What excites you most about your appointment to the Dallas office leader? What excites me most is the ability to re-visit the culture in our office and really build that back up. One of those initiatives is to “go local,” where we intend to focus on the community of our own city and build in […]
Jodi Williams, AICP, LEED AP ID+C Associate Principal; Office Leader, Washington, D.C. Jodi Williams brings over 20 years of experience in workplace strategy, facility planning and change management. She leads strategic planning efforts for public and private sector clients, leads some of our largest corporate accounts and is a big fan of mission-oriented work. You […]
A Conversation with Dr. Velma Jackman, Associate Principal and Amy Mizell, Senior Associate on the importance of healthcare staff in collaboration with UC Davis Health. Tell me a bit about our recent work with the UC Davis Health system. Velma Jackman: UC Davis Health is a healthcare system in the Sacramento area affiliated with UC […]
Historically, CRTKL has a strong profile of architects, designers and urban planners committed to improving the social, economic and environmental quality of the communities we build in. Since 1946, when Archibald Rogers and Francis Taliaferro founded the firm in Rogers’ grandmother’s basement in Annapolis, we’ve been committed to helping rejuvenate cities worldwide. Strong urban planning […]
Growing up in Lebanon, I had the chance to experience a variety of urban spaces. Hailing from a small mountain village, space meant intimacy and virtue; while frequenting Beirut city as a teenager, space meant protest and expression. Lebanese people often joke that one street in Beirut could be on military lockdown while the neighboring […]
Happiness is a universal goal for humankind. Happiness, as an emotion, is vague and personal– because there are so many ways to describe it. It depends on the individual, and yet, there are consistent, universal truths. We pursue it as if it were the holy grail– and yet, it is quite accessible, like air, but […]
Voices and Perspectives is a series from CallisonRTKL to elevate the perspectives of our people. We are grateful for their commitment to facilitate and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusivity in our firm and beyond. Today, we’re talking to Associate Vice President Anna Leach about her commitment to bringing conversations of injustice beyond an explosive moment […]
Voices and Perspectives is a series from CallisonRTKL to elevate the perspectives of our people. We are grateful for their commitment to facilitate and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusivity in our firm and beyond. Today, we’re talking to Associate Director James Lai about his commitment to being an ally of diversity and fostering inclusivity amongst […]
Voices and Perspectives is a series from CallisonRTKL to elevate the perspectives of our people. We are grateful for their commitment to facilitate and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusivity in our firm and beyond. Today, we’re talking to Vice President Lucy Baraquio about her experience as a queer woman of color in the AEC industry. […]
With over 25 years of experience in healthcare design and planning domestically and internationally, Dan Thomas knows healthcare. Today, in celebration of World Mental Health Day, we speak to him about the importance of maintaining patient humanity in the face of mental healthcare in a global pandemic. What is the personal importance of mental healthcare […]