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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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.

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Fast Company

4 Lessons from the Mass Timber Movement

DLR Group’s work with mass timber has unlocked insights and practices that can drive innovation regardless of industry.

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LODGING

The Curtis Completes Renovation

The Curtis, a DoubleTree by Hilton hotel, is ready to welcome guests to experience a new adventure in their renovated space.

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Hospitality Design

Hospitality’s Next Wave: This Is What’s Driving 2026 Development

Human connection is playing a bigger role in hospitality design than ever, reshaping how spaces are conceived, experienced, and delivered.

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Archello

A Community Hub and Launchpad for College and Careers

Learn how our design transformed Compton High School into a world-class learning environment where 2,000 scholars are pursuing passion-led pathways to college and careers.

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Stadium Journey

Memorial Stadium 100th Anniversary: Out With the Old, In With the New

Mizzou advances a $250M Memorial Stadium renovation with naming rights plans to modernize fan amenities for its 100th anniversary.

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Justice Design News

Curving Toward Justice: Bernie McCabe Courthouse Unveiled in St. Petersburg

A new chapter in Florida’s judicial history began on February 21, 2026, as the Second District Court of Appeal officially opened the Bernie McCabe Courthouse.