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Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses 2011

February 25, 2011 by Bob Borson 6 Comments

Donating your time to the benefit of others is important and as an architect, the opportunities to use our abilities and knowledge to perform community service are plentiful. Once again, I will be participating in this year's Dallas CASA Parade of … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Competition, Life in General, Playhouses Tagged With: Architecture and Society, CASA

I studied Architecture in Europe

February 24, 2011 by Bob Borson 33 Comments

I studied architecture in Europe when I was in college - so what. It's 1990 and I am heading across the Atlantic to spend the next 6 months taking in all the architecture Europe has to offer me. I was getting a little burned out at school and I … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Observations, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, Spain, Travel, traveling

Modern Fences – Gabions

February 21, 2011 by Bob Borson 35 Comments

I have been wanting to use a gabion retaining wall for a really long time, but in a very particular way - and one that I have never seen before. Architecturally, you might be familiar with gabions in the Dominus Winerydesign by Pritzker prize winning … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Materials and Products Tagged With: details, Products, Spain

Country Living

February 17, 2011 by Bob Borson 25 Comments

There is a type of contemporary architecture that seems to frequently find it's way to our office - we call it soft contemporary. This project is an example of a client who wanted the clean lines and accessible geometry you typically find in … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, My Work Tagged With: Residential Architect

Urinals are dirty

February 17, 2011 by Bob Borson 15 Comments

Last week I was in Spain courtesy of  the Association of Ceramic Tile Manufacturers of Spain (ASCER), a group who promote the general and common interests of the ceramic industry. While I was there, I saw some stuff. Why I'm telling you, I'm not … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, conversations

Spain after dark

February 15, 2011 by Bob Borson 26 Comments

There are times when I wish my job was to be entertaining and not actually do any real work. Do those jobs exist? Oh yeah, strippers have that job. (looking in mirror) ... there goes that pipe dream. . . Since much of my trip to Spain … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General, Observations, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, Spain, Travel, traveling

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