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Modern Fences – Use your imagination

July 15, 2010 by Bob Borson 57 Comments

...“Good fences make good neighbors” Robert Frost, Mending Wall, 1914 Fences DO make good neighbors but having actual good neighbors goes a lot further towards making good neighbors. Don't get me wrong, I didn't think about writing a post about … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Materials and Products Tagged With: Materials, Modern Architecture

An Architectural Tour – The Dallas Arts District

July 13, 2010 by Bob Borson 10 Comments

I'm am going to start building a section on the architects and buildings of Dallas that would be worth checking out should you ever decide to come to town and want to see some of the architecture we have. In my inaugural post, I decided to focus on … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Dallas Architecture Tagged With: Tour of Dallas

Is it too late to get out of Architecture?

July 11, 2010 by Bob Borson 112 Comments

Within the last few months, the number of emails I have received from people asking whether or not they should get out of architecture has been staggering. Equally surprising are the emails I receive that ask for direction on whether or not they … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect? Tagged With: Architecture School, Do you want to be an Architect

Dominion and Empathy

July 10, 2010 by Bob Borson 22 Comments

Life of an Architect...this is a life day. It's early Saturday morning, and by early I mean 5:45 am, and I am sitting in the kitchen eating a bowl of cereal because I am trying to be a nice guy. But why am I up now and why should anyone … [Continue reading]

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

Karma – Did I Have it Coming?

July 7, 2010 by Bob Borson 15 Comments

As I write this post, I am laying in my bed, running a 102-degree fever. I haven't received any official word back from the doctor's office, but the possibilities aren't looking good for me. As I lie here dying, it got me wondering, what did I do to … [Continue reading]

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

Awesome Tubs

July 6, 2010 by Bob Borson 5 Comments

Okay, so maybe you haven't heard that I have a design issue to work on in my master bathroom yet (back-story here), but it did make me think a little about bath tubs and what type of tub would I like. I get to work one some really nice projects so … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Materials and Products Tagged With: Le Corbusier, Materials

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