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Life of an Architect – Best of 2014

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While 2014 isn’t technically over yet, it isn’t going to stop me [ cause I do what I want] from looking back at all the articles I wrote over the year to see which ones represented the very best that 2014 and I had to offer. On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations.

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

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Home / Construction / Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Bob Borson — June 12, 2014 — 73 Comments On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations. Add water, through rain and irrigation, and the soil expands.

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Architectural Sketches | Life of an Architect

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Home / Architects / Architectural Sketches Architectural Sketches Bob Borson — September 26, 2013 — 22 Comments Architects sketch as part of the process when doing their job … at least I do. There are many different styles and techniques that architects use when graphically working through problems.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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Tellingly, the idea to cofound the studio came while Bordas and her partner were working together at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, an experience where the paradoxical proximity and distance between the world of design and engineering was attenuated. In 2018, Diller was the only architect named on Time Magazine’s Most Influential List.

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Arquine Competition MEXTÓPOLI 2022 Pavilion

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In 2014 he obtained an Honorable Mention in the Contest for the Mexico Pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015. From the moment of registration, contestants agree to accept in its entirety and without appeal the regulations, techniques and procedures established in the administrative and the technical rules. Anna Puigjaner.

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because that's what architects do for fun | Life of an Architect

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Home / Architects / … because that’s what architects do for fun … because that’s what architects do for fun Bob Borson — June 10, 2014 — 39 Comments I don’t have a lot of spare time on my hands … in fact the last few weeks have been brutal. Ours isn’t in phases but rather room by room.

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The Great Kitchen Adventure Starts Now | Life of an Architect

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Home / Kitchen / The Great Kitchen Adventure Starts Now The Great Kitchen Adventure Starts Now Bob Borson — May 1, 2014 — 68 Comments Kitchens are one of the most important rooms of the house. My wife is really anxious for me to move from the discussing and sketching phase into the construction document phase.