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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.

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A New Level of Design Excellence in Student-Athlete Development

In the ever-evolving landscape of collegiate athletics, how can institutions enhance recruitment and retention, foster athletic excellence, and support student-athletes' overall performance and wellbeing? Our experts reveal their insights.

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Palo Alto Public Safety Building canopied entrance to multi story light stone building, floor to ceiling windows on second floor, wrapped facade

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The Tide Pool: Designing Emergency Operations Centers

Designing an effective EOC requires a flexible, resilient design that accommodates the needs of multiple agencies and ensures first-responder well-being during crises.

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Hospital corridor with angled desk with multiple monitors in front of abstract blue and green mural. Glass partitions beyond

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Hospital Design from the Nurse’s Perspective

What if a few simple changes could make a nurse’s job easier, more efficient, and at the same time improve the level of care a patient received? Healthcare organizations are rethinking how they deliver patient care, and it's saving money too.

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The Evolution of Student-Athlete Spaces​

Athletic directors navigate the ever-changing landscape of college sports with advice from Sports Design Leader Gregory Garlock.

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A Lasting Housing Impact: Gen-Z Redefines Multifamily Living

A new generation has moved into the multifamily and student housing space, and brought unique preferences for how to live.

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Inquiry and Wonder Supported Through the Built Environment

Flexible, adaptable learning environments are important in supporting inquiry-based learning. Our BOLD™ process helps educators build future-ready spaces.

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Design Focused: Leading the Conversation on CTE

As leaders in career and technical education design, we constantly look for opportunities to advance the conversation. In fall 2023, we brought together some of the most influential voices in career and technical education for the Association for Learning Environments’ CTE Symposium.

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Seeing and Valuing the Patient as a Customer

Modern patients have increased agency in navigating the healthcare system. Christina DeAmicis talks about what the "patient as a customer" means for design.

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Mass Timber: 5 Lessons from T3 Projects

Upon completion of our sixth T3 office building, explore what we’ve learned from designing nearly three million SF of mass timber.

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Mass Timber in Focus

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Mass Timber Innovation: The Hospitality Prototype

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Material Hospitality: Researching Mass Timber for Hotels

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The Benefits of Being Connected to Nature through Intentional Design

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Biophilia and Mass Timber at Swarthmore College

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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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In Our Communities

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Reviving Harlem’s Disappearing Queer Spaces

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Crafting the Heart of the Contemporary Community

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Arte Noir: A Home to Honor the Black Creative Community

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Adaptive Reuse Through Collaboration And Community

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Climate Literacy: Gamifying Sustainable Design

VALUES gamifies climate-responsive design by helping people of all backgrounds prioritize environmental, economic, and communal impacts.

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Designing a Sustainable Future

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Carbon 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Carbon and Climate Change

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Carbon 201: Nine Tactics for Total Carbon Reduction

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Materials Transparency in Use: Addressing Gaps

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Data Center Design for Today and Tomorrow

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Choose Your Own Climate Adventure: Nine World-Changing Concepts from COP28

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Ideas

Own Your Design Career

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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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Emerging Professional Experience: How Can I Intern at DLR Group?

Students often have questions about what it's like to join DLR Group as an intern. Here are some answers.

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Emerging Professionals: It All Comes Down to Core Values

The 2022 cohort of interns and new graduates tell us, in their words, how their work aligned with DLR Group’s core values.

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Emerging Professionals as a Priority

Prioritizing emerging professionals’ experience is a key part of workforce development.

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The Evolution of a Brand: AC Hotels

In partnership with Marriott, we have collaborated on the AC Hotel brand's evolution and designing 30 properties across the country.

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Integrated Design

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Adaptive Reuse: Converting Vacant Buildings into Thriving Spaces

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Bringing Project Stories to Iconic Graphic Status

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Integrating Technologies to Bring History to Life: A Krishna Story

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Featured Collab

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Accidentally Wes Anderson Tours Cleveland: Our Highlights

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Accidentally Wes Anderson Tours Colorado: Our Highlights

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In the Details: Women's History at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

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Press

In the Media

Common area of Compton High School; blue and white graphic design feature wall with "Compton" highlighted; community based-design seating

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LA Times

Are Teachers Embracing "Learning Studios" as the New Classroom?

Compton High School is charting a new academic standard. Learn how this future-ready design leverages space to support teaching and learning outcomes for Compton Unified School District.

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Ismaili Center in Houston interior triple height chamber with angular white textured walls. Double stairs on each side of double doors

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Archinect

Archinect Previews Ismaili Center Houston

Archinect previews the Ismaili Center Houston, a new cultural and religious hub for the Ismaili community in the U.S.

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interior design of a luxury hotel; kimpton hotel monaco reimagined and renovated; lofted ceilings with chandeliers create ambiance and luxury

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Lodging Magazine

Kimpton Hotel Monaco Seattle Announces Property-Wide Revamp

The Kimpton Hotel Monaco’s revived design infuses casual elegance and a touch of playfulness into every corner of the property.

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large open cafeteria with multiple storeys with seating for students; Mass timber ceiling makes for a warm and industrial space with exposed stone and venting

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Green Building & Design

DLR Group Shares Insights on Sustainable Construction with Green Building & Design

Green Building & Design features DLR Group as an industry leader driving transparency and holistically minded sustainability practices.

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Palisades News

DLR Group Selected as Lead Architects for Palisades High School Rebuild

DLR Group has been tapped to lead design in rebuilding Palisades Charter High School, which was damaged in the fires.

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A New Era of Retrofits: Decarbonization of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Sustainable design drives the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s transformation, enhancing efficiency and environmental impact.

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DLR Group Middle East Interior Design Team

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Commercial Interior Design

Elevate the Human Experience Through Design

Commercial Interior Design magazine interviews interior designers in DLR Group’s Middle East studio top talk about rising from boutique roots to a regional force.

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Work Design Magazine

Mass Timber Meets Workplace Wellness

Interiors Leader Danielle Anderson delves into the innovative uses of mass timber in workplace design.

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Front of a modern courthouse building featuring a mix of tan brick and expansive glass panels. Glass entrance is framed by a dark, horizontal overhang and vertical columns

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Correctional News

$313 Million Clackamas County Courthouse Designed for Safety, Growth and Sustainability

Oregon’s first public-private-partnership (P3) courthouse is designed for community impact, sustainability, and modern workplace wellness.

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School Construction News

4 Top Architects on Career Highlights and Future Trends

DLR Group Principal and National K-12 Education Design Leader Jason Lembke discusses education trends surrounding research and technology.

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