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Spain – where do I start

February 14, 2011 by Bob Borson 12 Comments

I've been back from my Reign in Spain trip for 2 days and I haven't decided how I am going to process all the information for presentation but this as good a place to start as any - the last day/ night of the trip. I didn't make it to bed in order to … [Continue reading]

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

Spain – I am a Giant

February 10, 2011 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

So it is really late and I need to go to bed. They are working us to DEATH on this trip;)   Between walking around Cevisama, the tile show here in Spain, all the food and wine ... what can I say? (Other than my feet hurt and my pants don't fit). I … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Observations, Travel Tagged With: Spain, Top Ten lists, Travel, traveling

Reign In Spain – Madrid day one

February 8, 2011 by Bob Borson 12 Comments

It's 5:00pm in Madrid right now as I write this and I have 2 hours until we meet in the lobby for some late evening fun and exploration. A small group of us went out to an Irish bar (the oddly named Penguin Row) and watched the Superbowl last night. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Observations, Travel Tagged With: Spain, Travel, traveling

Shipping Containers – a design primer

February 7, 2011 by Bob Borson 22 Comments

I am currently in Spain enjoying tapas and sangria so I asked my friend Jeremiah Russel to sit in for me and talk about something that we are - well, not necessarily in agreement on. I read one of Jeremiah's posts on shipping container architecture … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Guest Posts Tagged With: Guest post, Low cost modern house challenge, Materials, shipping container

Reign in Spain: Second Time Around

February 4, 2011 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

In less than 12 hours, I will be heading out of the country to participate in the 2011 Reign in Spain event with a very small handful of other architects, interior designers, and members of the media. As excited as I was to be selected, this is not … [Continue reading]

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

Harmony

February 2, 2011 by Bob Borson 22 Comments

Harmony - it's a nice word. It's nice to say because it has a hard consonant sound and the beginning and a soft vowel sound at the end. That resonates with me because the word sounds like what it means - a pleasing arrangement of parts. That could … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Life in General Tagged With: about bob, being a part of the design process, conversations, Music

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