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.

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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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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ArchDaily

Evolving Classrooms for Diverse Minds and Futures

Principal and K-12 Education Leader Vanessa Schutte, AIA, ALEP, details DLR Group’s approach to thoughtful design for future-ready teaching and learning.

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Justice Design News

Gainesville Breaks Ground on Spacious New Evidence Facility

DLR Group and Gainesville community members gathered to break ground on the Gainesville Police Department Property Evidence facility.

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Consulting-Specifying Engineer

2026 CSE 40 Under 40 Honoree: Anthony Montez, PE, CxA

Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine has honored National Commissioning Leader Anthony Montez as a 2026 40 Under 40 award recipient.

SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center in Sacramento viewed from across the street , lit from within by purple lights

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designboom

How DLR Group Advances Integrated Design to Elevate Human Experience

designboom explores how our evolving method of integrated design fuels constant creativity and sustains a 60-year legacy.

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University of Missouri Athletics

From Renderings to Reality, Mizzou’s Memorial Stadium Centennial Project Comes to Life

The design for Mizzou’s Memorial Stadium Centennial Project transforms the historic venue ahead of its 100th anniversary.

dining space in the The Vanguard Hotel, Autograph Collection hotel; greenery hangs from ceiling and integrates with the circular lighting fixtures; looking down on small ornately decorated tables with blue accents; floor to ceiling windows on the right wall

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Hotel Managment

3 Ways Hotel Bars, Lounges Drive Revenue and Relevance

Guests favor immersive, story-driven hotel spaces, pushing brands to design intentional environments that feel memorable.

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LODGING

Hyatt Regency Denver Completes Renovation

Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center completed its renovation with dynamic guestrooms reimagined by DLR Group.

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ICPA

Designing Hope: How Prison Design Experts Are Reimagining Correctional Spaces

DLR Group Principal and Justice+Civic Planning Leader Marayca Lopez, PhD discusses why the spaces we create behind bars matter more than we think with ICPA.