DLR Group
{{Short description|Architectural firm}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = DLR Group
| logo = DLR Group Logo.png
| type = Employee-owned
| industry = Architecture
| services = architecture, engineering, planning, interior design
| revenue = $280 Million (FY 2020)
| operating_income =
| net_income =
| num_employees = 1,200
| parent =
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| footnotes =
| foundation = 1966
| hq_location = Omaha, Nebraska
| homepage = [http://www.dlrgroup.com/ www.dlrgroup.com]
}}
DLR Group is an employee-owned integrated design firm providing architecture, engineering, planning, and interior design.{{Cite web |last=writer |first=Steve Jordon / World-Herald staff |title=At age 50, Omaha-founded DLR widens reach and thrives globally with dispersed leadership |url=https://omaha.com/money/at-age-50-omaha-founded-dlr-widens-reach-and-thrives-globally-with-dispersed-leadership/article_b8df8061-46c7-5557-8bbc-654f73e122c1.html |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Omaha World-Herald |date=4 April 2016 |language=en}} Their brand promise is to elevate the human experience through design.{{Cite web |title=Case Study: DLR |url=https://www.hyphn.com/case-study-dlr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418085326/https://www.hyphn.com/case-study-dlr |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Hyphn |language=en-US }} 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{{Cite web |title=2030 Directory - AIA |url=https://www.aia.org/2030-directory?page%5Bnumber%5D=5 |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=www.aia.org |archive-date=2023-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117170011/https://www.aia.org/2030-directory?page%5Bnumber%5D=5 |url-status=dead }} and the China Accord.{{Cite web |title=China Accord – Architecture 2030 |url=https://architecture2030.org/publications-2/china-accord/ |access-date=2022-04-08 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dlrgroup.com/about/|title=About {{!}} DLR Group|website=DLR Group|language=en|access-date=2018-10-25}}{{Cite web |title=2021 Annual Report |url=https://www.dlrgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DLRGroup_AnnualReport2021.pdf |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=DLR Group}}
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,{{Cite web |date=2016-04-01 |title=DLR Group Celebrates 50 Years of Design Excellence |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160401005082/en/DLR-Group-Celebrates-50-Years-of-Design-Excellence |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}} after leaving Leo A Daly to start their own firm. The name was changed to DLR Group in 1996.{{Cite web |title=WV SOS - Business and Licensing - Corporations - Online Data Services |url=https://apps.sos.wv.gov/business/corporations/organization.aspx?org=178397 |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=apps.sos.wv.gov}}
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,{{Cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2010/07/26/daily25.html |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.bizjournals.com}} 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.{{Cite press release |last=Group |first=D. L. R. |date=2021-10-12 |title=DLR Group invests in four key markets |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/10/12/2312922/0/en/DLR-Group-invests-in-four-key-markets.html |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}} Currently, the firm has 30 locations across the globe.{{Cite web |title=Locations |url=https://www.dlrgroup.com/firm-2/locations/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=DLR Group |language=en-US}}
In 1978, DLR Group implemented an employee stock ownership program, which resulted in the firm becoming 100% employee owned in 2005.{{Cite web |title=DLR Group celebrates 50 years |url=http://www.metrowiremedia.com/news/2016/4/28/dlr-group-celebrates-50-years |access-date=2022-02-08 |website=MetroWire Media |date=12 April 2016 |language=en-US}}
The firm is currently led by CEO Steven McKay, RIBA.{{Cite press release |last=Group |first=D. L. R. |date=2022-09-06 |title=DLR Group selects Steven McKay, RIBA as CEO |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2022/09/06/2510625/0/en/DLR-Group-selects-Steven-McKay-RIBA-as-CEO.html |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |language=en}}
Services
DLR Group follows an integrated design model of design and building delivery.{{Cite web |last=Pipa |first=Meghan |date=2021-08-17 |title=MOSH Selects DLR Group for MOSH Genesis Project {{!}} Jacksonville's Museum of Science and History |url=https://themosh.org/mosh-selects-dlr-group-for-mosh-genesis-project/ |access-date=2022-02-08 |language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web |title=How We Work |url=https://www.dlrgroup.com/how-we-work/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=DLR Group |language=en-US}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse |url=https://www.aiatopten.org/node/367 |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.aiatopten.org |language=en}}
