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486,712 is Not What I Signed Up For

June 26, 2017 by Bob Borson 34 Comments

486,712 is Not What I Signed Up For

For those of you paying attention, I am almost at my wit's end. I have been sitting at my keyboard writing what could generously be described as "articles" on what it means to be an architect, and in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, blog, conversations, Writing a blog

Something Every Young Architect Should Do

May 16, 2017 by Bob Borson 11 Comments

Something Every Young Architect Should Do

Just about a month ago, I turned 49 years old. Since I have the maturity of a 20-something, I don't worry about how old I am, but I do find myself reflecting, on occasion, about lost opportunities … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Life in General, Travel Tagged With: Architecture and Society, career, conversations, Travel

The designation between House and Home

March 14, 2017 by Bob Borson 37 Comments

The designation between House and Home

The designation between house and home - is it semantics or is there a difference. Can I as "the architect" influence the difference one way or another? According to Merriam Webster: house (n): … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Life in General, Observations, Residential Tagged With: conversations, Residential Architect

There are no stupid questions

May 23, 2016 by Bob Borson 20 Comments

There are no stupid questions

Some questions, as soon as I become aware of them, sit in the front of my brain and simply won't go away until I do something about them. In this case, the question I have been thinking about for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, conversations

Christmas Cards and Architect’s Signatures

December 14, 2015 by Bob Borson 17 Comments

Christmas Cards and Architect’s Signatures

One of the things that is just a fact of life in a small architecture firm, is that you have to do just about everything yourself - rarely do we simply pull out the company wallet and pay for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Graphics, Holidays, Life in General, Observations Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, conversations

You’ve Got Mail

September 30, 2015 by Bob Borson 52 Comments

You’ve Got Mail

I don't know when it happened to me, but I feel the need to blame someone - if only I knew who to blame. My email inbox is out of control and it's frankly starting to irritate me because so many of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Observations, Office Tagged With: career, conversations, working

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