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Grammar ain’t all that

July 27, 2012 by Bob Borson 21 Comments

writing a blog

For those of you who have been through Life of an Architect before, you will know that I take a lot of liberties with my "grammar". That's right, I am a bad boy when it comes to following some of the rules but at this point - some 350+ posts later - … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Blog, Observations Tagged With: blog, Stupid, what?, Writing a blog

The War House
Playhouse for Dallas Casa

July 23, 2012 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

War House study model

If you are a regular around Life of an Architect (and why wouldn't you be) you are undoubtedly familiar with my involvement with the charitable organization Dallas CASA and their Parade of Playhouses event. You also could reasonably deduce that I try … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Competition, Life in General, Playhouses Tagged With: CASA, design, playhouses, Scott Taylor

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]

Filed Under: Holidays, Life in General Tagged With: Holiday, Life of an Architect

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]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, art, Products, Things that are Cool

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