A Better Built Environment

MARCH 1, 2021

From my frustrations with auto-centric city design, to design work that I find inspirational, or people who are doing great things, my goal is to share observations on the built environment, the practice of architecture, and ways design impacts how we live.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 4, 2014

Home / Architects / Why Architects should Blog Why Architects should Blog Bob Borson — May 5, 2014 — 40 Comments I was asked to be the Master of Ceremonies for the AIA Austin Design Awards ceremony, an event that took place last Thursday evening (May 1st). This is now the main reason why I continue writing my blog.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 30, 2016

This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is “Back to School”, so I am encouraging my fellow small firm architects to go back to school themselves and learn what they need to know to find the work they want and live a life they’ll love. Who are you?

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Number 2 Your Projects from Architecture School are Silly September 4, 2014 Projects in architectural school tend to be somewhat outrageous – designing something to exist on the dark side of the moon isn’t all that unlikely. Blog Career Construction Design Do you want to be an Architect?

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Architecture Chat

JANUARY 9, 2021

Five years of a learning experience The mind of an architecture student is indeed a cauldron filled with fretting emotions, art, thought-provoking ideas, stories, and myriad experiences. Five years spent in an architecture school are nothing less than a roller-coaster that persuades you to find hidden values and varying purposes.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 23, 2014

Special thanks to Bob for opening up his blog to the interns. I received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture in 2013. The first architecture course I took was called Design Environment and Society…I got a B-, but I also got a glimpse into an inspired world of creative expression.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Now in its 39th year, the AIA Dallas’s Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition - “KRob” as it is commonly referenced – is the longest-running architectural delineation competition in the world. Each is remarkable and show the depth of creative talent available from which we can all draw inspiration.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Writing this #frommydesk, Consider sharing More Email Digg Print Share on Tumblr In Blog , Observations , Office instagram , photography , TxA An American in London The Best Things about my. Your instagram photos inspire me. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.' link] Bob Borson Thanks Brian, you are too kind.

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Architecture Here and There

MARCH 26, 2022

The new book, just out, is, however, the biography of architecture’s own Zelig – he has always been around and pops up everywhere. I have not finished the first chapter, but it has inspired this serendipitous post. Only yesterday it occurred to me to wonder what was my father’s birthday. Pinterest).

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A Better Built Environment

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

From beautiful hand drawings to captivating digital creations, Architectural Drawings can be incredible pieces of art that tell captivating stories and describe imaginative spaces. Below is an incredible image inspired by Piranesi and a hand drawn section drawing that I found beautiful. Why Is The Modern World So Ugly?

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Podcasts (an episodic digital series of audio or video files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device) are a great way to learn the lessons about business that many of us lacked during architecture school. The Rise to the Top | David Siteman Garland.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 22, 2014

Home / Blog / #ArchiSketch #ArchiSketch Bob Borson — June 23, 2014 — 22 Comments As an architect, I tend to communicate through sketching – which is starting to make me a bit of a relic. Sharp Bob, As a recent graduate of architecture school – I’m proud to call myself an avid sketch artist.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 16, 2014

Competitions are a integral part of the architecture experience. Since architecture school and throughout our careers, design competitions provide a vehicle for architects to promote our talents and showcase our skills. A well developed plan will provide a map to live the life of your dreams.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I say “unhealthy” because I don’t really want to be doing it at all and I didn’t go to architecture school to run a business, but here I am. Today was the 22nd installment of #ArchiTalks – a blogging event with other architects where I provide a word or concept and let them interpret it however they want.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2014

The actual building type you work on is irrelevant while in school – you go to college to learn how to learn , this time is about learning how to think, process information and solve problems. Here are a few tips that can help make your experience in architecture studio that much better and more rewarding.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 4, 2014

Although, recently with the launch of this blog and posting weekly episodes for the podcast , my reading time has been greatly reduced. My first copy was a set of 12 cassette audio tapes that I looped over and over again as I traveled from New Jersey to Rhode Island for architecture school. I am a business book junkie.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 26, 2015

PinHouse Designer : Mark Iscaro – Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia Bio : I’m a 37-year-old building designer currently studying Architecture online through Curtin University whilst running my own design firm that specialises in sustainable mid-century inspired architecture. I love playing soccer more than anything.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

Now that I’ve been at this “architect” thing for a little while, I can look back at my sketches, all the way back to my time in school, and see how my sketch technique has evolved and how that technique has shaped my architectural solutions. Tej Kanitkar Hi, Mr. Borson, first off, longtime reader and fan of your blog.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 22, 2018

