This is the time of year when people tend to identify something they want to change about themselves and they make a "New Years Resolution". Let me go on the record as saying that I HATE New Years … [Read more...]
Out with the Old, In with the New
It's pre-dawn on a Sunday and I am currently sitting in my kitchen, the rest of my house still in bed, trying to get my bearings in place before the new year kicks off in earnest. I am a believer in … [Read more...]
Christmas Cards from Famous Architects
It's that time a year again ... I'm starting to run out of ideas and my office is flooded with greeting cards wishing us a 'Happy Holiday', 'Merry Christmas', or 'Seasons Greetings', therefore it's … [Read more...]
Architecture and The Art of Getting it Wrong
Architecture is not a trade, it's a craft ... and it normally takes years of practice before you start to routinely exist in the delicate balance between programming requirements and artistic … [Read more...]
Architects and the AIA
If you receive any sort of professional correspondence from me, you will see three letters after my name ... Robert Borson, AIA The acronym "AIA" stands for the American Institute of Architects, … [Read more...]
Happy Thanksgiving … and I was robbed
Last Friday started off well enough, but it came to a crashing (literally) end. My house was robbed. I was up at work when my wife called and told me that the woman who looks after our daughter … [Read more...]