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Every project and client solution starts with a spark of an idea. Read what we’re saying and how we engage our teams in design thinking and problem solving.

Designing for Equity: A Guide to GIS Principles

Interested in design for equity? Learn five principles that unlock GIS’ potential, and questions to ask your designer or planner.

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Discussions on Equity

James L. Capps Middle School exterior with angled black shelter brick building. Orange wrap facade over double height glass
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The Unique Impacts of COVID-19 on Black Students

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students working on an engineering project on the left with additional students collaborating at a long wood table on the right. Orange chairs, grey carpet.
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Reimagining the Possible to Diversify Engineering

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Corner view of building showing full length of structure with entry illuminated in the evening
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Designing Equitable Public Safety Facilities

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Two young students participating in outdoor learning near modern structure with floor-to-ceiling windows, lush landscaping and a reflecting pond
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Outdoor Learning: Enhancing Student and Educator Well-Being

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a two story exposed timber frame building with an all glass front set into a hillside along a treeline at night
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The Future of Design: Projects, People, and Performance

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Ho’okipa Cottage Renovation rendering of exterior sheltered patio in lawn off of single story building
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Beyond the Building: Advocating for Equity in Justice Design

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The Hispanic Society of New York, paintings projected on the side of the building beyond a sculpture of a man on horseback
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Bringing a Collection to the Community through Accessible Technology

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burgundy upholstered chair in front of colorful geometric painting and purple slat with white text installation on white walls
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Celebrating Pride Through the Lens of a Community Resource

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In Our Communities

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Designing for Equity: A Guide to GIS Principles

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James L. Capps Middle School exterior with angled black shelter brick building. Orange wrap facade over double height glass
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The Unique Impacts of COVID-19 on Black Students

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Woman standing in Arte Noir Gallery interior in Seattle, movable white wall panels hang art in room with floor to ceiling windows, black ceiling
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Arte Noir: A Home to Honor the Black Creative Community

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Outdoor shopping mall renovated into walkable mixed-use space with shopping, dining, community seating areas, and green space
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Crafting the Heart of the Contemporary Community

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Semillas y Raices mixed use housing development entrance with shops on 1st level, apartments above on either side of walkway
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Semillas y Raices: The Future of Farming Communities

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Aerial view of the tents and campsite at a migrant camp in reynosa mexico
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Facing Immigration and Awareness at the U.S. – Mexico Border

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blue tinted wall graphic of cambodian forest with glass display case in the foreground with queueing ropes and tour signs
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Integrating Technologies to Bring History to Life: A Krishna Story

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students working on an engineering project on the left with additional students collaborating at a long wood table on the right. Orange chairs, grey carpet.
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Reimagining the Possible to Diversify Engineering

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Accidentally Wes Anderson Tours Cleveland: Our Highlights

Tour some of our projects in Cleveland through the lens of our friends at Accidentally Wes Anderson.

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A gray skyscraper with arched windows, columned rotunda, gold cupola, and spire flying a flag on top against a clear blue sky

1876 Landmark Building Victorian architecture in America with arched windows and sculpted stone moldings and block facade
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In the Details: Women's History at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

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dark green wall with molding details behind a lamp made from stack of books, framed art print vintage metronome and cast bust
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Accidentally Wes Anderson Tours Colorado: Our Highlights

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Personal Development Grants + Research

James L. Capps Middle School exterior with angled black shelter brick building. Orange wrap facade over double height glass
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The Unique Impacts of COVID-19 on Black Students

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$15,000 Awarded to Personal Development Grant Recipients

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illustration by Mika Rane showing mermaids constructing an enclosed transparent curvaceous structure with a crane underwater.
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A Book to Inspire the Next Generation of Designers

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Wood panel wall sections with large spaces between planks and sections, light shining through in room with raw floor
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Visualizing and Celebrating Building Systems

