Charles Warren Callister

[3] Upon returning from the war, Callister, his wife Mary Frances, and their two sons moved to Northern California where he and his former Texas classmate Jack Hillmer (1918-2007) established the architectural practice Hillmer-Callister in San Francisco.

[2] Their first project was the Hall House in Kentfield (1947) considered to be the first residential application of post-tensioned concrete slab technology in the United States.

Callister had many design partners over the years, including Jim Bischoff, David Gately, and Michael Heckmann.

His numerous sub-division developments for client Otto Paparazzo show a unique understanding of community planning and residential needs.

[2] Callister described his work as ″trying to reflect the region I'm in.″ His design process began by walking the site and listening, a technique he learned from photographer Minor White.

[3] The Charles Warren Callister Collection is held by the Environmental Design Archives at the University of California, Berkeley.

Arrangement, description and preservation of this collection was funded by a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).