DLR Group

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, after leaving Leo A Daly to start their own firm. The name was changed to DLR Group in 1996.

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, 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, 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. Currently, the firm has 36 locations across the globe.

In 1978, DLR Group implemented an employee stock ownership program, which resulted in the firm becoming 100% employee owned in 2005.

The firm is currently led by CEO Steven McKay, RIBA.

In 2026, DLR Group held a contract with Oklahoma Department of Corrections. After staff feedback and communication, the heads of the company told staff that DLR Group "will not do work to expand the portfolio of facilities that private providers own and operate with a fiduciary interest in promoting actions that increase the use of incarceration."

Services

DLR Group follows an integrated design model of design and building delivery. The firm has experience in the development of Civic, Cultural and Performing Arts, Federal, Healthcare, Higher Education, Hospitality, Justice, K-12 Education, Mixed-Use, Sports, Transportation 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, and theater planning.

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.

Locations

DLR Group currently has 40 locations across the globe.

36 offices are within the United States of America: