Building for the future.
DSGW’s project with Lutheran Social Services, Center for Changing Lives featured in the Duluthian’s March / April edition. Lutheran Social Services (LSS), who serves roughly 600 homeless youth in the Northland, is building a new 26,000 square foot three story building called the Center for Changing Lives. Under their current situation their services are spread […]
Your space. Your brand.
In today’s world, an organization’s brand is more than a logo or tag line, it’s a sensory experience that clients have when walking through the door. Designers use colors and materials in the built environment to convey a brand’s identity three-dimensionally. Here are two examples of how DSGW’s designers have used this approach to bring […]
Updating Facility Guidelines to Meet the Needs of Rural Healthcare
By Ryan Turner, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP DSGW Principal One size does not fit all in healthcare design. Mark Vizenor, Facilities Director for FirstLight Health System and I are exploring this topic in our presentation —“Designing Critical Access and Rural Health Care Facilities”— at the 2017 PDC (Planning, Construction, and Design) Conference. Although there are […]
DSGW Architects promotes Ryan Turner, AIA to Principal
DSGW Architects, a community-oriented firm, has named associate and architect Ryan Turner to the role of Principal. Turner manages healthcare master planning and design projects for critical access hospitals, care centers and specialty clinics throughout the Midwest. “Ryan has a depth of experience in the specialized field of healthcare architecture,” said John Gerzina, President of […]
Wellness at Work
Healthful interiors nourish the well-being of employees and the organizations they serve. November / December Duluthian by Julie Spiering We think of the “Environment” as a vast wilderness or pristine mountain setting. But, we spend much of our lives indoors—especially at work. Even as Americans are seeking healthier diets and exercise, millions of us […]
Applying Current Research in Designing a State-of-the-Art Clinic
By Jody Anderson, AIA Duluth’s Scottish Rite Clinic is pioneering new ideas in therapeutic design for the treatment of language disorders. From programming through design, DSGW planned the Clinic with “evidence-based design”—meaning strategies that have been tested and proven to support the work of Speech/Language Pathologists (SLPs). Balancing Calm and Stimulation There are two […]
Fort Totten School to be First Net Zero School on Tribal Land in the Country
Fort Totten, ND – Fort Totten Public Schools is planning to build the first net-zero school on tribal land in the country. A net-zero school is an energy-efficient building that produces more energy than it consumes every year. There are other net zero schools in the United States, but this new school will be […]
Mike Laverdure elected to the National American Indian Science and Engineering Society Board of Directors
The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) will welcome Mike Laverdure to the Board of Directors at the National Conference in November in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mike is a Principal and Architect at DSGW and President of a Native American owned planning firm, the First American Design Studio. He is an enrolled member of the […]
Three DSGW design professionals pass the architectural registration exam
DSGW Architects is pleased to announce that the following three employees have passed the Architectural Registration Examination and are now Registered Architects: Tiersa Wodash is now a Registered Architect. Tiersa’s focus is design and project management through construction. She is currently working on the renovation of the Grand Portage Resort and Casino located in Grand […]
Designing for the Promise of Telehealth Communications
By Ryan Turner, DSGW Architects, Healthcare Design Back in the 20th century, we called it “telemedicine”—a name dating from the era teletypes and rotary phones. Few kids today even know what these devices did. Today, information-sharing systems for data, sound, video and even virtual reality are tied into almost every room of new clinics and […]
