As part of #EmployeeOwnershipMonth, Managing Principal and CEO Steven McKay AIA, RIBA, LEED AP, shares with Fast Company how shared firm ownership builds companies designed to last, ensuring purpose and culture endure: https://lnkd.in/g-GuffHY “[DLR Group] being 100 percent employee-owned has shaped how we make decisions, collaborate, and deliver work. When you know your colleagues have skin in the game, you trust them differently. You lead differently. You take responsibility in a way that doesn’t hinge on hierarchy – it stems from care rooted in real ownership.”
DLR Group
Architecture and Planning
30 offices, globally 86,064 followers
Elevate the Human Experience Through Design
About us
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse. Our promise is to elevate the human experience through design. This promise inspires sustainable design for a diverse group of public and private sector clients; local communities; and our planet. DLR Group is 100 percent employee-owned and fully supports the initiatives and goals of the 2030 Challenge, and is an initial signatory to the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
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http://www.dlrgroup.com
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- Industry
- Architecture and Planning
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- 30 offices, globally
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1966
- Specialties
- Civic design, Courts design, Detention design, Energy Services design, Higher Education design, Hospitality design, K-12 Education design, Retail design, Sports design, Workplace design, Architecture, Engineering, Interior Design, Master Planning, Building Optimization, Healthcare design, Multi-family housing design, and Transportation design
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We’ve opened a new office in #FortWorth, Texas – strengthening how we serve clients across K-12, Justice+Civic, and Higher Education: https://lnkd.in/gC-wEPn2 Our recent and ongoing work in the city includes projects for Texas Christian University, such as Ed Landreth Hall and a forthcoming sports track. This new studio deepens our connection to Fort Worth’s public clients and institutions, pairing local delivery with the reach and resources of our integrated national practice.
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Austin Independent School District broke ground on Burnet Middle School’s transformation, which is one of five campuses prioritized in the district’s equity-based Long-Range Plan. Read the story behind this catalyst for the district’s record-breaking $2.4 billion bond: https://lnkd.in/gWHnNuy7
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#DesignFeature | Set within Nebraska’s plains, the Grand Island Casino Resort at Fonner Park reimagines what destination #design can be – where local heritage and contemporary hospitality converge: https://lnkd.in/gDhwAf4g Our #design for this 241,000-SF resort draws inspiration from the state’s farmland textures. Inside, guests move from the energy of the casino to the calm of its spa or up for elevated views from the rooftop terrace. And anchored is a 162-key hotel tower. Here, design unites entertainment, rest, and community to redefine what it means to get away.
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The Architect's Newspaper goes in-depth on our #design for this unexpected student services complex at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, California: https://lnkd.in/eUf_kCB4 Vice President of Administrative Services Dr. Andrea Alexander captures one of the core motivators behind this project: “How can we help our students, who would normally not have these opportunities, be ready for a globalized world so they can change the trajectory of their particular circumstance?” Read about how this unfolded in the link above.
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How do we balance technology, culture, and wellbeing while keeping the human experience at the center? Global Workplace Leader Jeremy Reding, AIA, WELL AP, explores this question with Robert D. Fox, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP, on Work Design Magazine’s podcast.
📽️ In this episode of What the F is Happening to the Office?, host Robert D. Fox, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP sits down with Jeremy Reding, Global Workplace Leader & Senior Principal at DLR Group. We dig into AI-driven team rooms, immersive storytelling in space, low-tech counter-movements, and how to balance tech, culture, and wellbeing without losing the human experience. If you care about how work connects to people, culture, performance—and where AI fits in—this one’s for you. Watch here: https://lnkd.in/e9rVVfNs
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Part of #HispanicHeritageMonth is celebrating the power of #design to expand access and representation. For Mixed-Use Design Leader Jose Sanchez, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C, this month is a reminder that progress happens when we open doors earlier and share #design alongside communities. In his article, José reflects on how challenges faced by #Hispanic and #Latino professionals also create opportunities in strengthening pathways into the design field and shaping spaces that reflect identity and belonging: https://lnkd.in/gsZAmpuS
A reflection on how representation, trust, and opportunity in design can transform not only our profession, but the communities we serve.
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The Finkelstein Performing Arts Center at Crafton Hills College in Yucaipa, California, has officially opened its doors. Designed to target LEED Platinum certification – which would be the first of its kind within the State of California – the center integrates strategies like earth-berming, passive heating and cooling, and energy-efficient systems: https://lnkd.in/gqcSzFpF
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“Aggieland’s new front door,” the Aplin Center is making headlines as Texas A&M University’s first mass timber building. The Architect's Newspaper spotlights our #design in collaboration with Pickard Chilton, Manhattan Construction Company, and the Texas A&M University System: https://lnkd.in/gQS5yzsG “Our design for the Aplin Center puts education on display,” shares Senior Interior Designer Stephanie Spingler ( Williams ), NCIDQ, WELL AP. “We’ve created spaces that blend hospitality-inspired public zones with focused academic environments to foster collaboration and engagement.”
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Designing museums means creating cultural spaces that endure and evolve for generations. The INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUM FACILITY ADMINSTRATORS recognized this commitment by presenting us with the 2025 Diplomat Award: https://lnkd.in/gQVTNSRh This honor reflects our impact on advancing museum facility #design and engineering, as well as our support of #IAMFA’s mission through education, sponsorship, and active participation in its global community.