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Life of an Architect – Top Ten posts for 2011

December 27, 2011 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

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Depending on your glass half-full or glass half-empty personality, today’s post is a great way to play catch-up with the most popular posts on Life of an Architect in 2011 … or what will be a yearly post that occurs in the dead week that occurs between Christmas and New Years. For the record, these aren’t the most viewed posts from 2011 because there were a lot from 2010 that are still among the most visited posts. If you want to know what was popular last year (and a little bit this year), here are the Life of an Architect – Most Popular Posts from 2010.

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Architect - Following the Herd

When You’re an Architect…

January 20th 2011 – There is no question in my mind that I made the right decision when I was 5 years old to become an architect. Despite having been at this for a while, some things you just have to discover for yourself.

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Life of an Architect

Top 10 Things You’ll Never Hear an Architect Say…

April 7th, 2011 – Top 10 Things you’ll never hear an Architect say – a list of things that an architect has probably never said. How much does an architect work? Do architects take vacations? … I think you get it

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Architects Signatures

Architects and their signatures

August 22nd, 2011 – Signatures can tell you a lot about a person if you know the signs to look for … confidence, arrogance, even design ability. What is your signature telling others?

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Architectural Sketch Paper

You might be an architect…

August 18th, 2011 – Being an architect means you are in a select group – but have you wondered if you have what it takes to actually be an Architect? You might be an architect if….

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Handrail Bracket Detail

Drawing like an architect

September 01, 2011 – You don’t have to draw well to be an architect!! Sure it doesn’t hurt but let’s pull the curtain back and be honest here for a minute. Architects communicate through drawing – we aren’t making art.

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My Favorite Color? ... could it be brown?

My Favorite Color?

May 24th, 2011 – Most people can tell you their favorite color. What sort of colors do the experts like? What are the colors experts use in their own homes?

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nuclear bomb test explosion

What is Creativity?

January 18th, 2011 – So what is creativity? That is a leading question simply because creativity can manifest itself in many forms. People who conceive of the unthinkable and envision the unknowable challenge the general idea of what is creativity. What is creativity to you?

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Architectural T-Shirts from Life of an Architect

T-Shirts for Architects

August 25th, 2011 – I always wanted a cool architectural or design t shirt. I couldn’t find any that I liked so I made my own and to my absolute surprise, they have been wildly popular.

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Architect Bob Borson's office

An Architect’s Desk

September 20th, 2011 – I sent out a request to architects and interior designers asking for pictures of their desks – as is – with no cleaning it up any more than would be typical. I was curious to see if the desks belonging to the architects that responded would share any similarities. If you are an architect, should your desk look a particular way? Here is a look at the desks of 15 different architects –

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Zinc Siding at front entry piece

Zinc Metal Siding – VM Zinc by Umicore

August 23rd, 2011 – I have been wanting to use zinc metal siding on a project since the dawn of time … maybe even longer. Finally the right modern residential project came along and it was a marriage made in architectural heaven.

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This is the 347th post I’ve written for Life of an Architect and I am still surprised by what resonates and what doesn’t. Whenever I think I have really hit one out of the park and written something ahh-mazing, it falls flat. Luckily I’ve stopped trying to figure it out and I just write about whatever I want.

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