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Top 10 Things you’ll never hear an Architect say

April 7, 2011 by Bob Borson 97 Comments

Top 10 Things you’ll never hear an Architect say

Architects are cliché and are easily defined by stereotypes. Everyone knows it - even the client - so there is no sense in fighting it. See if you have ever said any of the following … [Read more...]

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

Perception vs. Reality

March 31, 2011 by Bob Borson 19 Comments

Perception vs. Reality

Perception versus Reality - it's a phrase I think most of us have heard before and it isn't to difficult to understand its meaning. Basically, it purports that what you think is real isn't actually … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Observations Tagged With: about bob, architects office, career, conversations

The best advice I ever received

March 15, 2011 by Bob Borson 32 Comments

The best advice I ever received

. The best advice I ever received? That's easy: . "Do what you say you're going to do, when you say you're going to do it" . This advice is pretty straight forward - although it's not as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Life in General Tagged With: career, Let's Blog Off

Don’t EVER quit your job like this….

March 2, 2010 by 11 Comments

Don’t EVER quit your job like this….

In a few weeks, I will be speaking to two separate groups of fresh-faced, soon to be graduates; one batch will be interior designers, the other architects. I mentioned this a few weeks ago and it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, career

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