Caudill Rowlett Scott
| Company type | Architecture firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1946 defunct = 1994 |
| Founder | John Rowlett William Wayne Caudill  |
| Successor | CRSS or CRS-Sirrine |
| Headquarters | Houston, Texas, United States |
Key people | William Wayne Caudill, John Miles Rowlett, Wallie Eugene Scott, Jr., Tom Bullock |
| Services | school design |
Caudill Rowlett Scott (popularly known as CRS) was an architecture firm in Houston, Texas, in the United States.
History
The firm was started in 1946 by Texas A&M professors William Wayne Caudill (1914–1983) and John Miles Rowlett (1914–1978). They were joined in 1948 by Wallie Eugene Scott, Jr. (1921–1989), who was Caudill's student, and in 1954 by partner Tom Bullock. They were initially famous for building schools throughout the world.
In 1983, J.E. Sirrine, an industrial engineering firm, became part of the company and the company's name was changed to CRSS (popularly known as CRS-Sirrine). The Sirrine arm of the firm continued to pursue engineering work, much of it in the pulp and paper industry, while the architecture group continued to focus primarily on architecture-related work.
Eventually, the corporation also developed a core group which focused on businesses related to both architecture and industrial engineering. CRS Capital became involved in reinsurance for A/E-related firms and became involved in development of power-generation facilities. In 1994, a few years after the death of Scott, CRSS began divesting itself, selling off the architectural group to HOK of St. Louis and the Sirrine engineering division to Jacobs Engineering of Pasadena, California.[1]
Awards
In 1972, CRS Architects received the Architecture Firm Award, the highest award of the American Institute of Architects.
In 1975, the firm was given the prestigious Albert S. Bard Award for their design of the Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy.[2]
In 2005, it was named "Firm of the Century" by Texas A&M University College of Architecture (in which the CRS Center is now housed).
Selected architecture projects
Texas
- Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, Houston
- Willis Library, University of North Texas, Denton (1972)
- Fulbright Tower, Houston
- One Houston Center, Houston
- NASA Lunar Curatorial Facility at Johnson Space Center, Houston
- (w/ Collins & Wagner) Texas Pavilion for HemisFair '68; now Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio
Continental U.S.
- Public School 219, the "dome school", in Flushing, New York
- Chrysler Technology Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan (1993)
- Aggie Memorial Stadium, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- Cypress College in Cypress, California
- Roy E. Larsen Hall at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Pima Community College West Campus, Tucson, Arizona (1973)
- Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy, in the Bronx, New York (1974)
- Colorado State University-Pueblo at Pueblo, Colorado
International
References
- ^ Jonathan King and Philip Langdon (eds.) (2002). The CRS Team and the Business of Architecture. Texas A&M University Press. p. 265. ISBN 1-58544-206-2.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Fowler, Glenn. "Bard Awards Honor 8 Examples of Good Urban Design," New York Times (June 12, 1975).
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