Posts by CallisonRTKL

November 14, 2016  by

Putting Holiday Spirit into Retail

The shopping season is upon us. CRTKL’s Joan Insel talks retail branding and how the smartest retailers will stand out this year. While Silent Night may be a time-tested holiday classic, silent nights are perhaps a retailer’s worst nightmare. As technology and online shopping expand their grip, retailers are looking for new ways to attract […]

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November 10, 2016  by

Seeing Green: Biophilia and Retail are a Natural Fit

CRTKL’s Brendan O’Grady delves into the use of green spaces in retail interiors. Biophilia is far from a new concept, but the realization and application of its foundational tenet—that interior spaces can promote health, productivity and well-being by bringing the outdoors inside—is still being explored. Efforts to inject a little green into the built environment […]

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November 7, 2016  by

Design Lessons: Mission Improv-able

The 2016 CallisonRTKL Design Conference took place September 19-22 in New York City. “Excelsior”—New York’s state motto, which means “ever upwards”—was the theme of this year’s event, which brought together 18 up-and-coming designers from each of the firm’s global offices for two days of professional development, team-building and design inspiration. This post is the last installment […]

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November 3, 2016  by

Cnidaria Halitus: Harnessing the Sun and Tides for Potable Water

CRTKL’s Pablo La Roche, John Eric Chung, Danxi Zou, Jingyan Zhang and Tianyi Deng discuss their latest green innovation and explain how it can produce potable water for California. With climate change becoming more dramatic and California’s drought continuing to worsen, I often find myself asking: How can I use design to mitigate the effects […]

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November 1, 2016  by

Flexibility in the Workplace: A ConocoPhillips Case Study

CRTKL’s Mariju Wille attended a panel discussion about ConocoPhillips’ new facility. She learned that the biggest design draw was flexibility. Earlier this August, I was part of a panel discussion and tour of ConocoPhillips’ most recent 500,000-SF facility in Houston, TX in the Energy Corridor as a part of CoreNet. The panel included the developer […]

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October 27, 2016  by

Pressure Under Fire

The 2016 CallisonRTKL Design Conference took place September 19-22 in New York City. “Excelsior”—New York’s state motto, which means “ever upwards”—was the theme of this year’s event, which brought together 18 up-and-coming designers from each of the firm’s global offices for two days of professional development, team-building and design inspiration. This post is the third in […]

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October 18, 2016  by

Challenging Tradition: The Evolution of Law Office Design

This October, workplace interior designers Donell Ellis, Callie Reid and Stefana Scinta attended Work Design Magazine’s “The Evolution of Law Office Design” panel discussion. They returned to the office with new ideas about how to break barriers and challenge traditional hierarchies in law offices. Here’s what they learned about the design for the offices of […]

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October 14, 2016  by

Matthew as Metaphor

CallisonRTKL’s Nathan Cherry discusses hurricanes, the San Francisco waterfront and how we can future-proof our urban waterfronts.   Hurricane Matthew has brought renewed attention to the importance of adaptive strategies in the planning and future-proofing of our urban waterfronts. Adaptive planning can address a variety of objectives, including reducing the impact of a direct storm event such as Hurricane Katrina, avoiding damage […]

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