RossDrulisCusenbery Architecture, an award-winning architecture firm with offices in Sonoma and San Francisco, was acquired by national firm DLR Group. The addition of RDC adds focused design excellence of new building types to DLR Group’s global Justice+Civic studio.
RDC is a nationally recognized design leader for the planning, programming, and design of civic and public safety facilities. Its award-winning projects include courthouses, emergency operations centers, emergency communications centers, fire stations and training campuses, land ports-of-entry, and law enforcement facilities. The RDC portfolio also includes youth and family centers, health and human service facilities, and other community building types. This expertise is now available for clients in each of DLR Group’s 33 global offices. RDC also bolsters the operational leadership and design expertise and depth of DLR Group’s Justice+Civic practice.
"RDC's design acumen, client types, and philosophical approach to the delivery of civic and public safety facilities is a seamless fit with DLR Group. There is cultural alignment of shared values for justice sector work" stated Griff Davenport, FAIA, Managing Principal, Board Chair of DLR Group. “We have enhanced the design depth and resources of our Justice+Civic studio. With RDC we are a more nimble firm that can better serve city, county, and state government clients to meet the unique needs of their constituents,” continued Griff Davenport.
RDC is now part of a team of more than 150 collaborative design thinkers aligned behind a design ethos to deliver healing, equity, and transformation for individuals and communities" said Mallory Cusenbery, AIA, Principal. He continued, “DLR Group is a global platform that presents our staff with the opportunity to explore diverse building types and sectors within the firm, work in or relocate to new geographic markets, and pursue new career paths and leadership roles.”
Joining DLR Group enables RDC project teams to provide their clients a depth of in-house design expertise including structural, electrical, mechanical engineering, interiors, high performance design, landscape, science and technology, and a fully integrated array of specialized design services.
“This is an exciting new chapter for our firm. It ensures the continuity and design legacy of the professionals of RDC and provides a global platform to capture larger, more sophisticated projects of scale,” said RDC Principal Michael Ross. “It also enables our people to invest in DLR Group and become employee-owners of a global, integrated design firm. We would not have taken this step without the opportunity for our people to become employee-owners.”
Strogoff Consulting worked closely with RossDrulisCusenbery's principals and accountant, and was the primary contact with DLR Group throughout the final merger process. The streamlined transaction resulted from a highly collaborative relationship between all of the stakeholders.
RDC is a nationally recognized design leader for the planning, programming, and design of civic and public safety facilities. Its award-winning projects include courthouses, emergency operations centers, emergency communications centers, fire stations and training campuses, land ports-of-entry, and law enforcement facilities. The RDC portfolio also includes youth and family centers, health and human service facilities, and other community building types. This expertise is now available for clients in each of DLR Group’s 33 global offices. RDC also bolsters the operational leadership and design expertise and depth of DLR Group’s Justice+Civic practice.
"RDC's design acumen, client types, and philosophical approach to the delivery of civic and public safety facilities is a seamless fit with DLR Group. There is cultural alignment of shared values for justice sector work" stated Griff Davenport, FAIA, Managing Principal, Board Chair of DLR Group. “We have enhanced the design depth and resources of our Justice+Civic studio. With RDC we are a more nimble firm that can better serve city, county, and state government clients to meet the unique needs of their constituents,” continued Griff Davenport.
RDC is now part of a team of more than 150 collaborative design thinkers aligned behind a design ethos to deliver healing, equity, and transformation for individuals and communities" said Mallory Cusenbery, AIA, Principal. He continued, “DLR Group is a global platform that presents our staff with the opportunity to explore diverse building types and sectors within the firm, work in or relocate to new geographic markets, and pursue new career paths and leadership roles.”
Joining DLR Group enables RDC project teams to provide their clients a depth of in-house design expertise including structural, electrical, mechanical engineering, interiors, high performance design, landscape, science and technology, and a fully integrated array of specialized design services.
“This is an exciting new chapter for our firm. It ensures the continuity and design legacy of the professionals of RDC and provides a global platform to capture larger, more sophisticated projects of scale,” said RDC Principal Michael Ross. “It also enables our people to invest in DLR Group and become employee-owners of a global, integrated design firm. We would not have taken this step without the opportunity for our people to become employee-owners.”
Strogoff Consulting worked closely with RossDrulisCusenbery's principals and accountant, and was the primary contact with DLR Group throughout the final merger process. The streamlined transaction resulted from a highly collaborative relationship between all of the stakeholders.