Callison
{{Short description|US-based architecture firm}}
{{about|the architecture firm|people with the surname|Callison (surname)}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Callison
| logo = Image:Callison.png
| type = Private
| foundation = 1975, Seattle, Washington, U.S.
| location = U.S. Bank Center
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
|area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Lance Josal, CEO
| num_employees = 900 (2012)
| defunct = 2015
| fate = Consolidated operations with RTKL Associates to form CallisonRTKL
| services = Architecture; Interior Design; Graphic Design; Strategic Consulting; Real Estate Strategies; Master Planning; Brand Experience
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.callison.com}}
}}
Callison was an international architecture firm based in Seattle, Washington. Callison was founded by Tony Callison in 1975 and grew to 900 employees around the world prior to its acquisition by Arcadis NV in 2014. In October 2015, Callison was formally merged with another Arcadis subsidiary, RTKL Associates, to form CallisonRTKL headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.{{cite news|last=Bhatt|first=Sanjay|title=Callison merges into another architecture firm, HQ shifts to Baltimore|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/callison-merges-into-another-architecture-firm-hq-shifts-to-baltimore/|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=20 October 2015|accessdate=8 April 2016}}
Callison planned and designed retail, hospitality, mixed-use, workplace, corporate and healthcare projects worldwide.
Corporate
From its founding in Seattle in 1975, the company grew to over 900 employees worldwide, with offices across the globe: Seattle, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Dallas, Scottsdale, New York City, London, Dubai, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
In August 2014, Callison announced it would be acquired by Arcadis NV, a global design, engineering and management consulting firm based in Amsterdam.{{cite news|last1=Gonzales|first1=Angel|title=Seattle architecture firm Callison bought by Dutch giant|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2024359272_callisonarcadisxml.html|accessdate=26 August 2014|publisher=The Seattle Times|date=21 August 2014}}
Shortly after the acquisition Arcadis began marketing Callison together with another recent acquisition, Baltimore-based RTKL, with a combined "CallisonRTKL" website and press releases.Press Release (15 January 2015), "CallisonRTKL Projects Win RDI Awards" http://www.callisonrtkl.com/news/callison-projects-win-rdi-awards/ . Accessed 8 April 2016. In October 2015, the two firms were formally merged to form CallisonRTKL headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. At the time of the merger, the two firms together had together booked $402.4 million in architecture and engineering revenue in the prior year, and Architectural Record ranked the combined firms fifth in the nation.
Callison has been recognized with awards for design,http://emag.digitalpc.co.uk/cmpi/worldarch08.asp {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924103230/http://emag.digitalpc.co.uk/cmpi/worldarch08.asp |date=2008-09-24 }} World Architecture 100 (Building Design), 2008[http://enr.construction.com/people/topLists/GreenDesign/topGreenDesign_1-50.asp"Top Green Design Firms 2008'], "Engineering News-Record", June 23, 2008. architecture,{{cite news |last=Van Bronkhorst |first=Eric |date=June 24, 2013 |title=The List: Top 5 architecture firms in the Puget Sound area (slide show) |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2013/06/21/the-list-top-5-architecture-firms-in.html |newspaper=Puget Sound Business Journal |accessdate=February 21, 2016}} and green design.[http://www.ddimagazine.com/displayanddesignideas/content_display/magazine/e3ic8fa818f78acd57745781bfa4b32ccf9"Design Firm of the Year'], "Display and Design Ideas", September 2, 2008. {{dead link|date=May 2012}}
Notable projects
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- Tata New Haven - Bangalore, India
- Inorbit Hyderabad - Hyderabad, India
- Hongyi Plaza - Shanghai, China
- FlatIron Crossing Mall - Broomfield, Colorado
- The Pearl Island – Porto Arabia - Doha, Qatar
- W Hotel - Seattle, Washington
- Unitech Grande - Noida, India
- Coastal City - Shenzhen, China
- Harvey Nichols - Dubai and Jakarta
- Boeing World Headquarters - Chicago, Illinois
- 2201 Westlake - Seattle, Washington
- Grand Gateway - Shanghai, China{{cite book|last=Binder|first=Georges|title=101 of the World's Tallest Buildings|year=2006|publisher=The Imaging Publishing Group|location=Victoria, Australia|isbn=1-86470-173-0|pages=136–137|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lcir7wwIzhIC&q=%22Grand+Gateway%22+Shanghai&pg=PA136}}
- Sogo - Osaka, Japan
- Swedish Medical Center, Eastside Specialty Center - Issaquah, Washington
- Hotel Terra - Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- The Bravern - Bellevue, Washington
- Harrods White Cosmetics Hall - London, England
- St. Charles Medical Center Redmond - Redmond, Oregon
- Microsoft Campus - Redmond, Washington
- Greenbelt 3 - Manila, Philippines
- Lotte Center Hanoi - Hanoi, Vietnam
- Nordstrom - Since 1975 Callison has provided the retailer (both companies are based in Seattle) the design for more than 155 new and remodeled stores; and continues to complete 10 projects, on average, every year for the company.
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.callison.com}}
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Category:Architecture firms based in Washington (state)
Category:Defunct companies based in Seattle
Category:Design companies established in 1975
Category:Design companies disestablished in 2015