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Hey man, the journey’s groovy

March 8, 2010 by 5 Comments

. I was having lunch with a friend of mine today and shared with him that Jimi Hendrix is putting out a new album. What? Ahmm, didn't he die like 40 years ago? Yes - he did. Apparently there are enough studio tracks that were either never … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Observations Tagged With: being a part of the design process, builder homes, great to work with architects

Under construction … already?

March 4, 2010 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Under Construction

I just wanted to let everyone know that there are some bumps in the road coming up - some of you might have already hit them. I started my blog experiment On January 14th 2010 (yes - I know that was only 6 weeks ago) with the idea that I needed to … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General

The Eyewear of Architects

March 3, 2010 by Bob Borson 22 Comments

Architects and eyeglasses

 . Why do visually impaired architects feel compelled to wear large, structurally pronounced eye wear? There is definitely a look that is assigned to architects: Dress in all black, maybe a little white, and on laundry day monochromatic … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Observations Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, Do you want to be an Architect

Don’t EVER quit your job like this….

March 2, 2010 by 11 Comments

You have something on your face

In a few weeks, I will be speaking to two separate groups of fresh-faced, soon to be graduates; one batch will be interior designers, the other architects. I mentioned this a few weeks ago and it prompted me to post several blogs in a row over some … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Architects, Career Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, career

Glass Mosaic Tile

March 2, 2010 by 4 Comments

There are some products that seem to be identifiable with modern design, at least they are to me. One that seems to be the most popular is the use of mosaic glass tiles. This is probably for several reasons, not the least of which includes: It's … [Continue reading]

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

Pride

March 1, 2010 by 8 Comments

Tiled Shower niche

The Seven Deadly Sins are wrath, greed, sloth, lust, envy, gluttony and pride. Pride ... Should it really one of the 7 Deadly sins? ‘Pride’ as define by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as: a) the quality or state of being proud: as a : inordinate … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Contractors Tagged With: builder homes, Construction Process, contractors

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