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.{{cite web|last1=Wills|first1=Eric|title=The 2012 Architect 50|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/architect-50/2012/|publisher=Hanley Wood Media, Inc.|accessdate=19 December 2014}}
2014 AIA COTE Top Ten and LEED Platinum Certification for the Wayne N. Aspinall Federal Building.{{Cite web |title=2014 AIA Cote Top Ten Winner Wayne N. Aspinall federal building and US courthouse |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/2014-aia-cote-top-ten-winner-wayne-n-aspinall-federal-building-and-u-s-courthouse_o |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.architectmagazine.com}}
2015 AIA Healthcare Design Award for the Cleveland Clinic Brunswick Emergency Department.{{Cite web |title=AIA announces 2015 Healthcare Design Awards |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/aia-announces-2015-healthcare-design-awards_o |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.architectmagazine.com}}
2017 American Architecture Award for Missouri Innovation Campus in Lee's Summit, Missouri.{{Cite web |title=The Chicago Athenaeum |url=https://www.chi-athenaeum.org/the-2018-awards/2018/06/11/missouri-innovation-campus-lees-summit,-missouri-2017/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.chi-athenaeum.org}}
2018 AIA COTE Top Ten for The Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery restoration.{{Cite web |title=The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum - AIA |url=https://www.aia.org/showcases/185096-the-renwick-gallery-of-the-smithsonian-amer |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.aia.org}}
2020 American Architecture Award for the Triumph multifamily housing facility.{{Cite web |title=American Architecture Awards List 2020 |url=https://www.chi-athenaeum.org/assets/AAA2020/AA_Awards_list_2020_new.pdf |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Chicago Athenaeum}}
2021 American Architecture Award for the Portland Building.{{Cite web |title=The American Architecture Awards |url=https://www.americanarchitectureawards.com/award-category.html?cat=11 |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.americanarchitectureawards.com}}
2021 American Architecture Award for the Shenzhen Opera House.{{Cite web |title=The American Architecture Awards |url=https://www.americanarchitectureawards.com/award-category.html?cat=7 |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.americanarchitectureawards.com}}
Notable Projects
- Museum of Science and History (MOSH)
- Cleveland Museum of Natural History
- The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
- Museum at Bethel Wood (Woodstock)
- The Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery
- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
- Maltz Performing Arts Center renovation{{Cite web |last=By |title=CWRU nears kickoff for construction of Maltz Performing Arts Center expansion - cleveland.com |url=https://www.cleveland.com/galleries/354POKI5TNBQRNKBFWAAEMU6NQ/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=cleveland |language=en}}
- The Portland Building renovation{{Cite web |title=DLR Group's 'Reconstruction' of the Portland Building |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14693-dlr-groups-reconstruction-of-the-portland-building |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.architecturalrecord.com |language=en}}
- Pittsburgh Playhouse renovation{{Cite web |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/point-park-university-pittsburgh-playhouse_o |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.architectmagazine.com}}
- St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater{{Cite web |date=2017-04-27 |title=Onondoga Lakeview Ampitheater by DLR Group |url=https://architizer.com/projects/onondoga-lakeview-ampitheater/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Architizer |language=en-us}}
- Murphy Arts District{{Cite web |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/murphy-arts-district |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.architectmagazine.com}}
- Playhouse Square{{Cite web |title='State' chooses firm for rebuild |url=https://sanduskyregister.com/news/312746/state-chooses-firm-for-rebuild/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=sanduskyregister.com |language=en}}
- Balboa Theater
- Tennessee Theater
- Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music{{Cite web |title=DLR Group Wraps New Phase of Oberlin College Green Arts District |url=https://www.worldconstructiontoday.com/pressreleases/dlr-group-wraps-new-phase-of-oberlin-college-green-arts-district/ |access-date=20 June 2022 |website=World Construction Today|date=4 January 2019 }}
- SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center{{Cite web |title=Reports and Resources - City of Sacramento |url=https://www.cityofsacramento.org/Convention-Cultural-Services/Divisions/Convention-Center/Reports-and-Resources |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.cityofsacramento.org}}
