DLR Group explained
DLR Group is an employee-owned integrated design firm providing architecture, engineering, planning, and interior design.[1] Their brand promise is to elevate the human experience through design.[2] A self-described advocate for sustainable design, the firm was an early adopter of the Architecture 2030 Challenge, and an initial signatory to the AIA 2030 Commitment[3] and the China Accord.[4] [5] [6]
History
DLR Group, named for architects Irving Dana, Bill Larson, and engineer Jim Roubal, was founded on April 1, 1966, in Omaha, Nebraska, as Dana Larson Roubal and Associates,[7] after leaving Leo A Daly to start their own firm. The name was changed to DLR Group in 1996.[8]
The company has carried out a series of acquisitions, including purchases of Lescher & Mahoney of Phoenix in 1974; John Graham and Co. of Seattle, architects behind the Space Needle, in 1986; Newman, Cavendar & Doane of Denver in 2007; KKE Architects of Minneapolis, who were involved in the construction of Mall of America,[9] WWCOT of Los Angeles in 2010; and Sorg Architects of Washington, D.C., in 2015. In the summer of 2021, the company added healthcare focused firms Salus Architecture in Seattle, and Wright McGraw Beyers Architects in Charlotte, North Carolina, as well as K12 focused firms BakerNowicki Design Studio in San Diego, California, and Bowie Gridley Architects in Washington, D.C.[10] Currently, the firm has 30 locations across the globe.[11]
In 1978, DLR Group implemented an employee stock ownership program, which resulted in the firm becoming 100% employee owned in 2005.[12]
The firm is currently led by CEO Steven McKay, RIBA.[13]
Services
DLR Group follows an integrated design model of design and building delivery.[14] The firm has experience in the development of Civic, Justice, Federal, Healthcare, Higher Education, Hospitality, K-12 Education, Retail, Sports, and Workplace projects. Their services offered include architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, acoustical design, experiential graphic design, high performance design, landscape architecture, lighting design, preservation, reality capture, lab design, sustainability, and theater design.[15]
DLR Group is an organization that focuses on sustainable construction, and adheres to the United States' LEED building design program and was an early adopter of solar hot water, renewable energy creation, and geothermal systems.[16]
Recognitions
DLR Group was ranked #1 in ARCHITECT's Top 50 ranking of U.S. design firms in 2012, and has appeared on the list each year since 2010.[17]
2014 AIA COTE Top Ten and LEED Platinum Certification for the Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building.[18]
2015 AIA Healthcare Design Award for the Cleveland Clinic Brunswick Emergency Department.[19]
2017 American Architecture Award for Missouri Innovation Campus in Lee's Summit, Missouri.[20]
2018 AIA COTE Top Ten for The Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery restoration.[21]
2020 American Architecture Award for the Triumph multifamily housing facility.[22]
2021 American Architecture Award for the Portland Building.[23]
2021 American Architecture Award for the Shenzhen Opera House.[24]
Notable Projects
Locations
DLR Group currently has 30 locations across the globe.
Twenty-eight offices are within the United States of America:
- Austin, Texas
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Chicago, Illinois
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Columbus, Ohio
- Dallas, Texas
- Denver, Colorado
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Houston, Texas
- Kansas City, Kansas
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Los Angeles, California
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- New York, New York
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Orlando, Florida
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Portland, Oregon
- Riverside, California
- Sacramento, California
- San Diego, California
- San Francisco, California
- Seattle, Washington
- Tucson, Arizona
- Washington, D.C.
There are two office outside the United States, located in the United Arab Emirates and China:
Notes and References
- Web site: writer . Steve Jordon / World-Herald staff . At age 50, Omaha-founded DLR widens reach and thrives globally with dispersed leadership . 2022-06-20 . Omaha World-Herald . 4 April 2016 . en.
- Web site: Case Study: DLR . 2022-06-20 . Hyphn . en-US.
- Web site: 2030 Directory - AIA . 2022-04-08 . www.aia.org.
- Web site: China Accord – Architecture 2030 . 2022-04-08 . en-US.
- Web site: About DLR Group. DLR Group. en. 2018-10-25.
- Web site: 2021 Annual Report . 2022-06-20 . DLR Group.
- Web site: 2016-04-01 . DLR Group Celebrates 50 Years of Design Excellence . 2022-06-20 . www.businesswire.com . en.
- Web site: WV SOS - Business and Licensing - Corporations - Online Data Services . 2022-06-20 . apps.sos.wv.gov.
- Web site: https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2010/07/26/daily25.html . 2022-06-20 . www.bizjournals.com.
