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2014 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition – The Winners

May 26, 2014 by Bob Borson 15 Comments

2014 Life of an Architect Playhouse Winner - Levente Skulteti: The Redball

On Friday, May 23rd – we took the top 21 entries that were selected and whittled them down to the top two. In all, the process took just under 4 hours and there were some interesting debates over the different merits we were using to evaluate. The … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Playhouse Competition 2014, Playhouses Tagged With: Architecture and Society, CASA, design, Design Competition, playhouses

Proof that Architects are not Boring

May 22, 2014 by Bob Borson 18 Comments

skydiving - from wikimedia commons

Architects are not boring people ... they are many things but from where I'm sitting, boring isn't one of their character traits. When  filling out the registration form on my Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition, I asked everyone … [Continue reading]

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

heard around the architectural studio #014

May 21, 2014 by Bob Borson 20 Comments

Old Fashioned Donut

We decided that we wanted donuts this morning. Ryan offered to go pick some up but there was a request to get an old fashioned cake donut - which Ryan had never heard of before. As we all launched in trying to describe the appearance of a cake donut, … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Heard around the architectural studio Tagged With: quotes

The Finalists – LoaA 2014 Playhouse Design Competition

May 19, 2014 by Bob Borson 28 Comments

LoaA Playhouse Judging Round 1

The 3rd Annual Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition had an amazing turnout this year. I was completely blown away, not only the amount of participation, but by the overall quality level of the entries. This year the Life of an Architect … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Competition, Playhouse Competition 2014, Playhouses Tagged With: CASA, design, Design Competition, Playhouse Competition, playhouses

Finally, a worthwhile fortune cookie

May 16, 2014 by Bob Borson 14 Comments

fortune cookie

I don't normally go in for what I find in fortune cookies - let's be honest, they rarely predict anything. I would much rather have a fortune cookie say something like "don't go outside today" or "don't ride a bus today" but that sounds kinda dark … [Continue reading]

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

Vegetables or Dessert?

May 15, 2014 by Bob Borson 34 Comments

Keep Calm and Eat Your Vegetables?

There are two important pieces of information that are floating around my head that are seemingly at odds with one another: "Sooner or later, you will need to eat your vegetables" and "Eat your dessert first" The first was a sentence told to me as … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Career, Do you want to be an Architect?, Life in General Tagged With: advice, career, Do you want to be an Architect

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