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In light of changing needs and districting, Portland Public Schools hired DLR Group to assess six outdated K-6, K-8, elementary and middle schools (Rose City Park, Roseway Heights, Holiday Center, Youngson, Rice-Pioneer, and Applegate) for conversion into modern middle schools. Under a tight schedule, DLR Group’s pro... |
Design Achievement - A unique addition to Oregon State University’s historic Goss Stadium excites both players and fans, and helps the Beavers maintain one of the strongest baseball programs in the country. The addition provides student-athletes and coaches a state-of-the-art locker room facility, and offers their fa... |
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When Oakridge School District’s planning had just begun, their driving issue was a prior failed attempt to merge 7th and 8th grade into the high school. We brainstormed through three separate sessions with the community regarding how to rectify the issue on site and ended up with the alternative of putting them back ... |
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Part of a $433 million bond to positively impact over 17,000 students in the district through major facilities renovations, safety upgrades, and new construction.
This project included significant renovation of Career and Technical Education facilities at the North and South Campuses of Sabin -Schellenberg. The Sab... |
Design Achievement The site planning for the new Jefferson County Courthouse responds to the local context and regional geologic and natural surroundings. The site is located at the edge of the civic area of downtown and City Hall to one side and residential neighborhoods to the other. DLR Group’s design responds to ... |
Part of a $433 million bond to positively impact over 17,000 students in the district through major facilities renovations, safety upgrades, and new construction.
This project included significant renovation of Career and Technical Education facilities at the North and South Campuses of Sabin -Schellenberg.
With ea... |
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Amid increasing public attention on law enforcement and the criminal justice system, Benton County engaged DLR Group to communicate to voters the merits of its impending public safety and health local option levy (LOL).
DLR Group was hired to “quarterback” the county’s informational campaign. Working with a core ... |
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Set amongst a challenging, diverse urban environment, Rockwood Charter School is a key part of a multi-phase urban redevelopment bringing renewed vitality to the Rockwood neighborhood of Gresham, Oregon. DLR Group’s design brings collaboration and celebration of the over 70 languages and cultures p... |
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Strategic Plan to implement new vision for adult correctional services at 14 facilities with 14,702 beds in the State of Oregon with an emphasis on special needs, medical, mental health, and geriatric populations. DLR Group investigated deferred maintenance needs at all campuses, facility loca... |
Public Charter School for Grades K-12 (730 Students) and Master Site Planning. |
Public Charter School for Grades K-12 (730 Students) and Master Site Planning. |
Design Narrative - Nestucca K-8 School sought to create a space that would bring grades 6-8 back from the Jr/Sr High school interim location into a place with an identity of its own. DLR Group’s design approach for this modernization/addition included connecting a new single-story facility to the existing building in... |
Design Narrative - With over 1,300 online classes and 24,000+ students enrolled worldwide, Oregon State University Ecampus Division is one of the leading online academic programs in the country. As OSU looks to their future, they wanted a visionary road map that prioritizes future funding and facility needs while def... |
Jackson County’s current jail facility is grossly undersized for the current housing requirements and future projections for the County. They have determined a new facility is necessary to develop around their principles of treatment for inmates while in the justice system. The foundation of treatment through volunte... |
Kennedy elementary school is an existing one-story, wood framed building, serving students from kindergarten through fifth grade. The primary school was built in 1964, with a classroom addition in 1968. A secondary building containing a music room and gymnasium was built in 1977. The proposed addition will add seven ... |
DLR Group partnered with Linn Benton Lincoln’s Educational School District (LBLB ESD) to provide a robust space plan and facilities assessment. By taking the current state (addressed through a needs assessment and current space usage analysis) and by adding to LBL ESD’s intended future state (determined through visio... |
DLR Group was hired by the City of Tigard to develop space needs and site planning to consolidate City facilities. A prior planning effort started with a deep dive for the Police space needs and concluded with an initial estimate to replace the rest of City Hall. That assessment concluded in February 2020, and soon a... |
Design Achievement - DLR Group has provided design, planning and engineering services for North Clackamas School District as part of a $433 million bond to modernize their schools. The projects that are a result of the bond will positively impact over 17,000 students in the district through major facilities renovatio... |
We were brought in to analyze the hight school baseball field netting, to propose solutions to extend coverage of fly balls (balls were frequently landing on the nearby tennis courts. Upon investigation of structural solutions of the project, we concluded that the simple, inexpensive fix the district was loo... |
