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Cheers to a Boston beauty

Design With an Attitude

However, my recent project in Boston has made me realize that it can be fun and very creative to work in a more “traditional/ formal” mindset. The history and the architecture of Boston inspired me to remember that the cleaner lines of many of today’s interiors all trace back to European and even early American inspiration!

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Considering white marble counter tops? | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Home / Interior Design / Considering white marble counter tops? Considering white marble counter tops? I thought I would put together some information that might help that person who loves the look of white marble but is afraid of using the material.

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Pendant Lights for a Kitchen or Bath Refresh

The Perfect Bath

I have already compensated for its tiny size with vintage pieces, dark paint, a moody photograph, a single hole Julia lav set in chrome (though I can’t remember why the chrome finish was selected years ago) and a beautiful 3cm honed Danby marble counter top. Enter my new project. Pendant lights are a great addition to any design.

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The Finalists – 2017 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition

Life of an Architect

The 2017 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition had its first round of judging last Friday – and it was probably the most difficult process we’ve experienced so far. That’s not to say we didn’t have a good time, it had more to do with the extraordinary number of quality entries that were submitted.

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I love you Building - Happy Valentine's Day | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

An abstract and personal take on death and the world beyond told through beautiful objects and spaces in service to memory and detailed to delight the living. Architect: Aldo van Eyck completed 1960 A beauty not in the mystic and distant sense, but in the attainable and present sense.

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Inspiration and Inadequacy – All at Once

Life of an Architect

It is Sunday night and I find myself sitting in my usual location preparing to write the next post on Life of an Architect … except I am experiencing a problem that is making this particular post difficult to write. I have been out of the office for almost two weeks – which rarely-to-never happens.

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Should I be an Architect? | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Home / Architects / Should I be an Architect? Should I be an Architect? Bob Borson — February 10, 2014 — 49 Comments The last several years have been hard on the architectural profession.