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.
Ignite Creativity with a Student-Centric Approach to Design Thinking
Existing spaces transformed into a unique environment that sparks creativity, communication, and collaboration.
New Elementary School Designed for Anywhere, Anytime Learning
Visioning Process leads to design that prioritizes Collaboration, Project-Based Learning, Social-Emotional-Spiritual Learning, Inter-Disciplinary Learning, and Play-Based Learning
New Early Learning Center, Des Plaines, IL
Learning By Design – Outstanding Project – Spring Education Facilities Design Awards Showcase
Master Facilities Plan to Guide Innovative 21st-century Upgrades
Facility Assessment and collaborative Visioning Process inform a Master Facilities Plan to guide years of improvements
New May Whitney Elementary School, Lake Zurich, IL
American School & University – Outstanding Design – Architectural Portfolio
New Early Learning Center, Des Plaines, IL
American School & University – Citation – Architectural Portfolio
New Early Learning Center, Des Plaines, IL
Illinois Association of School Boards – Award of Merit for Excellence in the Design of Educational Environments
Recent News
DLA at IASB/IASA/IASBO Joint Annual Conference 2023
Visit DLA’s booth 1011 and join DLA’s many sessions at this year’s Joint Annual Conference…
Great insights on “Navigating Construction Disputes” in the latest ASBO International School Business Affairs Magazine
DLA’s own Carrie Matlock contributes…
DLA at the 2023 Midwest Facility Masters Conference
Visit us at booth #802 and join our session…
Tour the New Washington Elementary School with LearningSCAPES2023
The design by DLA Architects is a featured tour site for conference attendees
DLA is at Chicago Build 2023
Learn more about us at the Architects Hub
A New Chapter Begins: DLA Architects, Ltd. Welcomes Robert Juris & Associates Architects, Ltd.
With the addition of Robert Juris & Associates, we’re bringing more than just new faces to the team. We’re bringing new ideas, new skills, and a new perspective.