Architectural Websites 2016

July 5, 2016 by Bob Borson 23 Comments

Best Architectural Websites 2016

After exhaustive research (a.k.a. my internet explorer history) and peer feedback (I asked some people I know) I have created "the" definitive listing of the Best Architectural Websites in the World … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ArchiTalks, Blog, Observations Tagged With: blog, websites, Writing a blog

Happy Mies van der Fourth

July 4, 2016 by Bob Borson 59 Comments

Happy Mies van der Fourth

I know that not everyone who visits me here at Life of an Architect celebrates this particular holiday (in fact, it’s barely over half – 50.74%) but since I do, I thought I would take the time to wish … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays, Life in General Tagged With: Graphics, Holiday

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