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May 8, 2017 by CallisonRTKL

Pave Paradise, Put Up a Parking Lot?

CallisonRTKL’s Emily Drake recaps a Texas ASLA Conference panel discussion with planning and urban design colleagues Erich Dohrer and Ken Howell and Peter Braster, Director of Special Projects for the City of Plano, examining how the “Mall of the Future” can rethink the relationship between the built and natural environments. Adapt or die: that is […]

March 24, 2017 by

5 Ideas Inspired by MIPIM 2017

You can call it optimism or you can call it delirium, but either way, the mood at MIPIM this year was decidedly can-do. From tackling the housing shortage to designing for refugees, the prevailing sentiment was this: In the face of uncertainty, let’s make a difference where we can. With that go-getter sentiment in mind, here […]

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March 16, 2017 by CallisonRTKL

Disruptor or Retro-Invention? Putting the Human Touch Back Into Design

Nick Hyams discusses why “what’s old is new again” can sometimes be all the innovation we need. Sometimes the synapses ping and pop, the metaphoric lightbulb sparks an idea, a notion or an explanation pops out of the mental soup: so it was for me, stuck on a station platform waiting for yet another disrupted […]

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March 7, 2017 by CallisonRTKL

Gettin’ Hygge With It

CRTKL’s Kevin Ketschek, Jayme Schutt and Kate Kyung-ha Lee take a look at some interior design buzzwords: hygge and lagom. In the past few years, we’ve watched design trends come and go as quickly as they began. But few trends have been as pervasive and long-lasting as those of “hygge” and “lagom.” Hygge is a […]

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March 2, 2017 by CallisonRTKL

Cross-Cutting Inspiration and the Microcosmic Hotel

In search of innovation, hospitality infuses the best of different design disciplines to enrich the guest experience. In the world of hospitality design, we’re hearing the battle cry of today’s hoteliers grow bolder and louder than ever before as we move, confidently and with purpose, away from the brand flag archetypes of old: “Resist!” instead […]