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Zinc Metal Siding – VM Zinc by Umicore

August 23, 2011 by Bob Borson 27 Comments

Looking up in side yard at zinc metal siding

A few years ago a vendor brought in an update to our VM Zinc product binder and in it were some samples of some new colors available for zinc panels - yes, yes, I know instead of focusing on how zinc looks, I should  point out some of the awesome … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Materials and Products, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, details, great to work with architects, Materials, modern house, Products, Sale Street

Architects and their signatures

August 22, 2011 by Bob Borson 38 Comments

Architects Signatures

What does your signature say about you? The way you leave your name behind on a piece a paper  tells more about you than just saying "sorry I hit your car but I don't have insurance". It should come as no surprise but I don't subscribe to mystical … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Observations Tagged With: Architects

… You might be an Architect

August 18, 2011 by Bob Borson 124 Comments

Do you want to be an Architect? Maybe you already are an Architect and wondered if you made the right decision? Times are weird and the economy is making a lot of people who thought they knew they wanted to be an architect re-evaluate their thought … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: Architects, Do you want to be an Architect

Where will I be in 20 Years?

August 16, 2011 by Bob Borson 26 Comments

Where will I be in twenty years ... what will my life look like? Have you ever asked yourself this question? Since I don't know where I want to be, I don't know how to answer.  Every now and then - as I attempt to write this out - I need to distract … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, bob borson, career, Setting Goals

Radiant Flooring

August 15, 2011 by Bob Borson 30 Comments

Infllor Radiant Heating

Currently I am working on three projects that all have radiant floors in some of the rooms. That might not sound that unusual but I do live in Texas and we are going through one of the hottest summers on record - and yet people are asking for radiant … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Materials and Products Tagged With: Products

Photography and My Life

August 11, 2011 by Bob Borson 13 Comments

The Galeries de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie Comparée Stairwell

Since I started writing this blog I have become much more particular about my photography and photography in general. As a rule, I use my own pictures on my site - I used some uncredited photos early on and months later was held hostage by a few … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, blog, photography, Writing a blog

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