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Mockbee Coker Architects – Seaside House

July 26, 2011 by Bob Borson 20 Comments

Mockbee Coker Architects – Seaside House

Designed in 1991 by Samuel Mockbee and Coleman Coker from Mockbee/Coker Architects, this 1,100 square foot bungalow was originally called the Kennedy House but is now called "Birdie's". I am a little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Buildings Tagged With: Architects, Modern Architecture, photography, plans, Residential Architect, Rural Studio, Seaside, Travel

Update: Modern House – Friendly Neighbor?

July 12, 2011 by Bob Borson 27 Comments

Update: Modern House – Friendly Neighbor?

Just over a year ago I wrote an article titled "Modern House, Friendly Neighbor?" which was about a house that was going up along my drive to work. It was a very modern style house set in an area … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dallas Architecture, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: Architects, Dallas Architecture

107 Reasons Why You, Architect, Matter

July 5, 2011 by Bob Borson 14 Comments

107 Reasons Why You, Architect, Matter

Written by Randy Deutsch, Architect2Zebras is one of the many architectural websites that I check in on but one of the few that I subscribe to. Last year he took a comprehensive look at why architects … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Guest Posts Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, Do you want to be an Architect, great to work with architects

The Art of Residential Construction

May 23, 2011 by Bob Borson 11 Comments

The Art of Residential Construction

One of the neatest tricks about modern residential design is that everything looks so obvious, clean and organized ... and it takes a lot of work and coordination to make things look easy. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: My Work Tagged With: a day in the life, Architects, Construction Observation, Construction Process, contractors

Modern Infill Project in Dallas

May 17, 2011 by Bob Borson 25 Comments

Modern Infill Project in Dallas

I spend about half of my day working on the construction administration of our projects (in one form or another). One of our current projects is a modern infill project under construction about 3 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dallas Architecture, My Work Tagged With: Architects, Construction Process, great to work with architects, Modern Architecture, modern house, Residential Architect, Sale Street

Women in Architecture

May 5, 2011 by Bob Borson 41 Comments

Women in Architecture

I have resisted writing a post about notable architects who happen to be women for a long time. Partially because these lists can be found on other websites that are most likely better researched and … [Read more...]

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

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