- Straz Center for the Performing Arts{{Cite web |title=AIA Ohio - Master Plan for the Straz Center for the Performing Arts |url=https://aiaohio.secure-platform.com/a/gallery/rounds/33/details/7625 |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=aiaohio.secure-platform.com}}
- Multiple facilities{{Cite web |title=healthcare |url=https://www.dlrgroup.com/sector/healthcare/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=DLR Group |language=en-US}} for the Cleveland Clinic
- University of Florida Institute of Black Culture and Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures{{Cite web |title=Groundbreaking event heralds new era for UF's Institute of Black Culture and Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures |url=https://news.ufl.edu/articles/2018/09/groundbreaking-event-heralds-new-era-for-ufs-institute-of-black-culture-and-institute-of-hispanic-latino-cultures.html |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=news.ufl.edu |language=en}}
- Cascade Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri{{Cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2022/03/13/aloft-tribute-cascade-plaza-hotels-construction.html |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.bizjournals.com|title=$100M Aloft, Tribute Portfolio hotel development eyes late 2022 completion }}
- Mall of America expansions,{{Cite web |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/dlr-group-acquires-kke-architects_o |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.architectmagazine.com}} and a planned waterpark addition{{Cite web |date=2018-03-09 |title=Mall of America pitches massive $200M water park |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2018/03/mall-america-plans-massive-water-park-upgrade/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=The Architect’s Newspaper |language=en-US}}
- Canyon View High School{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Lisa Irish/ Arizona Education News |title=District gets international attention for re-thinking what school looks like - AZEdNews |date=23 October 2018 |url=https://azednews.com/arizona-district-gets-international-attention-for-re-thinking-what-a-school-should-look-like/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |language=en-US}}
- Compton High School{{Cite web |title=StackPath |url=https://www.asumag.com/planning-design/facility-planning/article/20855573/10-million-from-dr-dre-will-help-build-performing-arts-center-at-compton-high |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.asumag.com|date=16 June 2017 }}
- Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum renovation{{Cite web |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/usc-los-angeles-memorial-coliseum-renovation |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.architectmagazine.com}}
- Equity Bank Park in Wichita, Kansas{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Jarah |date=2020-03-13 |title=Ballpark Preview: Riverfront Stadium, Wichita Wind Surge {{!}} Ballpark Digest |url=https://ballparkdigest.com/2020/03/13/ballpark-preview-riverfront-stadium-wichita-wind-surge/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |language=en-US}}
- TDECU Stadium
- CHI Health Center Omaha
- LAX Automated People Mover{{Cite web |title=LAX Automated People Mover, California |url=https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/lax-automated-people-mover-california/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Railway Technology |language=en-US}}
- Chinatown station (Muni Metro){{Cite web |title=Great Glazing {{!}} Central Subway – Union Square Market Street Station |url=https://www.glassmagazine.com/article/great-glazing-central-subway-union-square-market-street-station |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=www.glassmagazine.com |language=en}}
- Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis Mills{{Cite web |date=2019-06-20 |title=DLR Group Designs the Canopy by Hilton in Minneapolis |url=https://hospitalitydesign.com/news/hotels-resorts/canopy-opens-minneapolis/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Hospitality Design |language=en-US}}
- Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel{{Cite web |date=2020-11-20 |title=Kimpton Cottonwood Hotel Debuts in Omaha, Nebraska |url=https://hospitalitydesign.com/news/hotels-resorts/kimpton-cottonwood-hotel/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=Hospitality Design |language=en-US}}
- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church lighting design{{Cite web |title=In the News |url=https://www.aiany.org/news/in-the-news-198/ |access-date=2022-06-20 |website=AIA New York |language=en-US}}
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:
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.dlrgroup.com/home/}}
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