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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

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Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.

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A Photo Tour of Salisbury Cathedral | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

link] Bob Borson I choose not to make this a forum for religious or political commentary, but rather an appreciation of the architecture at hand. If you are only able to appreciate buildings that contribute in a positive way (by your definition whatever that may be) to society, there is a lot of good architecture you are missing out on.

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The Bee Hole of an Architect | Life of an Architect

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Home / Heard around the architectural studio / The Bee Hole of an Architect The Bee Hole of an Architect Bob Borson — June 2, 2014 — 49 Comments Most architects I know go about their business in an professional manner – but somehow that doesn’t necessarily translate to the behavior that happens in the office.

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

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One of Scarpa’s few ground up commissions, it is an exquisite lesson in architecture telling a story through metaphor. Architect: Le Corbusier completed 1956-1960 I met my first architectural love in the summer of 2003 during a whirlwind tour of European architecture. What building flipped your architectural switch on?

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A Photographers Bag | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

far we have Architect Architecture Student Drywall Contractor Interior Designer and today its an architectural photographer. Matthew got a nice gig and gets to travel around the United States and the world.photographing architectural projects. Talk about hauling around a lot of gear … I think only drummers have it worse.

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Meetings are a Waste of Time | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I don’t know about you but that doesn’t look like architecture to me … I imagine this is why people start having two martini lunches. Greets from Switzerland, Zeljko [link] Bob Borson I didn’t mean to infer that all meetings are a waste of time – it’s really that meetings can be time wasters.

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