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

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 […]
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DSGW’s Mike Laverdure to Speak at American Indian Science and Engineering Society National Conference
Have you thought about who designed the buildings you use every day? Was it a Native Architect or Engineer? Today there are only a handful of Native Architects and DSGW’s Mike Laverdure is one of them. He is passionate about mentoring and educating young Native Americans about the architecture and engineering field and will speak at […]