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Notre Dame Cathedral – A Tragic Fire

April 16, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Notre Dame Cathedral – A Tragic Fire

Yesterday was April 15th, a Monday, and the day that the world-wide beloved Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire and suffered heartwrenching damage. I found about the fire from one of my co-workers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: Architecture and Society, photography, Travel, what?

018: Architectural Photography

February 17, 2019 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

018: Architectural Photography

Architecture and photography have a symbiotic relationship with one another and every architect knows that a picture is worth a 1,000 words. For today's episode, Andrew and I sit down with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Episodes, Interviews, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: photography, Podcast

Don’t Let the Internet Design Your Project

February 12, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Don’t Let the Internet Design Your Project

Despite knowing it was coming for me, I decided to post one of my recent sketches to Instagram and Facebook ... and I was murdered. For 95% of those folks doing the murdering, their intentions were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Design, Graphics, Life in General, My Work, Observations, Sketching Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, being a part of the design process, Graphics, sketching, Writing a blog

017: Quitting Your Job

February 3, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

017: Quitting Your Job

It happens to almost all of us eventually, and for pretty much everybody, the experience ranges from unpleasant to downright panic-inducing … so get your moving box ready because “Quitting Your Job” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Observations, Office Tagged With: advice, career, Podcast

I’m Nine Years Old – Old Age

January 18, 2019 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

I’m Nine Years Old – Old Age

As party week comes to its conclusion, we look at the final year - 2018 - and acknowledge that Life of an Architect is now an old man.  Life of an Architect - Year Nine (2018) Year nine in most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, Architecture and Society, blog, bob borson

I’m Nine Years Old – Middle Age

January 17, 2019 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

I’m Nine Years Old – Middle Age

As party week powers relentlessly on, today is a look at years 6, 7, and 8, what has come to represent the depressing middle age years ...  Life of an Architect - Year's Six (2015), Seven (2016) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, Architecture and Society, blog, Writing a blog

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