Since the end of the Second World War, few firms have influenced
the practice of architecture as much as Caudill Rowlett Scott, or
CRS. From its establishment in the 1940s as a three-man operation
above a grocery store in College Station, Texas, CRS evolved into a
world leader in programming, construction management, school
design, and other dimensions of modern architectural practice. By
the 1970s, CRS was a master at organizing complicated architectural
undertakings and had earned a global reputation for sharing its
insights with practitioners worldwide.
This book about CRS will fill an important gap in architectural
history. It explores the ways architects of the mid-twentieth
century developed methods that allowed professionals to analyze
projects systematically rather than relying on the traditional
combination of information and intuition.
Based on oral histories taken from many leaders and staff
members of CRS, the book traces the company's development from its
beginnings to its emergence as the largest architecture/engineering
firm in the United States by the early 1980s and to its
dismemberment in 1994. The main focus is on the period from the
1940s to CRS's merger with the South Carolina-based engineering
firm Sirrine in 1983.
Interspersed throughout the volume are pithy memos written by
the firm's charismatic, intellectual leader, AIA Gold Medal winner
Bill Caudill. The book is heavily illustrated with pictures of firm
members at work and views of important CRS buildings such as the
Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts in Houston.
The interviews that richly inform this book are set within a
narrative that places the firm and its innovations in a
broaderperspective, connecting the CRS story to contemporary
developments in architecture, the economy, and society.
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