Caudill Rowlett Scott

Caudill Rowlett Scott (popularly known as CRS) was an architecture firm in Houston, Texas.

In 2005, it was named "Firm of the Century" by Texas A&M University College of Architecture (which is housed in the CRS Center).

The firm was started in 1946 by Texas A&M professors William Caudill and John Rowlett. They were joined in 1948 by Wallie Scott who was Caudill's student and in 1954 by partner Tom Bullock. They were initially famous for building schools throughout the world.

In 1972, CRS Architects received the Architecture Firm Award, the highest award of the American Institute of Architects.

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 architecure and industrial engineering. "CRS Capital" became involved in reinsurance for A/E-related firms and became involved in development of power-generation facilities.

Among the architecture projects:

• Chrysler Technology Center (1993) in Auburn Hills, Michigan
• Public School 219, the "dome school," in Flushing, New York
• Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, Houston, Texas
• Aggie Memorial Stadium, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
• Cypress College in Cypress, California
• Roy E. Larsen Hall at Harvard University
• Fullbright Tower, Houston
• One Houston Center, Houston
• University of Petroleum and Minerals Mosque, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
• Pima Community College West Campus, Tucson, Arizona 1973
• Colorado State University-Pueblo at Pueblo, CO

In 1994, the engineering group was acquired by Jacobs Engineering and the architecture group became part of the architecture firm Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum (HOK).

External links

• Texas A&M Profile
• Architecture Week profile
• Handbook of Texas profile
• Emporis profile

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