Design Achievement - A beloved and historic Klamath Falls community icon, Union High School is undergoing a renovation and addition to bring 21st century learning to an aged facility. DLR Group's design will bring needed re-zoning of spaces to support specialized learning in Science, Vocational/Technical education, F... |
This project consists of an interior remodel of Centennial Middle School. The Centennial School District has decided to add 6th grade to the current 7-8 school. To achieve this goal, Harold Oliver Elementary School will be renovated to a middle school. CMS will be renovated to modernize the media center, provide a ... |
Design Achievement - A beloved and historic Klamath Falls community icon, Union High School is undergoing a renovation and addition to bring 21st century learning to an aged facility. DLR Group's design will bring needed re-zoning of spaces to support specialized learning in Science, Vocational/Technical education... |
Ronald Reagan Elementary School is unique because it is a grade level school as opposed to a neighborhood school. As such, it was designed to accommodate grades 3 and 4, while being flexible to be shifted to a K-6 school in the future. In an effort to provide maximum visibility throughout the campus, the project was ... |
This project consists of an interior remodel of Harold Oliver Elementary School. The Centennial School District has decided to add 6th grade to the current 7-8 middle school. To achieve this goal, Harold Oliver Elementary School will be renovated from an elementary school to a middle school. With a renova... |
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The scope of work for the 110,000 SF Franklin Elementary School campus includes the removal of relocatable classrooms along the west alley and construction of a new two-story classroom building to replace them. This building will house an addition to the existing library on the first floor with a mu... |
Keizer Elementary will be expanded to relieve overcrowding and prepare for future growth. In addition to reactivating the front entry, this addition and renovation will include a new cafeteria and kitchen, four new classrooms, a multi-purpose fitness room, and improved separation of parking and drop-off. DLR Group's ... |
DLR Group provided design and construction administration services for administration/library building modernization and site improvements at Sierra Middle School. The building consists of 3,234 sq. ft. library and 2,102 sq. ft. administrative office area with principal's office, vice principal's office, conference roo... |
Design Achievement - DLR Group has provided design, planning and engineering services for North Clackamas School District as part of a $433 million bond to modernize their schools. The projects that are a result of the bond will positively impact over 17,000 students in the district through major facilities renovatio... |
Design Achievement – Gateway Mall opened its doors in 1990 which conveniently draws together the local communities of Springfield and Eugene Oregon. Located in Springfield Oregon, the mall is not only close in proximity to the Interstate 5 highway but conveniently draws the local community together by conveniently br... |
Corvallis School District passed a bond measure in the May 2018 with funds for two new replacement elementary schools (Lincoln and Husky), along with the replacement of 21 modular classrooms across the district’s elementary schools with permanent classroom facilities, the addition of multipurpose dining commons at fo... |
The project involved modernizing a 60,000 sq-ft two-story Jewish synagogue and religious school built in the 1950s, retaining its identity in the community and reinvigorating its spiritual ambiance for its members and for outreach to new members. The work entailed renovating the sanctuary and the school by upgrading ... |
The Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center at UCLA serves Jewish students from all denominations—Reform, Conservative, Orthodox—with University-sponsored programs and other services to help center their faith around an academic and social life influencing important lifetime decisions of career, family, and religious practice. T... |
This project consisted of replacing classroom finishes at walls and floors, new non-bearing walls, removal and replacement of base cabinets and sinks in classrooms, removal and replacement of ceiling systems, renovation of restrooms for accessibility, replacement of door hardware for ADA compliance, remodeling of off... |
Close to district capacity, Bonsall Unified School District was ready to expand. The former K-8 elementary district turns to the future with the implementation of a new high school. The ability for the new Bonsall High School to foster growth was integral to the design process, as the size of the school district’s st... |
Del Lago Academy brings cutting-edge integration to its K-8 campus. The school is designed in a modern indoor-outdoor fashion and promotes a free-flowing and flexible campus. Administrators, students, and community members alike prioritized the outdoors when participating in the school’s design symposium, resulting i... |
Design Achievement - The community and adjacent Joint Use Park played a significant role in the site development for the new Rio Vista Middle School, which is nestled within a network of trails and walkways connecting the surrounding neighborhood to the school. DLR Group's design creates 21st Century learning opportu... |
To enable future expansion within the existing Clatsop County Jail, the Sheriff’s department agreed to relocate to the existing probation building in Warrenton, OR, three miles from Astoria, the County center. The existing building was underutilized, and a modernization of the building would allow the probation and ... |
Located on the east side of the South Quad, the expansion of CSU Channel Islands’ dining facility creates a vital campus center. DLR Group transformed circa 1930s-40s buildings into an exciting full service dining complex to provide a variety of food service options for students, visitors, faculty, and staff.
