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Me + My House = Sucketh

July 16, 2012 by Bob Borson 44 Comments

. 1) sucketh (verb) \ˈsək-eth\ : a posh, Shakespearean way of saying "Suck". .  By all measurable standards, I am an expert at single family houses and all thing residential. Why? I've lived in them my whole life, I've personally gone through the … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, My House

eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition

July 9, 2012 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Before you get all worked up, I am not hosting another design competition here on Life of an Architect ... yet. I'm not sure how many people are familiar with the annual eVolo Skyscraper Competition or even eVolo for that matter, so let's start … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: architectural technology, Architecture and Society, design, Design Competition, Graphics

Happy 4th of July!

July 4, 2012 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

american flag

I know that not everyone who visits me here at Life of an Architect celebrates the 4th of July (in fact, it's barely over half - 52.65%) but since I do, I thought I would take the time to wish everyone a Happy Independence Day. For the other … [Continue reading]

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Pencils and Architects

July 2, 2012 by Bob Borson 32 Comments

pencil tips thumbnail

The other day I was attempting to clean up my desk a bit and I moved a very large stack of drawings that was laying on top of about 50,000 other things. As I moved the drawings, a bunch of pen's, highlighters, and a single pencil fell out from the … [Continue reading]

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Moving a large tree … feels good

June 25, 2012 by Bob Borson 36 Comments

the final location for the tree

Moving a tree isn't something that a lot of people think about ... which is a shame. We have a commercial job we are working one that has four really magnificent trees on site, the youngest is over a 100 years old and the oldest of the four is … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: CASA, Construction Observation, landscape

John Ruskin:
Common Law of Business Balance

June 21, 2012 by Bob Borson 31 Comments

John Ruskin

I stumbled upon a quote the other day that really resonated with me - although I had thought through it many times before, I hadn't ever heard or read it put so succinctly. It is called "The Common Law of Business Balance" which is a meditation on … [Continue reading]

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