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Keeping Up with Projects

January 13, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Oak Grove North Elevation CD

I don't write many of these sorts of posts ... they are painful to put together even though I am happy enough to reflect upon the creative process while trying to evaluate if things turned out as good as I had hoped. Last night I was driving my … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Buildings, Dallas Architecture, Do you want to be an Architect?, Graphics, Life in General, Oak Grove Tagged With: a day in the life, career, design, details

040: Changing Jobs

January 5, 2020 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

leadership vs management

Changing jobs is exciting and terrifying at the same time – particularly if you are making a drastic change either in the type of work or the size of the firm - something I am experiencing at the moment.  Today we are talking about “Changing Jobs” a … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Life in General, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, advice, architects office, career, Episodes

Holiday Trends and the 3rd Annual Life of an Architect Holiday Cocktail

December 23, 2019 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Hard Cranberry Holiday Fizz from Life of an Architect

As 2019 comes to a close there is one thing front and center on my mind ... holiday drinking. Since it is December 23rd, and I don't think anybody is really at work, this has become the day that I publish my annual holiday cocktail creation. … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Holidays, Life in General Tagged With: a day in the life, Holiday, recipe, what?

Motherflipping Tile Joints

December 17, 2019 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Bob's Existing Master Bathroom

Normally I spend about 0.54788716 seconds coming up with the titles to the articles I write, with the exception of today. I agonized on it for almost 10 minutes ... I will acknowledge that"agonized" might be a slight exaggeration, but only just … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Construction, Interior Design, Life in General, Materials and Products, My House Tagged With: Construction Observation, Construction Process, design, details, modern house, My House, Products

039: The Hypothetical Show

December 8, 2019 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

Hypothetical Show Mr Monkey Thumbnail

As we head into the final few weeks of 2019, Andrew Hawkins and I have spent some time talking about what happens next and what do we want this podcast to become ... if that sounds daunting, it should. While this is not the first Holiday season for … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Episodes, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: hypothetical questions, Podcast, what?

Wallpaper in Bathrooms?

December 2, 2019 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Wallpaper above toilet - sneak peak

Being an architect is hell when it comes to living in a house that you didn't design ... which is every house I have ever lived in. I honestly think that it doesn't matter how nice your home is but if you are an architect, you are aware of every … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Construction, Interior Design, Life in General, My House, Residential Tagged With: a day in the life, Construction Observation, My House

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