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Life of an Architect 2012 Design Playhouse Competition – The Winners

May 7, 2012 by Bob Borson 9 Comments

Life of an Architect 2012 Design Playhouse Competition – The Winners

The first annual Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition has some to a close - at least for everyone except for the lucky winners! This last Friday - May 4th - we took the top 20 … [Read more...]

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

Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition 2012 – Round One

April 23, 2012 by Bob Borson 25 Comments

Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition 2012 – Round One

[Fanfare - dun dundun dunnnn!] I am proud to announce that the first annual Life of an Architect 'Playhouse Design Competition' was an amazing and certifiable success!! The playhouse design … [Read more...]

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

The not-so-sexy side to Architecture

April 19, 2012 by Bob Borson 56 Comments

The not-so-sexy side to Architecture

There is a reality check waiting for most graduating architects ... Practicing architecture for 99.9% of the architects out there means something other than designing - at least what you think design … [Read more...]

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

Japanese Playhouse in New Zealand

April 5, 2012 by Bob Borson 22 Comments

Japanese Playhouse in New Zealand

The other day I received an email that made a ho-hum day into a really good one. The email I received was from Mark Staiger, a person I have never met before. Mark lives in New Zealand and saw the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Playhouses Tagged With: a day in the life, Architecture and Society, blog, Design Competition, Playhouse Competition, playhouses, Things that are Cool

It’s all about the narrative

February 13, 2012 by Bob Borson 18 Comments

It’s all about the narrative

In approximately 3 1/2 months I will be standing on a stage in Washington D.C. at the American Institute of Architects 2012 National Convention talking about blogging and social media for architects. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Observations Tagged With: Architecture and Society, being a part of the design process, builder homes, conversations, great to work with architects, Residential Architect

Rural Studio 2011 – Joanne’s House

January 23, 2012 by Bob Borson 14 Comments

Rural Studio 2011 – Joanne’s House

Rural Studio is a design-build architecture program founded in 1993 by Auburn University professors Samuel 'Sambo' Mockbee and D.K.Ruth. Their goal for the program was to teach architecture students … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Architecture and Society, Architecture School, Book Review, design studio

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