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The ‘Fun Guard Beach House’ – Winner’s Profile

July 22, 2015 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Fun Guard Beach House by Susann Stein

Today is the second day where we are featuring the individuals who entered the 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition and had their playhouse submissions selected from hundreds of spectacular entires submitted for … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Playhouse Competition 2015, Playhouses Tagged With: CASA, design, Design Competition, Playhouse Competition, playhouses

‘Ellie the Elephant’ Playhouse – Winner’s Profile

July 21, 2015 by Bob Borson 8 Comments

Ellie the Elephant design sketch

Architects are known for their ability to see the entire problem and then to systematically go about solving that problem; it's one of the traits that I find most admirable in the profession. The Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition is … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Life in General, Playhouse Competition 2015, Playhouses Tagged With: CASA, Design Competition, Playhouse Competition, playhouses

heard around the architectural studio #020

July 16, 2015 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

Bob Borson cabin sketch front elevation

We spent three action packed days up in the woods of Northern Wisconsin working on a cabin project - nothing beats face to face design time with the clients. We got a lot of work done ... and we drank a lot of local beer courtesy of our … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Heard around the architectural studio

Life of an Architect – Movie Theater Playhouse

July 13, 2015 by Bob Borson 15 Comments

Movie Theater Playhouse by Bob Borson

This past weekend was the culmination of several months of coordination, design and construction - The Life of an Architect 2015 Playhouse 'Outdoor Movie Theater' was delivered and is now on display. With the purchase of a $5 raffle ticket, you (or … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Design, My Work, Playhouses Tagged With: design, playhouses

Architectural Bucket List

July 6, 2015 by Bob Borson 56 Comments

My Architectural Bucket is empty

Summer is here and that means that families around the country are packing up and heading out on vacation. Surprisingly, despite how much bellyaching you might hear, architects do in fact take vacations. I've said it on this site myself many times, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: ArchiTalks, Life in General, Travel Tagged With: ArchiTalks, Travel, traveling

Designers’ Choice Award – Peer Recognition

July 1, 2015 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

Designers' Choice Award from Sub-Zero and Wolf

If kitchen design was a race car, it would be Formula 1 ... and that would make the Sub-Zero and Wolf Kitchen Design Contest 'Designers' Choice Award' the Monaco Grand Prix. I can think of no greater honor than receiving recognition from your peers … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Kitchen, SZW Kitchen Design Contest Tagged With: kitchen design contest, SubZero and Wolf, SZW

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