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European Design for the Modern Kitchen

May 29, 2012 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

. Soon I will be flying off to California to take part in a panel discussion titled "Design Trends for the Modern Kitchen" with Bosch, BLANCO and  a group of heavy-hitters from DWELL magazine.  I don't make time to go on many work related trips … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Blog, Materials and Products Tagged With: a day in the life, being a part of the design process, Products, social media, traveling

Architects and Hobbies

May 28, 2012 by Bob Borson 55 Comments

Architects don't have hobbies, at least most of the ones I know don't have one. I haven't spent the time to do any real research, just basing this on what I know and from personal experience. So why don't architects have hobbies? Inquiring minds … [Continue reading]

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

Architects and Blogging

May 23, 2012 by Bob Borson 22 Comments

Bob Borson Architect - happy head shot

Last week I was in Washington DC for the 2012 National American Institute of Architects convention. I was fortunate to have been asked to present a case study on this blog site as part of a panel of architects who blog. I was a little surprised to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 2012 AIA National Convention, Architecture and Society, blog, Life of an Architect, Writing a blog

Life of an Architect 2012 Design Playhouse Competition – The Winners

May 7, 2012 by Bob Borson 9 Comments

Life of an Architect - Playhouse Competition 2012 LIve Jury

The first annual Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition has some to a close - at least for everyone except for the lucky winners! This last Friday - May 4th - we took the top 20 entries that were selected and whittled them down to … [Continue reading]

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

Architects and Photography

April 30, 2012 by Bob Borson 36 Comments

Scaffolding - after

I am setting myself up here in a major way by saying that photography is a skill that more architects should practice. You could infer from that comment that I might be holding myself out as an example of someone who takes good pictures - and I'm not … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Do you want to be an Architect?, Observations Tagged With: architectural technology, Do you want to be an Architect, photography, tools of the trade, Writing a blog

SketchUp renderings…You Have Options

April 26, 2012 by Bob Borson 31 Comments

SketchUp modeling

One of the most valuable tools used to convey a project to a client is the use of 3d modeling.  You can sit and try to explain something to a client but at the end of the day if they can't read the plans then they can't truly understand what's going … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Materials and Products, Observations Tagged With: 3-D modeling, sketchup, V-Ray

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