JLG Architects is an

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firm that specializes in

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, master planning and architectural design for sports/recreation facilities, universities, K-12 schools,

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facilities, medical centers, and mixed-use/multi-family housing. JLG has offices in

Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

, St. Cloud, and

Alexandria, Minnesota Alexandria is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. First settled in 1858, it was named after brothers Alexander and William Kinkead from Maryland. The form of the name alludes to Alexandria, Egypt, a center ...

, and

Grand Forks Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the state of North Dakota (after Fargo and Bismarck) and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 59,166. Grand Forks, along with its twin city o ...

, Bismarck,

Minot Minot ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Ward County, North Dakota, Ward County, North Dakota, United States, in the state's north-central region. It is most widely known for the Minot Air Force Base, Air Force base approximately north of ...

, Williston, and

Fargo, North Dakota Fargo ( /ˈfɑɹɡoʊ/) is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, North Dakota, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 125,990, making it the most populous city in the state and the 219th-most populous city in ...

Rapid City Rapid City ( lkt, link=no, Mni Lúzahaŋ Otȟúŋwahe; "Swift Water City") is the second most populous city in South Dakota and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek, where the settlement developed, it is in western So ...

and

Sioux Falls Sioux Falls () is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 130th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into Lincoln County to the south, which continues up t ...

, South Dakota, and

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, Massachusetts.

History

JLG Architects was founded in 1989 by Gary Johnson,

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and Lonnie Laffen,

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, LEED AP under the name Johnson & Laffen Architects, Ltd. In 1994, the firm received the national

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Outstanding Firm Award. In 2000, James Galloway,

, LEED AP joined the firm, renaming it Johnson Laffen Galloway Architects, Ltd. The firm's

office was opened in 2002, led by Michelle Mongeon Allen,

, LEED AP. The firm name was changed to JLG Architects the same year. In 2004, Dan Miller,

, LEED AP opened the

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

office, and in 2005, Joel Davy,

, LEED AP opened an office in Fargo. The Bismarck office opened in 2010 and the Williston office opened in December 2012. In 2012,

-based Davison Larson Associates merged with JLG. JLG has won more North Dakota

awards than any other firm in North Dakota. JLG is also part of the 1% pro bono design program of public architecture and donates a considerable amount of design services to non-profit organizations.

Awards and rankings

From 2020 to 2021, JLG Architects has been Great Place to Work Certified. From 2019 to 2021,

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Winter Sports Awards featured JLG Architects as the recipient of the Best Ice Hockey Arena Architects, Upper Midwest USA. In 2021,

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listed JLG Architects in the Top 5000 Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies in the US. Additionally, JLG made the list in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2020. From 2014 to 2021, JLG Architects has been listed in Prairie Business Magazine 50 Best Places to Work. From 2014 to 2016 and 2018 to 2021, JLG Architects has been among the Top 300 Architecture Firms in the US, according to

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. From 2015 to 2020, ENR listed JLG Architects in the Top 500 Design Firms four of the years. ENR also ranked JLG among the Midwest Top Design Firms in 2018. In 2020, GC Magazine listed JLG Architects as one of the 40 Best Hospital Architects in the United States. In 2019,

North Central States Region awarded JLG Architects with the Emerging Professional Friendly Firm Award. In 2019, JLG Architects was chosen as ENR Mountain States Design Firm of the Year. From 2015 to 2019, JLG Architects was ranked on

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's Top 150 Architecture Giants list. JLG has been ranked on many of

's Top Sector Giants lists as well, including local and state government, cultural facilities, aviation, veterans administration, K-12, multi-family housing, hotels, offices, retail, industrial, religious, sport facilities, university architecture, and healthcare. In 2018, MSM Money/BestLife selected JLG Architects as one of the 50 Most Admired Companies in the United States. In 2016, JLG Architects was listed by

as one of the 50 Best Places to Work in America. In 2015, JLG Architects was named a Circle of Excellence Firm by PSMJ Resources. Between 2013 and 2021, JLG Architects was named one of the top 25 architecture firms by MSP Business Journal seven of the years. In January 2012, JLG was featured in the book "50 US Architects: Residential and Planning." In November 2010, firm partner Lonnie Laffen was elected to the

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for District 43 in

Grand Forks, ND Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the state of North Dakota (after Fargo and Bismarck) and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 59,166. Grand Forks, along with its twin city o ...

. In October 2010, JLG Architects was named to the ZweigWhite Hot 100 List. JLG also earned a spot on the list from 2013 to 2016. In 2006 JLG was named as one of the 2006 "Top 20 Architecture/Interior Design/Landscape Architecture firms to work for in America." ZweigWhite, a

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& research company, ranked JLG Architecture 13th "based on their commitment to providing a positive work environment and challenging and interesting design opportunities for their employees."

Sustainable Design

In the May 2007 issue of Environmental Design + Construction magazine, JLG "officially kicked off an officewide sustainable live, work, and play program with a series of eco-friendly events in honor of

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." Many JLG projects have achieved

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certification. Among those are; the Gorecki Alumni Center at the

University of North Dakota The University of North Dakota (also known as UND or North Dakota) is a public research university in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It was established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of ...

which achieved

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certification, Black Gold Headquarters which achieved

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certification, and US Bank Stadium which achieved

certification. The Gorecki Alumni Center continues to be the only LEED Platinum certified commercial building in North Dakota through 2021. In 2020, JLG Architects signed the

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' Carbon Neutral Commitment, with the goal of reducing energy use and avoiding the use of fossil fuels. By 2021, JLG has purchased carbon offset credits from Prairie Winds Emissions Reduction in North Dakota and Crow Lake Emissions Reduction Project in South Dakota to offset office and travel-related energy used by the company. JLG Architects was the recipient of the Construction Specifications Institute's 2021 Environmental Stewardship Award for its sustainable innovations and applications.