- Group . D. L. R. . 2021-10-12 . DLR Group invests in four key markets . 2022-06-20 . GlobeNewswire News Room . en.
- Web site: Locations . 2022-06-20 . DLR Group . en-US.
- Web site: DLR Group celebrates 50 years . 2022-02-08 . MetroWire Media . 12 April 2016 . en-US.
- Group . D. L. R. . 2022-09-06 . DLR Group selects Steven McKay, RIBA as CEO . 2022-10-19 . GlobeNewswire News Room . en.
- Web site: Pipa . Meghan . 2021-08-17 . MOSH Selects DLR Group for MOSH Genesis Project Jacksonville's Museum of Science and History . 2022-02-08 . en-US.
- Web site: How We Work . 2022-06-20 . DLR Group . en-US.
- Web site: Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse . 2022-06-20 . www.aiatopten.org . en.
- Web site: Wills. Eric. The 2012 Architect 50. Hanley Wood Media, Inc.. 19 December 2014.
- Web site: https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/2014-aia-cote-top-ten-winner-wayne-n-aspinall-federal-building-and-u-s-courthouse_o . 2022-06-20 . www.architectmagazine.com.
- Web site: https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/aia-announces-2015-healthcare-design-awards_o . 2022-06-20 . www.architectmagazine.com.
- Web site: The Chicago Athenaeum . 2022-06-20 . www.chi-athenaeum.org.
- Web site: The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum - AIA . 2022-06-20 . www.aia.org.
- Web site: American Architecture Awards List 2020 . 2022-06-20 . Chicago Athenaeum.
- Web site: The American Architecture Awards . 2022-06-20 . www.americanarchitectureawards.com.
- Web site: The American Architecture Awards . 2022-06-20 . www.americanarchitectureawards.com.
- Web site: By . CWRU nears kickoff for construction of Maltz Performing Arts Center expansion - cleveland.com . 2022-06-20 . cleveland . en.
- Web site: DLR Group's 'Reconstruction' of the Portland Building . 2022-06-20 . www.architecturalrecord.com . en.
- Web site: https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/point-park-university-pittsburgh-playhouse_o . 2022-06-20 . www.architectmagazine.com.
- Web site: 2017-04-27 . Onondoga Lakeview Ampitheater by DLR Group . 2022-06-20 . Architizer . en-us.
- Web site: https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/murphy-arts-district . 2022-06-20 . www.architectmagazine.com.
- Web site: 'State' chooses firm for rebuild . 2022-06-20 . sanduskyregister.com . en.
- Web site: DLR Group Wraps New Phase of Oberlin College Green Arts District . 20 June 2022 . World Construction Today. 4 January 2019 .
- Web site: Reports and Resources - City of Sacramento . 2022-06-20 . www.cityofsacramento.org.
- Web site: AIA Ohio - Master Plan for the Straz Center for the Performing Arts . 2022-06-20 . aiaohio.secure-platform.com.
- Web site: healthcare . 2022-06-20 . DLR Group . en-US.
- Web site: Groundbreaking event heralds new era for UF's Institute of Black Culture and Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures . 2022-06-20 . news.ufl.edu . en.
- Web site: $100M Aloft, Tribute Portfolio hotel development eyes late 2022 completion . 2022-06-20 . www.bizjournals.com.
- Web site: https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/dlr-group-acquires-kke-architects_o . 2022-06-20 . www.architectmagazine.com.
- Web site: 2018-03-09 . Mall of America pitches massive $200M water park . 2022-06-20 . The Architect’s Newspaper . en-US.
- Web site: Service . Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News . District gets international attention for re-thinking what school looks like - AZEdNews . 23 October 2018 . 2022-06-20 . en-US.
- Web site: StackPath . 2022-06-20 . www.asumag.com. 16 June 2017 .
- Web site: https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/usc-los-angeles-memorial-coliseum-renovation . 2022-06-20 . www.architectmagazine.com.
- Web site: Wright . Jarah . 2020-03-13 . Ballpark Preview: Riverfront Stadium, Wichita Wind Surge Ballpark Digest . 2022-06-20 . en-US.
- Web site: LAX Automated People Mover, California . 2022-06-20 . Railway Technology . en-US.
- Web site: Great Glazing Central Subway – Union Square Market Street Station . 2022-06-20 . www.glassmagazine.com . en.
- Web site: 2019-06-20 . DLR Group Designs the Canopy by Hilton in Minneapolis . 2022-06-20 . Hospitality Design . en-US.
- Web site: 2020-11-20 . Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel Debuts in Omaha, Nebraska . 2022-06-20 . Hospitality Design . en-US.
- Web site: In the News . 2022-06-20 . AIA New York . en-US.