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Zinc Metal Siding – VM Zinc by Umicore

August 23, 2011 by Bob Borson 27 Comments

Zinc Metal Siding  – VM Zinc by Umicore

A few years ago a vendor brought in an update to our VM Zinc product binder and in it were some samples of some new colors available for zinc panels - yes, yes, I know instead of focusing on how zinc … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Materials and Products, My Work Tagged With: Construction Observation, details, great to work with architects, Materials, modern house, Products, Sale Street

107 Reasons Why You, Architect, Matter

July 5, 2011 by Bob Borson 14 Comments

107 Reasons Why You, Architect, Matter

Written by Randy Deutsch, Architect2Zebras is one of the many architectural websites that I check in on but one of the few that I subscribe to. Last year he took a comprehensive look at why architects … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career, Guest Posts Tagged With: Architects, Architecture and Society, Do you want to be an Architect, great to work with architects

Perspective – do you have it?

June 28, 2011 by Bob Borson 24 Comments

Perspective – do you have it?

. Over the weekend I engaged in an interesting conversation that walked the line between friendly and hostile. We started off talking about McMansions and our mutual disdain how the priorities of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Career Tagged With: Architecture and Society, being a part of the design process, Do you want to be an Architect, great to work with architects

Modern Infill Project in Dallas

May 17, 2011 by Bob Borson 25 Comments

Modern Infill Project in Dallas

I spend about half of my day working on the construction administration of our projects (in one form or another). One of our current projects is a modern infill project under construction about 3 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dallas Architecture, My Work Tagged With: Architects, Construction Process, great to work with architects, Modern Architecture, modern house, Residential Architect, Sale Street

The Kitchen is Key

May 2, 2011 by Bob Borson 8 Comments

The Kitchen is Key

Everybody knows it ... and when you are a residential architect and design a lot of houses you really, really know it: The kitchen is the most important room in the house It's just one of those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Observations Tagged With: builder homes, counter tops, great to work with architects, kitchens, Residential Architect

A big bag of nothing

April 28, 2011 by Bob Borson 13 Comments

A big bag of nothing

There is an expression that I use probably more than I should: He's got a big bag of nothing or just simply He's got a big bag . . The meaning behind this phrase is a person who will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Observations Tagged With: being a part of the design process, Construction Process, great to work with architects, residential construction costs

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