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DLR Group 
Type Employee-owned Industry Architecture, Engineering Founded 1966 Headquarters 21 U.S. offices and Shanghai Key people Griff Davenport, Dale Hallock, Bryce Pearsall, Jon Pettit - Managing Principals Products architecture, engineering, planning, interior design Revenue $94 million (FY 2009) Employees 500 Website www.dlrgroup.com DLR Group is an architectural design firm providing architecture, engineering, planning, and interior design to clients throughout the United States. The firm's focus is corporate (mixed-use, hospitality, and workplace), higher education, K-12 education, justice (courts, civic spaces, and detention), and sports design.
DLR Group was founded in 1966 as Dana Larson and Roubal and Associates. The founders were Irv Dana and Bill Larson, both architects, and engineer Jim Roubal.[1]
The firm has 21 offices in the United States and an office in 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, Modesto, Palm Springs, and Riverside, and the office in Shanghai. The former WWCOT locations operate as DLR Group WWCOT.[2] In July, 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 the firm and operate as DLR Group KKE.[3]
Architect magazine ranked DLR Group 3rd on its 2010 "Architect 50" ranking of U.S. firms, which measures "ecological commitment and design quality" as well as profitability.[4] In its January 2010 rankings, United Kingdom based BD World Architecture ranked DLR Group's Criminal Justice practice #1 in the world and its Education practice #3 as measured by 2009 income. Overall, DLR Group ranked 31st in the world as measured by the number of fee-earning architects employed.[5] DLR Group also ranks as the 31st largest firm in America by revenue according to Architectural Record.[6]
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’ 2030 Commitment.[7]
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DLR Group Building Designs
- Clackamas Town Center - Clackamas, Oregon[8]
- Overland Park Convention Center and Hotel - Overland Park, Kansas [9]
- Tucson Convention Center and Hotel - Tucson, Arizona[10]
- Edward R. Roybal Learning Center - Los Angeles, California [11]
- Betty H. Fairfax High School - Phoenix, Arizona [12]
- Lincoln High School (Tacoma, Washington) [13]
- Oak Ridge High School (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) [14]
- Panorama High School - Los Angeles, California [15]
- Rosemont High School - Sacramento, California[16]
- Alex Box Stadium - Baton Rouge, Louisiana[17]
- Bowling Green Ballpark - Bowling Green, Kentucky[18]
- UFCU Disch–Falk Field - Austin, Texas[19]
- Fluor Field at the West End - Greenville, South Carolina[20]
- Morrison Stadium - Omaha, Nebraska[21]
- PK Park - Eugene, Oregon[22]
- Qwest Center Omaha - Omaha, Nebraska[23]
- ADX Florence - United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility - Fremont County, Colorado[24]
- Coffee Creek Correctional Facility - Wilsonville, Oregon[25]
- Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse - Eugene, Oregon[26]
- Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution - Goshen County, Wyoming[27]
Office Locations
- Chicago, Illinois
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Denver, Colorado
- Des Moines, Iowa
- Honolulu, Hawaii
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Lincoln, Nebraska
- Los Angeles, California
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Orlando, Florida
- Overland Park, Kansas
- Palm Springs, California
- Pasadena, California
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Portland, Oregon
- Riverside, California
- Sacramento, California
- Seattle, Washington
- Tucson, Arizona
- Shanghai, China
References
- ^ History, DLR Group website, accessed June 27, 2010
- ^ Architect, WWCOT to Become Part of DLR Group, March 2010
- ^ Architect
- ^ Architect, The Architect 50, May 2010
- ^ BD World Architecture, 2010 World Architecture 100, January 2010
- ^ Architectural Record, Top 250 Architecture Firms, July 2010
- ^ American Institute of Architects web site, AIA 2030 Commitment, List of Committed Firms [1]
- ^ AIA Seattle Website, Firm Finder
- ^ DLR Group Website
- ^ PRWeb Newswire, June 17, 2009, DLR Group to Design Headquarters Hotel in Tucson [2]
- ^ American School & University Website, Feb. 1, 2009
- ^ Architectural Record, Jan. 2009, Schools of the 21st Century
- ^ AIA Seattle Website, Firm Finder
- ^ Education Design Showcase, Green Project of Distinction Winner 2008
- ^ Education Design Showcase, Honorable Mention Winner 2008 Education Design Showcase [3]
- ^ SchoolDesigns.com
- ^ Baseball America, College Preview, Ballparks Feature, Feb. 23, 2009
- ^ ballparkdigest.com
- ^ Baseball America, College Preview, Ballparks Feature, Feb. 23, 2009
- ^ ballparkdigest.com
- ^ DLR Group Website
- ^ Baseball America, College Preview, Ballparks Feature, Feb. 23, 2009
- ^ DLR Group Website
- ^ DLR Group Website
- ^ Hoffman Construction Co. Website
- ^ [4] AIA Seattle Website, Firm Finder
- ^ "Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution Opens." The Layton Companies. Retrieved on December 12, 2010.
- ^ DLR Group web site, Locations
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