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The Ethereal Decision-Making Process for the Creative Mind

March 25, 2013 by Bob Borson 12 Comments

left and right brain

The decision-making process can be as complicated or as simple as you want to make it. Me? I prefer simple ... because it's simple. That seems pretty obvious to me but I am constantly amazed just how often I see people who make the decision-making … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Career Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, being a part of the design process, career, conversations

Architectural Fees for Residential Projects

March 20, 2013 by Bob Borson 156 Comments

Money

For someone who doesn't actually handle any of the billing in the office, I spend a lot of time thinking about billing. I have written two previous posts on the subject of architectural fees: Architectural Fees- Part One:  this posts talks about … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, career, great to work with architects, Residential Architect

Hi, I’m Bob … and I am a Architect Blogger

March 10, 2013 by Bob Borson 29 Comments

This is day 1,152 since I started writing Life of an Architect. In that time, I have written 465 posts, received 4,044 comments, and edited or created a total of 3,769 images. I've also been fortunate enough to have 4,496,987 visits to my site during … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General Tagged With: about bob, blog, bob borson, conversations, Writing a blog

Why do you work?

March 7, 2013 by Bob Borson 32 Comments

Kate and Bob Borson

I am blissfully happy to admit that I will be in Hawaii all of next week ... not thinking about work. I have been killing myself this last 7-10 days to clear the decks so that the opportunity for disaster is limited. As I was driving into work … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General, Travel Tagged With: career, Travel, traveling, working

Cottonwood Modern – Project update

March 4, 2013 by Bob Borson 18 Comments

Cottonwood Modern - Cantilevered box at Master Bedroom

The Cottonwood Modern residence has been making some steady progress over the last few months - thankfully we are moving out of the visually dull portion of the project (running HVAC and Plumbing) and start on exterior finishes and interior finishes. … [Continue reading]

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

Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition 2013

February 28, 2013 by Bob Borson 11 Comments

2nd Annual Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition

Whooo-weee! Hard to believe that it's already been a year but I am proud to say that it's time for the 2nd Annual Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition!! Last years event was a spectacular success (many thanks to those who participated) and I am … [Continue reading]

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

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