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What does an Architect do?

April 23, 2013 by Bob Borson 66 Comments

What does an Architect do?

I have good friend Enoch Sears sitting in and writing today's post. I get a lot of questions from people who want to be architects, love architecture but feel that they aren't creative enough to work … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Guest Posts Tagged With: Architects, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Guest post

The Finalists – 2013 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition

April 22, 2013 by Bob Borson 27 Comments

The Finalists – 2013 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition

The last several days have been a blur of activity, culminating in the advancement of 30 playhouse designs in the 2nd Annual Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition. And we're not done … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Playhouse Competition 2013, Playhouses Tagged With: Architecture and Society, CASA

2013 Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition – What Happens Next

April 16, 2013 by Bob Borson 11 Comments

2013 Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition – What Happens Next

The 2013 Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition is officially begun!! The playhouse designs were technically due exactly one minute ago (11:59 pm Central Standard Time although I know of some that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Life in General, Playhouse Competition 2013, Playhouses Tagged With: Architecture and Society, CASA, Design Competition

A Travel Site for Architects

April 15, 2013 by Bob Borson 58 Comments

A Travel Site for Architects

A travel blog ... for architects by architects ... sounds pretty good right? If there is one out there, I haven't found it. I suppose I should be a bit more clear, I'm not talking about a travel blog … [Read more...]

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

Golden Handcuffs – A Lesson Learned

April 11, 2013 by Bob Borson 53 Comments

Golden Handcuffs – A Lesson Learned

One of the most important pieces of advice I could dole out on this site is this: . Don't ever take a job just for the money .   I was a little surprised to discover that despite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: architects office, bob borson, career, conversations

Oh Crap … Now what?

April 8, 2013 by Bob Borson 20 Comments

Oh Crap … Now what?

Oh crap ... now what? Those four words go through my head more times than I care to admit (7x a day) and 83.3% of the time it has something to do with Life of an Architect. The time is currently … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, blog, bob borson, conversations, Guest post, what?, Writing a blog

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