DSGW Designs Duluth’s First Parklet

A modern parklet features wooden benches, green cushions, and planters, creating a stylish outdoor seating area on the city sidewalk beside the street and in front of a brick building.

After two years of the pilot parklet program by the Healthy Duluth Area Coalition, the City of Duluth has now adopted an official process for businesses to host the outdoor gathering places. A team of architects and designers from DSGW Architects designed the first parklet that was placed in downtown Duluth by the Lake Superior […]

DSGW Expands Staff – Meet Angie Wilson

Architectural professional hired for Lake Elmo Office DSGW Architects is pleased to announce its recent hire of Angie Wilson, who will join the Lake Elmo office as a registered architectural professional. Wilson comes to DSGW with over twelve years of experience in the industry, having worked as a designer and an architectural project manager at […]

A Bridge Back to Home – Designing Short-Term Inpatient Rehab with the Whole Patient in Mind

 By Rebecca Lewis, DSGW Architects, Director of Healthcare Design DSGW designs short-term transitional care facilities where patients recover from life changing illnesses and injuries. The English word “transition” originates from the Latin—transitione—implying “a going across or over”. This definition makes a lot of sense for how we work. In DSGW’s healthcare design, we see “transitional […]

Key Duluth Corner Being Transformed – Endi

An aerial view at dusk of ENDI, a modern, multi-story apartment building with shops on the ground floor, cars parked in the lot, people outside, and a large body of water with a ship in the background.

Duluth News Tribune By Candance Renalls Dramatic changes are underway at the corner of 21st Avenue East and London Road in Duluth as a six-story, mixed-use development takes shape overlooking Lake Superior. On the former Burger King block, just off Interstate 35, the sprawling 252,000-square-foot residential and retail complex will fill the entire 2.7-acre site […]

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Breaks Ground on New Health Clinic

by Carleen Wild, Moody County Enterprise Groundbreaking ceremonies were held this past week for a tribal health care project years in the making. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribal officials along with health care staff, and about a dozen others gathered on the land right next to the Wicoicaga Otipi Community Center on Broad Avenue. A new […]

Rebecca Lewis of DSGW Architects selected to serve on AIA/AAH Advisory Group

Rebecca Lewis has been selected to serve on the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) Advisory Group. As a board member, she will lead the Communication Committee, focused on training young professionals to become future leaders in the healthcare architectural profession. She also serves on the AIA/AAH Summer Leadership Summit […]

Slip Side Lodging – Pier B Resort and Hotel

Duluthian “Build our City” by Andy Greder Pier B Resort nears completion on Duluth’s waterfront providing great harbor views and a private boat ramp. The $29.1 million Pier B Resort and Silos restaurant next to Bayfront Park on the far western edge of Canal Park in Duluth. The 140 room hotel, event space and waterfront […]

Center for Changing Lives Groundbreaking

Duluth News Tribune by John Lundy A May 5 groundbreaking date has been set for a project designed to house 20 young people who otherwise would be homeless. Actual construction of the three-story, 26,000-square-foot Center for Changing Lives on the 1400 block of East Superior Street should begin soon after, said Jodi Harpstead, CEO of […]

Rebecca Lewis appointed Fellow of the American Institute of Architects

DSGW’s principal Rebecca Lewis has been appointed Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). She brings nationally-recognized medical design expertise to small and isolated communities, and represents AIA in creating healthcare design codes for projects across the country, while leading the profession to improve wellness in rural America. Download Lewis summary statement sheet. The Fellowship […]