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Sea Ranch, California

October 15, 2012 by Bob Borson 17 Comments

Sea Ranch, California

This last week I took a trip to Sea Ranch, California. You know how I am always going on about how architects like to plan their trips around architectural destinations? Well, here you go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Travel Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, Travel, traveling

Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition – Update

August 1, 2012 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition – Update

The inaugural 2012 Life of an Architect 'Playhouse Design Competition' is just about over ... and things have been amazing, far more exciting and rewarding than I had originally hoped. Fantastic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, Playhouses Tagged With: Architecture and Society, CASA, Playhouse Competition, playhouses, Volunteer

eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition

July 9, 2012 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition

Before you get all worked up, I am not hosting another design competition here on Life of an Architect ... yet. I'm not sure how many people are familiar with the annual eVolo Skyscraper … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: architectural technology, Architecture and Society, design, Design Competition, Graphics

2012 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design – the ‘Dugout’

June 17, 2012 by Bob Borson 18 Comments

2012 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design – the ‘Dugout’

So here it is the 2012 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design [cue fanfare] The 'Dugout' . In case you didn't get it from the "dugout" name, this years playhouse is themed after a major … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Competition, My Work, Playhouses Tagged With: 3-D modeling, Architecture and Society, CASA, Playhouse Competition, playhouses, sketchup

Top 10 Things you’ll never hear an Architect say … in Turkish?

June 14, 2012 by Bob Borson 12 Comments

Top 10 Things you’ll never hear an Architect say … in Turkish?

There is a lot of foolishness that goes on here at Life of an Architect, let's face it - I'm not talking about anything really important and while I take what I do pretty seriously, I always try and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, career, design studio, Top Ten lists

Architects and Blogging

May 23, 2012 by Bob Borson 22 Comments

Architects and Blogging

Last week I was in Washington DC for the 2012 National American Institute of Architects convention. I was fortunate to have been asked to present a case study on this blog site as part of a panel of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 2012 AIA National Convention, Architecture and Society, blog, Life of an Architect, Writing a blog

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