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Top 5 Reasons to work in a Large Architectural Firm

March 10, 2014 by Bob Borson 10 Comments

Large Firm Mosaic - photos by Kerry Hogue from HKS

Last week I put together a post titled 'Architectural Job Starter Kit' in which I drew upon my own personal experiences that discussed how to improve your chances at getting a job in an architectural office. One of the items in that post was the list … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: architects office, career, Do you want to be an Architect

If You Build It

March 6, 2014 by Bob Borson 20 Comments

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IF YOU BUILD IT is a documentary by filmmaker Patrick Creadon, that has been brought to my attention by my good friend (and excellent architectural photographer) Brad Feinknopf. I was lucky enough to be able to screen this film last weekend and … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Design Tagged With: Architecture and Society

Introducing the CHouse Modern

March 3, 2014 by Bob Borson 27 Comments

CHouse Modern

First off let me acknowledge that I need to start working on better names for my projects ... first it was the 'KHouse Modern' and now we have the 'CHouse Modern.'  ... Pathetic really for someone who considers themselves to be a creative … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General, Modern House, My Work Tagged With: CHouse Modern, Construction Observation, Construction Process, Modern Architecture, modern house

Architectural Job Starter Kit

February 28, 2014 by Bob Borson 29 Comments

Small Architectural Firm

March is knocking on the door so that means one thing in an architectural office: the "summer interns" and freshly minted architectural graduates are ... well, knocking on the door. So I thought I would put together an architectural job "starter kit" … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect? Tagged With: architects office, career, Do you want to be an Architect

heard around the architectural studio #012

February 26, 2014 by Bob Borson 13 Comments

Norwegian Flag

  "I'm Norwegian where it counts."   … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Heard around the architectural studio Tagged With: quotes

The Best Things about my Future New Office

February 24, 2014 by Bob Borson 36 Comments

I am counting down the days to when we expect to move out of our current office and into our new one. There was the office at my last job - [An Architect's Office] - which shows how I laid that office out. We had a lot more space then we might have … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, My Work Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, design studio, office

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