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The Pro’s and Con’s of Moonlighting

April 21, 2010 by Bob Borson 5 Comments

The Pro’s and Con’s of Moonlighting

Come on and admit it - we've either done it or we're thinking about doing it. It's the siren's call of moonlighting, beckoning you to the edge of darkness with the promise of being addressed as an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Observations Tagged With: Design Competition, management advisory group, Moonlighting

Residential Construction Costs

April 19, 2010 by Bob Borson 95 Comments

Residential Construction Costs

Residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. There are some general broad stroke pieces of information that if you know them, you will not be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contractors, Observations Tagged With: residential construction costs

Your sketches speak for themselves

April 16, 2010 by Bob Borson 43 Comments

Your sketches speak for themselves

I recently had a conversation about the importance of sketching and my job. With the prevalence of computer 3D software, fewer and fewer graduates from the design profession are entering the "real" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Do you want to be an Architect?, Graphics, Life in General, My Work, Observations Tagged With: details, Do you want to be an Architect, sketches, sketching

Top Ten Reasons to be a Residential Architect

April 5, 2010 by Bob Borson 28 Comments

Top Ten Reasons to be a Residential Architect

1. Personal relationships with clients Working on residential projects allows for a personal connection that simply doesn’t exist on commercial or civic projects. The distinction might be based … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Observations Tagged With: Residential Architect, Top Ten lists

Top Ten Client Traits

March 29, 2010 by 23 Comments

Top Ten Client Traits

There are clients I like and then there are clients I love. There are loads of reasons why but the best clients always seem to share some of the same characteristics. These reasons might seem obvious … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Observations Tagged With: Top Ten lists

Evil Top Ten list – I hate you

March 22, 2010 by Bob Borson 49 Comments

Evil Top Ten list – I hate you

I have been struggling lately with a post I wrote some time ago about the top ten reasons to not be an architect and the top ten reasons to be an architect. When I wrote these, it was a response to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Life in General, My Work, Observations Tagged With: Top Ten lists

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