“Shanghai Long Beach Observation Tower was my first project at DLR Group. It’s going to be a great public building for the citizens of Shanghai with a 120-meter office tower, a 360-key 5 Star hotel, a 180-meter observation tower, a 1,200-seat concert hall, and 9,000 square meters of retail with an aquarium. We say we ‘elevate human experience through design,’ and we worked to do that from the very first sketch.”
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Yu Tsai
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"DLR Group has given me the opportunity to choose a career path. With advocacy and encouragement, I’ve been able to take my career from an entry level position to principal level leadership as a mechanical engineering leader. DLR Group offers a long leash to explore, then provides support when you need it most. Something I’ve never experienced in a typical corporate environment."
Dan Luzius, LEED AP
"I came to DLR Group from a small engineering firm where my focus was on specific problems and tasks. Since I've been here, I've experienced a true sense of ownership throughout a project from start to finish. Taking a project from site selection in pre-design, through design and CDs, and then into construction and opening is massively rewarding and not something that every engineer gets to experience."
Simon Schacher, PE
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"Collaboration and knowledge sharing occurs between all offices coast-to-coast which allows expertise and talent to thrive. DLR Group utilizes solar designing as part of its everyday practice, and it's obvious that our company values sustainability practices within its energy sector and within everyday integrated design."
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Principal | Mechanical Engineering Leader
Seattle
Associate | Civil Engineer
Omaha
Associate | Electrical Designer
Kansas City
“DLR Group is a great place to work. We are employee-owned and very transparent. On a project team we all know the design goals, and on the firm-side, we all know the annual financial goals. Every month you see the numbers and you know where we stand. This produces an environment to learn how to be responsible for your own work.”
Maral Rahmani, LEED AP
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Associate | Mechanical Designer
Los Angeles
Senior Associate | Planner
Columbus
"DLR Group perfected integrated design through an intentional process of understanding the value of collaboration among multiple disciplines. Our R & D team provides invaluable primary research, and these findings guide our innovative design solutions. I am appreciative of the varied and diverse voices that are heard and seriously considered throughout the design process."
Troy Glover
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Senior Associate | Experiential Graphic Designer
Austin
"DLR Group does so much more than architecture. We are an integrated design firm. As an experiential graphic designer, I’m involved in a range of projects all over the world. I might be working on signage and wayfinding for a baseball stadium and a shopping mall in Saudi Arabia in the same week. I wish everyone could experience a company culture like ours."
Adam Ross
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"When you join the DLR Group family, you are joining a group of talented, driven individuals who are passionate about the what, how, and why of design. We recognize that every design decision influences several disciplines. Integrated design takes a holistic approach to creating solutions by finding synergy between different disciplines so that we speak the same language of design."
Coral Pais, PE, BEMP
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Senior Associate | Senior High Performance Designer
Cleveland
Senior Associate | Landscape Architect
Kansas City
"As a landscape architect, I value the opportunity to work with multiple disciplines daily. Our integrated design approach creates an environment for me to grow as a professional while also delivering award-winning work. Seeing the positive impact that we are able to make on people through design is extremely rewarding."
Josh Erhart, ASLA, CLARB
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"As a young professional, I truly feel like in the firm is investing in me. My mentors have given me room to learn and the opportunity to work within my passion of evidence-based design within acoustics."
Stephanie Ahrens
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Associate | Acoustic Designer
Omaha
Principal | Historic Preservation Leader
Portland
"DLR Group’s reconstruction of the Portland Building represented a unique chance to lead a larger conversation about historic preservation. I've spoken at national conferences, been interviewed by design publications, and featured in a documentary series because of our efforts to restore the Portland Building. It’s rewarding to know DLR Group successfully reinvigorated the building for the next generation."
Erica Ceder, LEED AP BD+C, Assoc. DBIA
"I joined DLR Group as an electrical engineer. Then a lighting design team formed. The leader felt my skills were a fit, but it was clear my decision would be respected either way. I talked to the new team members and colleagues on my existing team. Ultimately, I was empowered to make the choice. I joined the lighting team, where I'm thriving and have new leadership opportunities. That’s how DLR Group works."
Travis J. Taullie, LEED AP BD+C, LC
Senior Associate | Senior Lighting Designer
Denver
Senior Associate | Senior Laboratory Planner
Denver
"The primary focus for science and technology projects is creating a safe and inviting space for people to engage with science. Our team works hand-in-hand to accomplish that goal and meet the needs of our clients. That is the essence of employee-ownership – teamwork and collaboration, all voices being heard, and working together to provide positive outcomes for our clients.”
Nick Kreitler, RA, NCARB
"True disruption is finally here – and design technology is in the driver’s seat. Data-driven decision making informs design throughout DLR Group. I’ve been fortunate enough to carve my own path within DLR Group with reality capture. We are leaders in design technology, and we practice what we preach. There is no other place that I’d rather be than right here in the driver’s seat."
Luke Stevenson
Principal | Reality Capture Manager
Omaha
"DLR Group is entrepreneurialism at scale. I’m part of a team crafting workflows for sourcing sustainable materials and implementation in design and construction. We’re actively tracking nearly 4,500 products and helping solve gaps in availability across our integrated disciplines. These are important design conversation with clients who understand and appreciate that their purchasing power can drive real change."
Stephanie Spingler,
NCIDQ, WELL AP
Senior Associate | Interior Designer
Denver
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