Select Projects

North Dakota State University North Dakota State University (NDSU, formally North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences) is a public land-grant research university in Fargo, North Dakota. It was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as t ...

Aldevron Tower;

Fargo, ND Fargo ( /ˈfɑɹɡoʊ/) is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, North Dakota, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 125,990, making it the most populous city in the state and the 219th-most populous city i ...

*The Argyle;

*The Selkirk Lofts;

*Veterans Memorial Park, Al Palmer Visitors Center;

*Frogtown Recreation Center; St. Paul, MN *Eau Claire City Hall Renovation;

Eau Claire, WI Eau Claire (; ) (French for "clear water") is a city mostly located in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, of which it is the county seat, and with a small portion in Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It had a population of 69,421 in 2020, making it the state' ...

* U of M Health Clinics and Surgery;

Minneapolis, MN Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

* US Bank Stadium;

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East Bank Recreation Center;

South Dakota State University South Dakota State University is a public land-grant research university in Brookings, South Dakota. Founded in 1881, it is the state's largest and most comprehensive university and the oldest continually-operating university in South Dakota. The ...

Harding Hall;

Brookings, SD Brookings is a city in Brookings County, South Dakota, United States. Brookings is South Dakota's fourth largest city, with a population of 23,377 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Brookings County, and home to South Dakota State Univ ...

*Watford City High School; Watford City, ND *Grand Forks Regional Water Treatment Plant;

* Sanford Fargo Medical Center;

*The Farmhouse Bistro, Bar & Backyard;

Spearfish, SD Spearfish ( Lakota: ''Hočhápȟe'') is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota. The population was 12,193 at the time of the 2020 census. History Before the Black Hills Gold Rush of 1876, the area was used by Native Americans (primarily bands ...

* Sanford Moorhead Clinic;

Moorhead, MN Moorhead () is a city in and county seat of Clay County, Minnesota, United States, on the banks of the Red River of the North. Located in the Red River Valley, an extremely fertile and active agricultural region, Moorhead is also home to several ...

* St. Cloud State University

National Hockey Center The Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, also known as the Brooks Center, is a 5,159-seat hockey arena in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It is home to the St. Cloud State University Huskies men's & women's ice hockey teams, and the Saint John's University ...

Addition & Renovation;

St. Cloud, MN St. Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's Central Minnesota, central region. The population was 68,881 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it Minnesota's 12th-largest ...

Grand Forks International Airport Grand Forks International Airport is a public airport five miles (8 km) northwest of Grand Forks, in Grand Forks County, North Dakota, United States. GFK has no scheduled passenger flights out of the country but has an "international" ti ...

Terminal;

*Minnesota Joint Operations Center *The

Alerus Center The Alerus Center is an indoor arena and convention center in the north central United States, located in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The facility is owned and operated by the city of Grand Forks and opened on February 10, 2001. The arena's maj ...

;

* Canad Inns Destination Center;

* Douglas County Hospital Addition & Renovation; Alexandria, MN *

Cityscapes Plaza;

University Place Apartments;

*Cedar Rapids Flood Recovery and Vision;

Cedar Rapids, IA Cedar Rapids () is the second-largest city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and northeast of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city. ...

*Ojibwa Millennium School; Belcourt, ND *Historic Waldorf Flats; St. Paul, MN *

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Double House; St. Paul, MN *Alexandria Area

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; Alexandria, MN *Devils Lake

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and Air Fire Fighting and Rescue Station; Devils Lake, ND Devils Lake Regional Airport *The North Face;

*Roberts Street Chaplet;

*Hopper Danley Memorial;

* Metropolitan Opera House Lofts;

Coe College Coe College is a private liberal arts college in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was founded in 1851 and is historically affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The college is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and the Associat ...

Area Development Plan;

* Horton Hall;

Wahpeton, ND Wahpeton ( ) is a city in Richland County, in southeast North Dakota along the Bois de Sioux River at its confluence with the Otter Tail River, which forms the Red River of the North. Wahpeton is the county seat of Richland County. The populat ...

* Alexandria High School; Alexandria, MN * UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences;

* Boathouse;

* Rhoades Science Center;

Valley City, ND Valley City is a city in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Barnes County. The population was 6,575 during the 2020 census, making it the 12th largest city in North Dakota. Valley City was founded in 1874. Val ...

* Grand Forks Elementary;

* UND Gorecki Alumni Center;

* Living Word Lutheran Church; Alexandria, MN * Ward County Office;

Minot, ND Minot ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Ward County, North Dakota, Ward County, North Dakota, United States, in the state's north-central region. It is most widely known for the Minot Air Force Base, Air Force base approximately north of ...

* Black Gold Headquarters;

* Sanford Pentagon;

Sioux Falls, SD Sioux Falls () is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 130th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into Lincoln County to the south, which continues up t ...

* Williston Area Recreation Center;

Williston, ND Williston is a city in and the county seat of Williams County, North Dakota, United States. The 2020 census gave its population as 29,160, making Williston the sixth-largest city in North Dakota. The city's population nearly doubled between 20 ...

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External links

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