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Mockbee Coker Architects – Seaside House

July 26, 2011 by Bob Borson 20 Comments

Mockbee Coker Architects – Seaside House

Designed in 1991 by Samuel Mockbee and Coleman Coker from Mockbee/Coker Architects, this 1,100 square foot bungalow was originally called the Kennedy House but is now called "Birdie's". I am a little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Buildings Tagged With: Architects, Modern Architecture, photography, plans, Residential Architect, Rural Studio, Seaside, Travel

107 Reasons Why You, Architect, Matter

July 5, 2011 by Bob Borson 14 Comments

107 Reasons Why You, Architect, Matter

Written by Randy Deutsch, Architect2Zebras is one of the many architectural websites that I check in on but one of the few that I subscribe to. Last year he took a comprehensive look at why architects … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Guest Posts Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, Do you want to be an Architect, great to work with architects

Perspective – do you have it?

June 28, 2011 by Bob Borson 24 Comments

Perspective – do you have it?

. Over the weekend I engaged in an interesting conversation that walked the line between friendly and hostile. We started off talking about McMansions and our mutual disdain how the priorities of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career Tagged With: Architecture and Society, being a part of the design process, Do you want to be an Architect, great to work with architects

Perot Museum of Science & Nature

May 31, 2011 by Bob Borson 15 Comments

Perot Museum of Science & Nature

I recently collected these job site photos after wanting to check in on the progress of the new Morphosis designed Nature & Science building myself. My daughter Kate and I had just spent the day … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Dallas Architecture Tagged With: Construction Observation, Construction Process, Dallas Architecture

Who is Dieter Rams?

May 8, 2011 by Bob Borson 18 Comments

Who is Dieter Rams?

So who is Dieter Rams? I know who he is but I asked around the office and nobody else did - that's sort of shocking considering what I do for a living. "As designers we have a great responsibility. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Life in General Tagged With: Architecture and Society, being a part of the design process, design

Women in Architecture

May 5, 2011 by Bob Borson 41 Comments

Women in Architecture

I have resisted writing a post about notable architects who happen to be women for a long time. Partially because these lists can be found on other websites that are most likely better researched and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Do you want to be an Architect?, Observations Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, career, Do you want to be an Architect

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