The San Diego Bay has long been associated with its roots as a Port and Naval base. Recognized as some of the best weather in the country, San Diego is also home to numerous museums, parks, commercial fishing and serves a bi-national community, yet there is an obvious lack of connection between the city and […]
Conversations in Design is a new series from CRTKL in which design thinkers from around the firm come together to discuss critical topics facing the AEC industry. World Architecture Day, celebrated on the first Monday of every October, was established by the Union International des Architects (UIA) in 2005 to “remind the world of its […]
Tyler Blazer is an associate in CRTKL’s New York City office. Tyler is a licensed architect at CallisonRTKL with nearly 10 years of experience working on complex residential, retail, and mixed-use projects. Having spent much of his career between Atlanta and New York City, Tyler is passionate about sharing his experience, knowledge, and creativity on […]
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 […]
As Steve Jobs once said, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and follower.” Historically, the best time to innovate is during periods of economic uncertainty. And now– more than ever– is the chance for retail to define business innovation. Between plans to repurpose malls to entertainment venues or student housing and talks of department store bankruptcies, […]
‘On the Ground with CRTKL’ is a three-part series capturing perspectives from across CallisonRTKL’s global offices and exploring how we are responding to COVID-19 locally, tactically and personally. In this final chapter, leaders from our EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) teams share their path to recovery and resiliency. Rendering: Saadiyat Grove – The inclusive […]
Featured image: Nike Foot Locker House of Hoops (Harlem, NYC, NY). CRTKL was Architect of Record (not design) for this project. Every time NYC faces a crisis, we reflect, we learn, we innovate and evolve, and we emerge stronger than before. That’s what we do. New Yorkers are the definition of resiliency. Nineteen years after […]
‘On the Ground with CRTKL’ is a three-part series capturing perspectives from across CallisonRTKL’s global offices and exploring how we are responding to COVID-19 locally, tactically and personally. In this edition, US leaders share the surprising solutions they have found in the face of an ever-evolving world. Read part 1 here. Matt Billerbeck: Human-Centric Design […]
The discussion around Placemaking is evolving with new commentary and research stemming from across the human sciences. Today, numerous disciplines from sociology and anthropology to philosophy and environmental psychology all take part in the debate around this concept. Despite these multiple contributors, placemaking is commonly overlooked as nothing more than a buzzword. Danish architect Jan […]
April 22nd represents the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a celebration founded by Harvard graduate student Denis Hayes as a national teach-in about environmentalism. CallisonRTKL’s Matthew Tribe, executive director in the firm’s Dubai office, and Pablo La Roche, associate vice president in the Los Angeles office, reflect on what Earth Day 2020 means to architecture […]