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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 Design Competition – The Winners

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 … [Read more...]

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

Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition 2014

March 20, 2014 by Bob Borson 36 Comments

Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition 2014

Of all the amazing things I am fortunate to do, the Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition is right up there at the top. I am extremely proud to say that it's time for the 3rd Annual Life … [Read more...]

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

If You Build It

March 6, 2014 by Bob Borson 20 Comments

If You Build It

IF YOU BUILD IT is a documentary by filmmaker Patrick Creadon, that has been brought to my attention by my good friend (and excellent architectural photographer) Brad Feinknopf. I was lucky enough to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Design Tagged With: Architecture and Society

Goals versus Resolutions

January 6, 2014 by Bob Borson 21 Comments

Goals versus Resolutions

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...]

Filed Under: Blog, Career, Life in General, Office Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, Architecture and Society, My House, photography, plans, Travel

The Costs Associated with becoming an Architect

November 13, 2013 by Bob Borson 130 Comments

The Costs Associated with becoming an Architect

The costs associated with becoming a licensed architect are out of control. If you have gone through the process yourself in the last 10 years you know exactly what I mean - it seems like there is a … [Read more...]

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

Tips for being an Architect AND a Regular Person

August 5, 2013 by Bob Borson 66 Comments

Tips for being an Architect AND a Regular Person

There are some words of advice that have stuck with me over the years - some were specific to being an architect, but most were generic to being a decent human being. Since I like to think both of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Life in General Tagged With: advice, Architects, Architecture and Society, career

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