design concept for a large mixed use mass timber building in Canada. Black facade with green grass courtyard

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Mass Timber's Next Chapter

Evidence of mass timber’s benefits is starting to catch up to the promise it has held for architects at the vanguard of sustainability and tall building construction over the last decade. New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Philadelphia – all cities where mass timber’s proof points are taking shape and where architects are changing expectations of what’s possible. In this interview, DLR Group Principal Steve Cavanaugh, AIA, offers an insider’s take on mass timber’s next chapter and its impact on the future of climate action.

T3 Sterling Road in Toronto. Rendering © DLR Group.

“There’s opportunity,” Steve says, “but you have to have the vision.”

Read the interview at AIA.

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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

Our timber hotel prototype dispels sound, structure, and safety myths, showcasing mass timber interiors and timber construction as a viable option 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.

woman walks up wooden stairs surrounded by raw concrete walls. Black and white mural, front of a forest. Angled railing

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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.

Heavy mass timber ceiling, beams, and columns with a gray sofa and dark wood entertainment center

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Material Hospitality: Researching Mass Timber 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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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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Metropolis

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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Timber: What’s Old is New Again

Many of us are familiar with wood as a decorative and finishing material, but wood is making its way back – quite literally – to the core of our buildings.

lobby at Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis Mill District

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The Real Deal

The New Architecture of Resilience: Why DLR Group is Refusing to Let Buildings Go to Waste

DLR Group is saving 1.5M+ SF from demolition with carbon savings up to 75%, leveraging innovative adaptive reuse strategies powered by integrated design.

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LODGING

Hyatt Lodge Oak Brook Announces Renovation Designed by DLR Group

DLR Group brings fresh design and elevated details to the renovated guestrooms at Hyatt Lodge Oak Brook.

architectural rendering of 9th and High in Columbus, Ohio; mass timber structure; modern building with large windows and common space lobby on the ground floor

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Think Wood

College Housing Grows Up with Mass Timber

DLR Group is redefining off-campus student living with its latest 13-story mass timber tower, 9th and High in Columbus, Ohio.

Built in 1926, Cleveland’s historic Terminal Tower, once a bustling office space, is reimagined as a vibrant living environment

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ENR Midwest

Adaptive Reuse Projects Bring New Life to Older Buildings in Cleveland

DLR Group’s adaptation of Terminal Tower in Cleveland has contributed to the revitalization of housing in downtown.

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Hospitality Design

DLR Group Designs Momentum KC Signature Lounge

Momentum Lounge debuts atop the Cascade Hotel as a semi-private club and retreat offering discreet luxury and elevated hospitality.

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Essentials

DLR Group + DPSCD: Reimagining Education and Building Detroit’s Future

Detroit schools leverage design and inquiry-based learning to create dynamic, future-focused educational spaces

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Morningstar

Design as a Solution to America's Education Funding Gap

Due to funding shortage for educational facilities across the country, DLR Group is among those advocating for design modernization as solution.

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Architectural Record

Three Palisades Schools Rebuild for the Future

Learn how our design is bringing future-ready learning to Palisades Charter High School and most importantly, normalcy and stability to Pali students and families.