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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

Moving Memories

May 28, 2013 by Bob Borson 32 Comments

Bulletin Board - Empty

My office is amazing and I can't believe I am leaving it. I have not been looking forward to moving out of my office - there are a lot of memories in there ... Before I start boxing everything up and sending stuff off into storage, I thought I would … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, career

If it’s wrong, Bob probably did it …

May 23, 2013 by Bob Borson 21 Comments

exit strategy

If you are a reader of this site, you are probably familiar that I resigned last week and took a position in a new firm. In addition to the stress that came along with the decision to leave, came the stress associated with figuring out an exit … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, bob borson, career

It’s Never Easy to Say Goodbye

May 20, 2013 by Bob Borson 51 Comments

Bob Borson, Architect

It's never easy to say goodbye but after 11 years that's exactly what is happening - . . This is really the first part of two posts that I will write on the subject - the second coming in a few weeks after things have settled down just a bit. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Career Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, bob borson

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