Peter Christensen Health Center
In Northern Wisconsin, the Lac du Flambeau Band of Chippewa had a clinic in a building once designed for office space. It was outdated, too small and bore no relationship to tribal culture. Tribal leaders worked with DSGW to design an entirely new facility, the Peter Christensen Health Center, which helped discover new connections between […]
Members Cooperative Credit Union
Members Cooperative Credit Union went through a re-branding process with a goal of retaining and attracting a younger clientele. The first facility that implemented this new design was built near a prime shopping district in Duluth. While every building follows brand guidelines, each location is influenced by the community it’s a part of. It acts […]
Red Cliff Community Health Center
Located near the south shore of Lake Superior, the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is experiencing a strong population growth as young tribal members and families return home from regional towns and cities. The existing tribal clinic lacked both privacy and the facilities ability to serve the growing population, many of whom were […]
Meskwaki Travel Plaza
The Meskwaki Travel Plaza is focused on serving the needs of today’s travelers and professional drivers. Open 24 hours a day, the Travel Plaza offers a wide range of amenities with an emphasis on hospitality and customer service. To achieve a clear line of sight to all gas and diesel pumps, the floor plan incorporates […]
Spirit Mountain Chalet
The Spirit Mountain Grand Avenue Chalet, located at the base of the ski hill, offers spectacular views of the slopes during the winter, with lift-access for mountain biking in the summer and views of the St. Louis River. This 10,650 sf building serves as a base for many operations — offering a full line of skier […]
Cook Hospital and Care Center
As one of the most remote hospitals in the Upper Midwest, Cook Hospital was an aged facility serving much of northern Minnesota and the two million annual visitors to the Boundary Water and Quetico Canoe areas. Long-term updates needed to be planned and funded for urgent care, care center and clinical facilities. DSGW helped the […]
Sky Dancer Resort and Casino
As gaming in the region became more competitive, The Sky Dancer Resort and Casino felt the need to “up the ante” with a renovation and addition to their current facility. The existing campus is an assortment of multiple additions built around a two-story hotel. An increase in gaming opportunities, more hotel rooms and much improved […]
Joy Global
The 92,000 sf Iron Range Service Center for Joy Global located in Virginia, Minnesota, is a prototype for facilities that will be implemented throughout the world. Joy Global repairs and rebuilds things such as mining shovels, which are the size of high school gymnasiums and are used to paw at the earth to extract minerals. […]
Denfeld High School
DSGW Architects worked with staff and the community in this major 100,000 sf addition and 200,000 sf renovation to the historical Denfeld High School. The 100-year-old facility has been transformed into a cutting-edge teaching center. Not only did the existing facility get a total makeover, an entire new wing was built to house science curriculum. […]
Fond du Lac Assisted Living
With the Fond du Lac Band’s belief in caring for their elders and DSGW’s expertise in medical facility design, they created the first on-site housing center for elders. The result is a 14,500 sf, 10-room, assisted living facility for tribal members. Each tenant room offers a kitchenette, living area, private bedroom, walk-in closet and accessible […]