by Brett Bellas
In its April/May 2013 issue, Gray Magazine salutes the trend of creatives who sign their name “Mitchell”. Among them, Callison’s Mitch Pride. “What are the chances? In a year and a half of making a magazine, a strange trend became hard to ignore: Mitchells. We noticed that there are a lot of them in our [...]
Categories: News
by Brett Bellas
Bryceon Sumner is no stranger to achieving success in leadership roles. Most recently, in November 2011, Callison (Seattle, WA), the global architecture and design firm of approximately 900 employees, announced his appointment to CFO. Sumner had recently worked with Callison in a consultant capacity on acquisitions and special projects and now leads Callison’s business operations. [...]
Categories: News • Tags: Bryceon Sumner
by Ro Shroff
HOPSCA (Pronounced Hao-bu-si-ka). Only in China can one come up with a neologism like this. Meant to articulate the notion of Mixed Use Development, it literally stands for Hotels, Offices, Parks, Shopping malls, Convention centers and Apartments. The terminology is now fairly commonplace within China, but still raises eyebrows in the rest of the world. The [...]
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by Brett Bellas
After a 40-year absence, the Erno Laszlo Institute in Manhattan is once again the most sought-after spa in town. Why not experience the glamour of the Institute, re-imagined and redesigned by Callison, yourself?
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Callisonites hail from around the globe and our creativity is just as broad. Ask an Architect (inspired by the Proust questionnaire) spotlights talent and thought from various offices and practices. Our first installment features the musings du jour of our Chief Design Officer, Bill Lacey. When did you first fall in love with architecture? When I [...]
Categories: Inspiration • Tags: Architect, Ask
by Brett Bellas
Out of nearly 80 submittals, Callison’s Bryceon Sumner was named a finalist for the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 2013 CFO of the Year Award. Finalists were selected by a panel of judges based on the financial stewardship of their companies and their leadership in their industries and communities. CFO of the Year winners will be announced at [...]
Categories: Awards, Inspiration, News, Work • Tags: About, Bryceon Sumner, CFO, CFO of the Year, Chief Executive Officer, Grand Hyatt Seattle, PSBJ, Puget Sound Business Journal
Marilyn Monroe was a regular. Grace Kelly stopped in. Jackie Kennedy too. The Erno Laszlo Institute that they frequented in mid-town Manhattan, a members-only skin care salon, has been closed for some 40 years, and reopened last month in a new SoHo home — designed by Callison. The “jewel” of the 6,700 square foot, three-level [...]
Categories: Awards, Inspiration, News • Tags: Erno Laszlo, Gal Vaknin, Institute, Retail, salon, skin care
A team of Callison designers spent two days immersed in the world of sustainability at the 2012 GreenBuild International Expo in San Francisco. Below are some of their “green” findings. Special thanks to: Joey-Michelle Hutchison, Amber Richane, Cindy Davis, Tracy Woods, Blaire van Hartesvelt, Parag Sharma and Katie Moore for their reporting. Forty percent of [...]
Categories: Inspiration, News, Sustainability • Tags: Amber Richane, Blaire van Hartesvelt, Cindy Davis, green building, Greenbuild, Katie Moore, LEED, Parag Sharma, sustainability, Tracy Woods
by Brett Bellas
We are pleased to announce that Callison was featured yesterday on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” in a story on the retail shopping experience of the future. To listen to the broadcast click here.
Categories: Inspiration, News, Trends • Tags: All Things Considered, NPR, Retail, store of the future
by Joan Insel
Three leading chefs were asked to weigh in the on the hottest new foods for 2013. For these culinary stars, the ingredients of tomorrow included Surinam cherries, lemon geranium water and barley (for brewing your own beer). I don’t think Suriname cherries or lemon geranium water will ever overtake the ubiquity of bacon. But a [...]
Categories: Inspiration, Trends • Tags: beer, Ippon Matsu beer, Joan Insel, trends