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What You Need to Know Now About Mass Timber Design

Here are 10 things you need to know about this building process.

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Mass Timber

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The Real Deal

DLR Group Partners with Texas A&M on Academic Center

DLR Group is partnering with Hines for the first mass timber academic building at Texas A&M. The Aplin Center will be an immersive learning laboratory for new university programs in hospitality and retail studies.

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Mass Timber Innovation: The Hospitality Prototype

The world has reached a crucial tipping point around carbon emissions. Could timber construction be the answer for the hospitality industry?

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Biophilia and Mass Timber at Swarthmore College

Our partnership with Swarthmore College for the Dining and Community Commons Project focuses on equitable community and ambitious sustainability goals.

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Goose Island to be Home to Chicago’s First Mass Timber Office Building

The firm is continuing our partnership with Hines to build the first mass timber office building in Chicago.

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Growing Mass Timber Design

Wood couldn't be a better candidate for mitigating climate change when used as a superstructure in large-scale projects.

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Metropolis Magazine Names DLR Group a Responsible Disruptor

Our work on mass timber for hotels was honored for its representation of positive change and healthy innovation in architecture and design.

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Materiality and Hospitality: Researching Mass Timber Design for Hotels

Rising demand for travel means fresh design opportunities to open conversations about lowering the carbon impact of new hotels.

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Mass Timber's Next Chapter

DLR Group Principal Steve Cavanaugh, AIA, delivers growing evidence on the sustainability, wellness, and aesthetic benefits of mass timber design.

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DLR Group and Hines Continue to Grow Mass Timber Design in Denver

Construction commences on the six-story, 225,000-SF building in the city’s River North neighborhood

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A Future for Mass Timber in Hospitality

Our mass-timber hospitality prototype qualifies the firm as a responsible disruptor by Metropolis Magazine.

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Earth Day 2024: Sustainability at Every Scale

From a cactus structure to 2M-SF of sustainable space planning, climate solutions come in all shapes and sizes.

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Jessica Bantom Speaks on Habits to Design for Identity

Learn six habits to design for identity with our Global Leader of Equity, Diversity, and Belonging at the upcoming Diversity in Design Conference.

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Principal and Specialty Services Leader Anat Grant, WELL AP, LEED AP BD+C, speaks on embracing AI with a people-first lens at upcoming WELL Conference.

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Presenting Seven Integrated Design Leaders in Historic D7 Gathering

Join seven integrated design leaders in a conversation on collaborative solutions to design industry and societal challenges.

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DLR Group to Present at CMAA Southern California Chapter Virtual Event

Join our team at the upcoming CMAA Virtual Event as they present a session titled “Equitable Sustainability Planning Across Three Different Campus in One District” that explores RCCD’s holistic and innovative approach to sustainability and climate change.

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DLR Group's First Female Employee

DLR Group was shaped by our founders and those they hired who were committed to fairness, opportunity, and ownership. Barbara Gaughan, the firm's first full-time female employee, shares how that transpired over her 40-year career.

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Principal and Global Leader of Equity, Diversity, and Belonging, Jessica Bantom

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Jessica Bantom to Participate in Panel at The State of Black Design 2024 Conference

Join our team at the upcoming State of Black Design 2024 Conference in Nashville, Tennessee as Global Leader of Equity, Diversity, and Belonging Jessica Bantom discusses “Designing for Equity in Industry Practice.”

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DLR Group to Present at Communicating the Arts 2024 in Paris

Join our team at the upcoming Communicating the Arts 2024 Conference in Paris, France as Senior Principal and Global Culture+Performing Arts Leader, Paul Westlake, FAIA, FACHA will be presenting a keynote session titled “Transforming the World of Discovery.”

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From Intern to Executive: Career Pathways for Black Designers

Our Global Leader of Equity, Diversity, and Belonging reflects on Black History Month’s theme and Black designers’ career journeys.

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DLR Group to Present at 2024 SCUP Pacific Regional Conference

Join our team at the upcoming Society for College and University Planning Pacific Regional Conference in Seattle, Washington.

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