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Aerial view of the tents and campsite at a migrant camp in reynosa mexico
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Facing Immigration and Awareness at the U.S. – Mexico Border

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Three men pointing at a photo on white gallery wall in Seattle
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Outside In: Collaborative Community Design

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Mass Timber in Focus

Walking up on a path to the new building characterized by warm woods, tall windows, and a curved roof at Swarthmore College Dining and Community Commons.
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Biophilia and Mass Timber at Swarthmore College

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Mass Timber Innovation: The Hospitality Prototype

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Heavy timber ceiling, beams, and columns with a gray sofa and dark wood entertainment center
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Materiality and Hospitality: Researching Mass Timber Design for Hotels

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mass timber floor plate looking toward floor to ceiling windows
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Mass Timber: Inherent Beauty and Potential

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looking at the first mass timber T3 building in the US with warm exterior facade
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What You Need to Know Now About Mass Timber Design

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Designing a Sustainable Future

two people looking at a white board pinned on a wall filled with evenly spaced paper and fabric swatches in purple colorways
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Materials Transparency in Use: Addressing Gaps

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Interior view with curved glass wall, left. Right, a seating area with tables under wood ceiling with exposed beams and ducts
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The Benefits of Being Connected to Nature through Intentional Design

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Double height white cement block lab with exposed ducts above lab equipment. View, left, through windows to green space
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10 Ways to Address Energy Use in Science+Technology Facilities

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woman walking past interactive screen showing air quality in the workplace with wood panel wall and large window opposite
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Selecting Indoor Air Quality Monitors to Maintain Healthy Spaces

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Press

In the Media

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Spaces4Learning Reports on New Higher Education Leader

Dan Sullivan will serve in campus planning, building client relationships, and forming studies and strategies to build the Higher Education sector.

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Bob Carlson

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DLR Group Revitalizes Classic NASCAR Racetracks

As NASCAR evolves, our team is bringing new life to two classic racetracks for a new generation of fans.

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Renovating a Historic Racetrack for NASCAR’s 75th Anniversary

The renovated North Wilkesboro Speedway will host the NASCAR 2023 All-Star Race. The track hasn’t hosted top-flight racing since 1996.

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On the left, a new multi-story hotel wrapped in light siding with brick accents and on the right, the former brick fire station connects to the new hotel by an enclosed structure with a rooftop balcony overlooking a lawn

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Hotel West & Main: Historic Firehouse Transformation

Hospitality Design spotlights Hotel West & Main, a former fire station into a new mixed-use hotel, bar, and restaurant.

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The Importance of Culture and Retention in Interior Design

Interior Designer Laura Lee joins the INDEX podcast to discuss her inspirations, career, and thoughts on culture and retention within the design industry.

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Front of stadium with Robert Graham sculpture Olympic Gateway at center of round plaza with greenery and arched entryway

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DLR Group Weighs in Future of NASCAR’s Racetracks

Will another permanent NASCAR racetrack ever be built? Principal Bob Carlson discusses this hot motorsport topic with Sports Business Journal.

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DLR Group Welcomes Healthcare Business Development Leader

Peyton Maynard was featured in Healthcare Design Magazine as a new asset to the firm.

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Modern metal construction, sky bridge connects other structures for collaboration, daylit, floor-to-ceiling windows on ground level at dusk

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Allan Hancock College Debuts Completed Fine Arts Complex

DLR Group’s design for Allan Hancock College’s new Fine Arts Complex is featured in spaces4learning.

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DLR Group Among Finalists in U.S. Navy Museum Ideas Competition

The U.S. Navy has unveiled artistic concepts from five architectural firms for their new national museum campus at Washington Navy Yard. designboom covers the story.

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Indoor performance stage opens up to outdoor event lawn via large, retractable door

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Lighting & Sound America Highlights the Arts in Joplin, Missouri

The publication explores the Harry M. Cornell Arts & Entertainment Complex, an adaptable space opening up new artistic possibilities for the community.

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