Recent Project Updates
Future-Ready and Net Zero STEM Spaces
Net Zero learning environment generates as much energy as it consumes while it fosters students’ skills and mindset for future challenges, inspiring STEM leadership.
Revitalizing Creativity: Culinary and Fashion Interior Renovations to Empower Next-Gen Innovators
CTE spaces for culinary and fashion studies designed to inspire creativity and cultivate talent.
Developing Career Skills in a Future-Ready Learning Environment
Future-ready learning environments equipped with technologies found in real-world work settings provide students with access to cutting-edge technology to better prepare them for realistic scenario-based challenges.

Enhancing Spaces for Education and Athletics
A versatile space serving the needs of students, athletes, and the local community.

Cutting-Edge CTE Expansion
Spaces designed for hands-on career training Across Trades and Academic Pathways
Master Facilities Plan serves as a guide for assessing the need for facility improvements and capital investments to implement them
Facility Assessment and collaborative Visioning Process are combined in a Master Facilities Plan that reveals the scope of repairs, modernization, upgrades, and/or new construction needed to serve the current and future school facilities needs of the community.
Community-Centric School Renovations & Addition
Community Center and Fieldhouse designed to enhance athletic & educational programs while incorporating community support services into the school
Educating the Future Manufacturing and Technology Workforce
Innovative learning environments equipped with industry-driven technologies prepare students with highly sought-after skills.
Inclusive Adaptive Reuse
Multi-functional spaces designed to provide young adults with the experiences they need to thrive in post-secondary life.
A Hub for Learning and Community
Transforming a dark and outdated existing elementary school library into a vibrant hub where students can explore, create, and connect.
Recent News
DLA at the 2025 IASB/IASA/IASBO Joint Annual Conference
Visit DLA’s booth 1011 to hear the latest news and project awards at this year’s Joint Annual Conference…
DLA Architects to Exhibit & Speak at this year’s Midwest Facility Masters Conference
Visit us at booth #802 and join our session…
Leading the Way in Sustainability: Homewood-Flossmoor Science Addition Wins Award of Distinction
DLA Architects’ Net Zero Science Addition earns top honors at the Exhibition of Educational Environments.
Empowering Future Careers: Harlem High School CTE Addition Wins Award of Merit
DLA Architects’ innovative design earns recognition at the Exhibition of Educational Environments.

Empowering Women in Leadership
Highlights from the Women in School Leadership Conference

Excited to Announce our 2025 THINK [about architecture] Scholarship Recipients
The firm has offered over $300,000 in scholarships since 1997. DLA Architects is pleased to announce this year’s winners…