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Chicken Coops…really?

May 17, 2010 by Bob Borson 59 Comments

Like Popeye, "I've had all I can stand, I can't stands no more". This entire fascination with raising and/ or owning urban chickens seems completely absurd to me. Since I don't really know anything about raising chickens (because I live in a city … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: Chicken Coops

Dallas Chapter AIA YAF CASA Parade of Playhouses Design Competition – Results

May 14, 2010 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Last week the final judging occurred on the AIA Dallas YAF design competition to design playhouses for the 2010 ORIX Parade of Playhouses at NorthPark Center benefiting Dallas CASA. Recently, members of Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Competition, Life in General, Playhouses Tagged With: CASA, Dallas Center for Architecture, Design Competition, Volunteer

Wanted: the right vocabulary word

May 12, 2010 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

Idiot as defined by Merriam Webster's Dictionary: usually offensive : a person affected with extreme mental retardation a foolish or stupid person Jerk as defined by Merriam Webster's Dictionary: an annoyingly stupid or foolish … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Observations Tagged With: merriam webster

My Library Books

May 10, 2010 by Bob Borson 13 Comments

Most architects tend to collect books, at least all the ones I know I do. Some are fanatical about their books, me - not so much. Since I moved into a smaller house, I don't have the space to dedicate to book display and I don't have the need to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, details, My House

My Design Entry: Dallas CASA Playhouse

May 7, 2010 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Tomorrow is the final judging for the Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses. CASA (which stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates) is a nonprofit organization of community volunteers trained and supervised to serve as voices in court for abused and … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Competition, My Work, Playhouses Tagged With: bob borson, CASA, great to work with architects, Materials, playhouses, Trip to Arkansas

Architect’s House Part 2

May 5, 2010 by Bob Borson 11 Comments

Time for another round of my house is cool but..... Michelle and I are trying to implement Phase II of our home improvement (to call it a name seems to make it more real and possibly more likely to happen to my way of thinking). As per usual, we … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: My House Tagged With: My House

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