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Design Achievement - The site planning for the new Jefferson County Courthouse responds to the local context and regional geologic and natural surroundings. The site is located at the edge of the civic area of downtown and City Hall to one side and residential neighborhoods to the other. DLR Group’s design responds t... |
DLR Group provided guidelines for campus growth and development so that future changes to the campus respect the existing California Mission-style architectural vocabulary and preserve open spaces while increasing density, introducing flexibility into buildings and systems, providing accessibility, and creating a ped... |
This adaptive reuse project transformed a 1930s era structure being used as a temporary library facility into a modern, full-service hub for student activities and socializing at California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo, CA. The project was entirely funded by Channel Islands students and the new stude... |
The site for the new Rosemont High School is a portion of a former 300 acre gravel mining operation in the southern part of Sacramento County. The west portion of the site contains the main campus school buildings. The east portion of the site is excavated approximately 40' lower than the upper level and contains the a... |
Prominently located along Avenida César Chavez, East Los Angeles College’s Parking Structure Lot 3 serves as an integral element of the "front door" for the entire campus. Along with the adjacent Student Services Building, and Main Entry Plaza and Administration Building beyond, this façade utilizes brick veneer pane... |
Fewer than ten years after opening, Murrieta Mesa High School enrollment was approaching its designed capacity and the need for an additional classroom building was apparent. Because the campus was originally designed by the BakerNowicki team to accommodate growth, the location of the new classroom building had alrea... |
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Vivid, saturated colors and bold forms reflect the high energy and playfulness of grade school-aged children and energize the surrounding neighborhood.
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The two-story, L-shaped, main building houses classrooms, the library and administrative functions, and is accommodated on t... |
Design Description: West Los Angeles College is moving into the next chapter in its exciting history. In order to reflect this optimistic future, the campus architecture and environs should reflect and promote these positive changes. In order to facilitate a cohesive future build-out on the 72-acre campus, DLR Group’... |
Design Achievement - Built in 1961 to support the emerging local community, Agua Caliente Elementary School was not up to California code and suffering from deterioration. By replacing all of the campus buildings, Agua Caliente Elementary School has addressed all of the campus concerns, while maintaining the legacy a... |
Design Achievement - Set within the 1.2 million SF center, the new DFS Galleria was the single largest retail tenant at Hollywood and Highland at the time of its construction. DLR Group's design creates a distinct shopping experience for general and guided shoppers, with a flow from a whimsical, fully themed interactiv... |
At McKinley Elementary School, the new two-story classroom building north of the cafeteria will add seven new classrooms on the 58,000 SF campus. A new entrance will enhance campus security and aesthetics with new signage. The addition of trees and planters into the existing garden spaces will enhance a new outdoor lea... |
Design Achievement - Since its creation in 1987, the West Sacramento Redevelopment Agency has participated in a wide variety of projects aimed at improving the quality of life for West Sacramento residents. The keystone in their holistic plan to rehabilitate West Sacramento's central business district was the creation ... |
Design Achievement – Los Angeles Unified School District was faced with the challenge of creating a new comprehensive high school in order to alleviate overcrowding and return to traditional calendars at three nearby schools. DLR Group's innovative design for Panorama High School houses an ambitious educational program... |
The goal of the Mason Hall renovation project was to restore the historic grandeur of the original design while converting the building into a home for Asian Languages and Literature, German and Russian Languages and Literature, Romance Languages and Literature and the History Department.
The transitional interior d... |
Two wings of classrooms, restrooms and multi-purpose room modernizations. |
Creating an educational community, the addition of the Rancho Mirage K-8 campus will complete the foundation that began with Rancho Mirage High School. The new K-8 school is designed with a focus on collaborative educational experiences and a curriculum designed to matriculate into the existing programs at the distri... |
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Santa Monica College’s new Student Services/Administration Building will be significantly located with frontage at the campus’ main entry point on Pico Boulevard. DLR Group’s design will consolidate college student services, administrative functions, and information technology into one building, ... |
Design Achievement - Ahead of the times, Desert Learning Academy Building 500 incorporated distance learning and independent study into its campus model years before the COVID-19 pandemic. Reimagined, it will be transformed into a 21st century learning space, infused with latest technologies to reflect the use of tec... |
DLR Group developed a Facilities Master Plan for Santa Monica Community College District’s 10.4- acre Bundy Campus. We incorporated current and potential future uses, including renovation and new construction of classroom buildings, parking, and open space. Buildings were oriented to create a new outdoor plaza f... |
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To respond to enrollment growth, DLR Group worked with Poway Unified School District to develop a new classroom building that would accommodate more learning facilities for their students and faculty. DLR Group’s design achieved Poway Unified School District’s vision by designing a new 21st centu... |
DLR Group is currently in the process of designing four schools for the Stockton Unified School District’s modernization program; Hazleton and McKinley Elementary Schools, and Webster and Hamilton Middle Schools.
