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Children’s Playhouse 2011 – Complete!

August 4, 2011 by Bob Borson 41 Comments

Children’s Playhouse 2011 – Complete!

The 15th Annual ORIX Parade of Playhouses event is about to actually start and the Bug Playhouse I designed was completed on time and delivered to the event without complication or drama. I know that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Life in General, My Work, Playhouses Tagged With: a day in the life, CASA, photography, playhouses, Volunteer

Update: Modern House – Friendly Neighbor?

July 12, 2011 by Bob Borson 27 Comments

Update: Modern House – Friendly Neighbor?

Just over a year ago I wrote an article titled "Modern House, Friendly Neighbor?" which was about a house that was going up along my drive to work. It was a very modern style house set in an area … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dallas Architecture, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: Architects, Dallas Architecture

Painting isn’t fun anymore

July 7, 2011 by Bob Borson 15 Comments

Painting isn’t fun anymore

Painting is a drag even under the most ideal of circumstances but in the case of my interior masonry stucco walls?... Let's just say I would rather be caught in a biker bar at last call wearing pants … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, My House Tagged With: a day in the life, My House, Products

This Really make my face hurt

June 27, 2011 by Bob Borson 55 Comments

This Really make my face hurt

Back in December of last year I twisted off on a house that I drive by a few times a week - just amazed at how sloppy I thought the work was. This was a first for me, I had never identified a house … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: builder homes, Construction Process, conversations, glass blocks, Materials, tile

Butterfly Chairs – Replacement Covers

June 23, 2011 by Bob Borson 33 Comments

Butterfly Chairs – Replacement Covers

A few weeks ago I undertook a project to restore old butterfly chairs I had "acquired" in an effort to make them a bit more presentable. The final piece of the process was to replace the white canvas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Materials and Products Tagged With: Materials, My House, Products

Life of an Architect – For Sale

June 20, 2011 by Bob Borson 50 Comments

Life of an Architect – For Sale

The other day I found out that according to the "experts", my website www.lifeofanarchitect.com is valued at $173,062 and I thought to myself that can't possibly be correct. The content on this site … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General Tagged With: blog, social media, Writing a blog

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