A mass timber midrise hotel with a blackened steel façade and timber infill with an arched timber canopy on a glassed-in rooftop

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A Future for Mass Timber in Hospitality

We have been recognized as one of three Responsible Disruptors in Metropolis Magazine’s second-annual Responsible Disruptors program for the Mass Timber Innovation: The Hospitality Prototype.

The Hospitality Prototype's greatest accomplishment may be that it enables us to see the future of design in this industry.

Widely known for our mass timber workplace expertise, we’ve expanded our vision for the material to create positive change, or disruption, that encourages healthy innovation in architecture and design. Our mass timber hotel prototype addresses a new use for mass timber in design that enables the built environment to imagine new opportunities in hospitality for mass timber. The prototype strives to increase the adoption of mass timber, a sustainable construction material, by proving that it is affordable, appealing, and accessible and disproving its common misconceptions.

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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.

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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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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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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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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.

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BD+C

Nation's First Multi-user Silicon Carbide Lab Opens at University of Arkansas

The MUSiC Fabrication Lab at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville supports advanced research in semiconductor technologies.

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Moffitt Cancer Center

Moffitt Cancer Center Celebrates Grand Opening of Moffitt Speros Outpatient Center

Cancer care has expanded in Florida with the grand opening of the Moffitt Speros Outpatient Center.

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Athletic Business

Jordan Krug Brings Expertise in Sports Interiors to DLR Group

Jordan Krug joins DLR Group to lead Sports interior design and deliver world-class environments for clients.

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ArchDaily

“Users Are the Experts on Themselves”: How People Shape the Spaces They Use

DLR Group’s research-informed, human-centered design treats the lived experience as a form of design intelligence.

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Lab Design News

Breaking Down Silos in Cancer Research at Moffitt's New Speros Center

The 2025 Lab Design Conference spotlighted Moffitt’s Speros Center, a 250,000-SF hub redefining interdisciplinary cancer research.

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Woodworking Network

DLR Group Reaches Four Million SF Milestone of Mass Timber

Leading mass timber design across North America, DLR Group decreases CO2 emissions and advances economic value in the built environment.

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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.