For these projects, our educational design studio utilized a refined eight- step modernization planning ... |
Two wings of classrooms, restrooms and multi-purpose room modernizations. |
Design Achievement - With the goal of changing the way schooling is done, Poway Unified School District realized the uniqueness of their delivery of education through a Design-Thinking Environment. The design supports the school’s philosophy of learning being a journey rather than a destination by providing a variety... |
Design Achievement - Courthouses are the arenas within which societal conflicts are resolved and, as such, often bring together families and juveniles under stress. Sacramento County selected DLR Group to develop architecture with the dual aim of designing a building to reflect the dignity and honor appropriate to a co... |
Because the majority of the limited budget was allocated to the installation of new earthquake-resistant base-isolated foundations, materials were selected and installed to achieve maximum visual impact, from new lighting fixtures to handrail additions to freestanding fan-coil units that minimized intrusion into the ... |
DLR Group’s modernization of this 100-year-old high school includes a complete overhaul of the campus. The design renovates and modernizes classrooms to enhance learning, while implementing new student safety and campus security measures. The goal of this modernization is to improve learning with the use of updated c... |
DLR Group is designing USC’s new 47,698 SF Student Health Center, which will house, in a single location, primary and acute care, counseling services, physical therapy, radiology and laboratory functions, insurance and health promotion services, and administrative functions.
In order to be reflective of the Italian ... |
Design Achievement - Rancho Santiago Community College and the Orange County Sheriff jointly run a training academy for local law enforcement agencies. Their program has a strong military basis, and the learning environment is similar to a military academy. DLR Group’s design consultation resulted in a facility design ... |
USC's Bovard Administration Building is the second oldest building (designed by John Parkinson in 1919) on the university campus and for over four decades has been the home of the University's President, Provost, Board of Trustees and Senior Administration.
With the prospect of either condemnation for seismic defici... |
The Locust Street Intergenerational Center and Senior Housing project is the first multi-use project built by the City of Inglewood. It is located one block east of Inglewood’s downtown historical district. The project consists of three floors of underground parking, two stories of community center and five stories o... |
Originally built in 1961, Innovation Middle School was in need of major modifications.
DLR Group’s assessment of the campus revealed the need for a comprehensive master plan and updates, which included a campus expansion to accommodate projected enrollment growth and the addition of 6th grade into the campus. Also ... |
Design Achievement - East Los Angeles College is located in the Monterey Park community ten miles east of downtown Los Angeles. It serves a multicultural student body from 14 nearby communities. DLR Group designed the East Los Angeles College Student Services Center and new Administration Building in tandem to create a... |
Design Achievement - As a provider of flexible, efficient on-demand financial services, DLC needed a workspace that would support their operating model and reinforce their brand. DLR Group's design solution is based on their lean operating model which enables them to deliver exceptional value. The playful colors ... |
Design Achievement - The Glowacki Group, LLC is the creator of a unique process that combines personal coaching and strategic financial advice to help clients with substantial wealth to manage their lifestyle and financial affairs with clarity and confidence. The Glowacki Group's stakeholders envisioned a workspace tha... |
San Marcos Middle School was in need of modernization and expansion of the original, 1970’s era school. The improvements include a new two-story classroom building with 24 state-of-the-art classrooms to replace existing portable classrooms, new physical education locker rooms coupled with a fitness center, renovation... |
This 25,000 SF adaptive reuse transformed a former warehouse into the headquarters for McFarlane Cost Housing Partners. The design delivers a creative, flexible and collaborative workplace within the two story volume.
The mezzanines, which provide overflow document storage, create a range of lofty to intimate volumes... |
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This new K-6 school accommodates 800 students. The campus is comprised of five classroom pods, each with 5-6 classrooms, a separate building for four kindergarten classes, an auditorium/ cafeteria building that also serves as a multi-purpose room, and an administration/library building. All faciliti... |
Formerly derided as "the most expensive high school never built", the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center (RLC) (previously known as the Belmont Learning Complex) was the victim of notoriety and negative press over its 20-year history before becoming a thriving and inspiring learning environment for inner-city high school... |
After over 100 years of educating generations of high school students and many years working with the Latino Film Institute and Mr. Olmos’ Youth Cinema Project, the Santa Ana High School campus decided to expand on its already robust portfolio of arts programs by implementing a specialized space for film and cinemati... |
DLR Group investigated construction deficiencies associated with water intrusion, termite, dry rot, and mold infestation in this 162-unit condominium complex. The interior and exterior of five, three-story buildings and subterranean parking were examined, and seismic retrofit recommendations were made.
