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Textures from West Texas

June 11, 2013 by Bob Borson 17 Comments

dried out mud bed

Most designers find inspiration all over the place and I'm no different. Colors, textures, patterns, materials - and every combination in between can be used for inspiration. I went out to remote West Texas last week on vacation and spent my time … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Materials and Products, Travel Tagged With: design, Materials, Travel, traveling

New Roads for Architectural Engagement

June 10, 2013 by Bob Borson 9 Comments

New Roads for Architectural Engagement

This coming Thursday, June 13th, I have been invited by the AIA Dallas Associates Committee to participating in their summer series called "Architecture on Tap." This is a casual panel format conversation that anybody can attend and this one takes … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Blog, Career Tagged With: Architects, architectural technology, Architecture and Society, blog, design

AEC Cares – projectDenver

June 6, 2013 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

AEC Cares

One of the interesting side effects of writing a blog like this one is you frequently meet people who are in the AEC industry who try and leverage their knowledge, resources, and abilities in order to help others. I have been asked to help spread the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Contractors, Life in General Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, conversations, Guest post

Exactly where am I again?

June 4, 2013 by Bob Borson 9 Comments

Big Bend National State Park - desert storm cloud

Big Bend National State Park in Texas - very remote, very awesome. I am currently on family vacation down in the remotest of areas - Big Bend National Park in Southwest Texas. Internet connection is terrible at best but I am trying to cope without … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, Travel, traveling

Architectural Contracts 101

June 3, 2013 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

The Most Important Document That You’ll Never Ever Use… Hopefully One of the most important steps in the architectural process is one that, once completed, will hopefully never be seen again. A properly prepared legal agreement between owner … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Guest Posts Tagged With: career, conversations, great to work with architects, Guest post

Design Drawings and As-Builts

May 30, 2013 by Bob Borson 27 Comments

My hardscape plan

There has to be an upside to being married to an architect - right? For those on the inside looking out (i.e.spouses) I would have to say one major upside is that most architects have created drawings of their own houses, even if they didn't designed … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: My House Tagged With: details, My House

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