LePage and you are listening to EntreArchitect Podcast, where I speak with inspiring, passionate people who share their knowledge and expertise all to help you build a better business so you can be a better architect. I loved architectural school, but I also know there’s times where you hate it. My name is Mark R.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Fast forward a few years – the college process is now complete and architectural schools are churning out extremely creative graduates, ready to take on the design world … except few graduates will actually get to work on “BIG IDEA” design projects. Which would explain why I’m at this blog.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 18, 2007

When I was in my third year of architecture school, I picked up an issue of Entrepreneur magazine at the local supermarket. The stories were so inspirational, so motivational. As most architects will tell you, architecture school does not adequately prepare one for the realities of business. The freedom to create.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Architectural schools are often staffed with educators who are ill at ease actually practicing in the “real world”. That’s right, I am going to pin my recent ( last 5 years give or take another 5 years ) weight gain on this blog.

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Stephen B Chambers Architects

JUNE 14, 2016

While in architecture school 45 years ago, I studied Gaudi’s life work, La Sagrada Familia. I also asked a guide who is knowledgeable about Spanish history and architecture. Now I’ve finally seen it for myself. The sheer immensity and scale of the structure and the energy flowing from it are staggering.

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The Aspiring Architect

JUNE 12, 2017

Having a Role model gives you someone to look to as inspiration for your career. This person(s) inspires you, but also humbles and motivates you. Sometimes this could multiple people.

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Portland Architecture

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

And with a succession of writing assignments following a slow pandemic, my posts to this blog have been too seldom lately. DOUG MINARIK: Touring hill towns in Greece was where I realized architecture was the right career choice, something clicked, architecture was much more than drafting plans for a house.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Writing a blog devoted to architecture books means featuring monographs — lots of monographs. Not exclusively, of course; but before this blog transitioned to its current weekly format, one of the thematic days of the week was appropriately devoted to monographs: Monograph Monday. Is bamboo the next monograph?

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

When I first started architecture school as a freshman in college, I didn’t have the focus or maturity I needed to tackle the curriculum and I ended up having a serious identity crisis when I was 19 years old. Deciding to write this blog has in many ways become a watershed moment for me in my career.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

His name online is a portmanteau of designers Herman Miller’s and Heywood Wakefield’s, inspired by dealers on Craigslist who get their names crossed. They take on issues like the exploitation of architecture workers, hypocrisy in academia, and how overconsumption and late-stage capitalism foster bad design.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 27, 2014

Love the blog, Jordan Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:03 PM Hi Bruce, I can’t speak to the specifics as to whether or not welding is a good segue into architecture but I would think it has helped you with some three-dimensional thinking skills – and those are the hardest to develop in my opinion. Hopefully this helps in some way.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 27, 2014

Home / Memories from Studio / Memories from Studio People who didn’t attend architectural school don’t understand juries. Always look for the positive architectrunnerguy Amazingly during my whole 5 years of architectural school (Va. Love your blog. Building with Structural. oh well, it was drafted well.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 10, 2018

LePage and you are listening to EntreArchitect podcast where I speak with inspiring, passionate people who share their knowledge and expertise all to help you build a better business as a small firm entrepreneurial architect. When I was in architecture school, Neil Denari was my inspiration. What inspired that?

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JANUARY 30, 2023

In my decade working as an architect in Chicago, from 1997, after graduating from architecture school, to 2006, when I left for grad school in New York City, I made many, many — many — trips to Prairie Avenue Bookshop, spending too much money there but always feeling when I walked out the door that I could have easily spent much, much more.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

My musical inspiration generally falls on the heavier side of the world, so here goes: 1) Defeater – All 3 albums in a row, – being each one tells a story and each album builds off the last. Brandon Tyler Carr I’m still in Architecture School, so this post will pretty much broaden my arena for studio.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 10, 2019

I have enjoyed seeing hundreds of struggling architects learn the skills they need to grow and blossom into creative thriving firms, designing impactful architecture, receiving the recognition they want and earning the profitable fees they deserve. It is so inspiring to be part of such a vibrant community. The EntreArchitect Platform.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 24, 2018

My name is mark our lapage and you are listening to EntreArchitect podcast where I speak with inspiring, passionate people who share their knowledge and expertise all to help you build a better business. Well now you know, there’ll never be another, a new school that offers a bachelor of architecture degree.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

For the purposes of today’s article, I am going to assume that all architectural drawings are correct and serve their purpose of conveying intent, scope and quantity. When I graduated from architecture school in 199[mumble-mumble], computers were not that prevalent. Your blog is the now part of my daily digest.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 24, 2013

I’ve grown up on construction sites, worked with contractors before and during architecture school and I’m currently celebrating my 20th year in the architectural profession (my first internship started in 1993). So, “I know what I’m doin’ too.” ” But I don’t say that.

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