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A Travel Site for Architects

April 15, 2013 by Bob Borson 58 Comments

Kaumalapau Harbor, Lanai Seawall

A travel blog ... for architects by architects ... sounds pretty good right? If there is one out there, I haven't found it. I suppose I should be a bit more clear, I'm not talking about a travel blog where the owner of the blog is the only one doing … [Continue reading]

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

Golden Handcuffs – A Lesson Learned

April 11, 2013 by Bob Borson 53 Comments

Golden Handcuffs

One of the most important pieces of advice I could dole out on this site is this: . Don't ever take a job just for the money .   I was a little surprised to discover that despite having told almost every conceivable work related … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: architects office, bob borson, career, conversations

Oh Crap … Now what?

April 8, 2013 by Bob Borson 20 Comments

oh crap now what?

Oh crap ... now what? Those four words go through my head more times than I care to admit (7x a day) and 83.3% of the time it has something to do with Life of an Architect. The time is currently 2:58 pm on Sunday and I am sitting down in my spot … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, blog, bob borson, conversations, Guest post, what?, Writing a blog

Creative Renaissance

April 3, 2013 by Bob Borson 27 Comments

Creative Renaissance

There is a creative renaissance going on right now and chances are, most people don't even realize it. Of course, the savvy readers here at Life of an Architect have probably noticed - how could you not? More and more people - neighbors, nieces, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, Architecture and Society, photography

Cottonwood Modern Update

April 1, 2013 by Bob Borson 16 Comments

Cottonwood Modern concrete countertop at Pavilion 01

The weather is finally starting to warm up and progress on the Cottonwood Modern house appropriately enough seems ready for Spring. So far, our job site meetings have been held on an "as needed basis" ... which basically means whenever something … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Construction, Modern House, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, Cottonwood, Cottonwood Modern, modern house

Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition

March 26, 2013 by Bob Borson 15 Comments

The Birdhouse Thumbnail

The Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition 2013 is rapidly approaching the end of the beginning. Registration and entries are due in to me on April 15th and even though that is currently 3 weeks away, I received my first completed submission this … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Competition, Playhouse Competition 2013, Playhouses Tagged With: Architecture and Society, CASA, Design Competition

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