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DLR Group

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Website
  
www.dlrgroup.com

Revenue
  
116 million USD (2012)

Number of employees
  
600

Type of business
  
Employee-owned

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Industry
  
Architecture, Engineering

Products
  
architecture, engineering, planning, interior design

Headquarters
  
Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Founded
  
1966, Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Profiles

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DLR Group is an integrated design firm providing architecture, engineering, planning, and interior design, and building optimization to clients from offices coast-to-coast and in China. Core areas of design expertise include Civic, Courts, Detention, Energy Services, Higher Education, Hospitality, K-12 Education, Retail, Sports, and Workplace.

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In September 2012, Architect magazine, the official publication of the American Institute of Architects, ranked DLR Group as the #1 firm in the United States in its annual ARCHITECT 50 ranking of U.S. firms. The ARCHITECT 50 list is compiled by weighting three key components of practice: design excellence and pro bono, sustainability, and business.

DLR Group was founded in Omaha, Nebraska in 1966 as Dana Larson and Roubal and Associates. In 2016, DLR Group celebrates its 50 year anniversary. The founders were Irv Dana and Bill Larson, both architects, and engineer Jim Roubal. The firm has 23 offices in the United States and an offices in Dubai and Shanghai, China.

In February 2010, DLR Group merged Southern California-based design firm WWCOT into the firm. The transaction added DLR Group office locations in Los Angeles and Riverside, and the office in Shanghai. In July 2010, DLR Group announced the acquisition of Minneapolis-based design firm KKE Architects. KKE offices in Minneapolis, Las Vegas, Tucson, and Pasadena, Calif., were merged into DLR Group. In 2015, DLR Group merged with Washington, D.C.-based Sorg Architects, establishing a strong presence on the East Coast. In 2016, DLR Group acquired Westlake Reed Leskosky, based in Cleveland, bringing the firm's total number of employees above 1,000.

In its January 2012 rankings, United Kingdom based BD World Architecture ranked DLR Group's Education practice #1 in the world, its Criminal Justice practice #2, its Sports Stadia practice #4, and DLR Group Engineering #7 in the world. DLR Group also ranks as the 26th largest firm in America by revenue according to Architectural Record.

In February 2017, DLR announced its acquisition of Studio Hive, a Minneapolis interior design firm.

DLR Group is a member firm of Architecture 2030 and supports the 2030 Challenge. The firm also is a signatory of the American Institute of Architects’ 2030Commitment.

Interview with griff davenport ceo of dlr group on greater msp business


DLR Group building designs

  • Clackamas Town Center - Clackamas, Oregon
  • Overland Park Convention Center and Hotel - Overland Park, Kansas
  • Tucson Convention Center and Hotel - Tucson, Arizona
  • Edward R. Roybal Learning Center - Los Angeles, California
  • Betty H. Fairfax High School - Phoenix, Arizona
  • Lincoln High School (Tacoma, Washington)
  • Oak Ridge High School (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
  • Panorama High School - Los Angeles, California
  • Rosemont High School - Sacramento, California
  • Alex Box Stadium - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Bowling Green Ballpark - Bowling Green, Kentucky
  • UFCU Disch–Falk Field - Austin, Texas
  • Fluor Field at the West End - Greenville, South Carolina
  • Morrison Stadium - Omaha, Nebraska
  • PK Park - Eugene, Oregon
  • CenturyLink Center Omaha - Omaha, Nebraska
  • ADX Florence - United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility - Fremont County, Colorado
  • Coffee Creek Correctional Facility - Wilsonville, Oregon
  • Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse - Eugene, Oregon
  • Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution - Goshen County, Wyoming
  • Provident Bank Park - Ramapo, New York
  • Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex and Benedictine University
  • Office locations

  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Denver, Colorado
  • Des Moines, Iowa
  • Dubai
  • Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Houston, Texas
  • Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Omaha, Nebraska
  • Orlando, Florida
  • Overland Park, Kansas
  • Pasadena, California
  • Phoenix, Arizona
  • Portland, Oregon
  • Riverside, California
  • Sacramento, California
  • Santa Monica, California
  • Seattle, Washington
  • Tucson, Arizona
  • Shanghai, China
  • References

    DLR Group Wikipedia