This proje... |
Design Achievement - In 1999, after discovery of methane and an earthquake fault below the surface on the site, construction halted at 60% completion of a previous design of the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center project. Hired to resurrect the project in 2003, DLR Group began design with forensic analysis and determined... |
DLR Group redesigned Venbrook Insurance west-coast satellite offices to reflect the company’s mission and values. The final plan for the workplace maximized the use of existing walls to reduce the material waste and unnecessary budget expenditures. The finishes and furniture convey a modern, efficient and refined aes... |
Design Achievement – River City High School is a unique shared use facility. This is a state-of-the-art facility that includes a full complement of educational, cultural, and recreational facilities to accommodate not only the student population of West Sacramento, but the entirety of the growing West Sacramento comm... |
Design Achievement - Semillas y Raices, or Seeds & Roots, provides a vibrant, welcoming, and flexible environment for multi-generational farmworker families to plant their roots, find stability and build a flourishing community. DLR Group’s design highlights security and independence to provide families and children... |
The City of Indio’s Senior Center was no longer adequate in size and design to meet its present and future needs. In response, the City purchased an existing convalescent home for the purpose of relocating the Senior Center to this facility. DLR Group WWCOT provided the City of Indio with master planning, programming... |
This new K-2 primary school provides classrooms, areas for small group instruction, a library, nurse's office, multi-purpose room, kitchen with lunch shelter, administrative/staff space, and underground staff parking.
The contemporary, stucco exterior features vibrant, color-defined forms with accented windows, res... |
Design Achievement - Entravision, a diversified Spanish-language media company, wanted to improve its workplace to feature the company's extensive Latin-American art collection and provide both indoor and outdoor meeting areas. The new interiors needed to reflect the culture of their sophisticated, well-organized ... |
DLR Group recently completed the interior re-configuration of this existing 100,000 square-foot County office building to accommodate new courtrooms, administrative offices, and media rooms.
In addition, we designed exterior renovations to update the look of this 1960s façade to a contemporary look inc... |
Design Achievement - The Jewish Home for the Aging Fountainview Senior Apartments design provides a first-class hotel-like experience for healthy, active seniors. DLR Group's design uses space to enable health and wellbeing, interaction and relaxation, fellowship and entertainment. The design employs stone, windo... |
Design Achievement - Wisdom Elementary School is both a notable piece of civic architecture in the community of South Los Angeles and a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization. DLR Group's design creates a secure sense of place in an exciting and rich spatial environment. Bold hues of blue, red, green and orange on th... |
Design Achievement - In response to the surge of threats and bomb scares after 9/11, this bomb squad/hazardous materials facility was built to provide first-responders with state-of-the-art emergency response, explosives handling training, and technical operations. The flexible design accommodates future space requir... |
DLR Group’s 38,000 square-foot renovation and 9,000 square feet of new construction seeks to revitalize and expand the existing building’s combinatory religious/educational program and enhance its architectural features.
Our design places curved Jerusalem stone planes parallel to the existing curved shell at ... |
Design Achievement - The Culver City Senior Center provides services critical to the community's quality of life. The center offers more than 60 recreational activities, 25 weekly classes, hundreds of special annual events, a full service kitchen providing meals and home delivery, and a volunteer service by seniors to ... |
Design Achievement - The Valley Bomb Squad Facility provides emergency response to situations involving explosive and hazardous materials as well as support for the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT) during emergency tactical exercises. However, the Squad had long-endured cramped quarters and make-shift areas for ... |
Design Achievement - Set in Woodland Hills, California, the Amgen Administrative Headquarters project provided an updated and consolidated workplace for the company's administrative departments during a time of significant growth on their main campus. DLR Group's design emphasizes clarity of wayfinding, agili... |
Design Achievement - While new offices of Carr Construction are nestled into a traditional warehouse park, the client wanted interiors that reflected the identity of forward-thinking contractors. DLR Group's design meets their programmatic goals while also establishing the space as a marketing tool for the company's co... |
Design Achievement – Pierce College, part of the Los Angeles Community College District, is a two-year institution providing students with occupational training and transfer opportunities to four year universities. The new Student Services Building at Pierce College is located at the strategic southern tip of the mai... |
Design Achievement - West Los Angeles College (WLAC) offers paths to university transfer, career education and courses for personal or professional growth. DLR Group collaborated with the Los Angeles Community College District on two concurrent projects for the WLAC campus: a General Classroom Building and a Student ... |
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