DLR Group has announced Domenico Lio, AIA, LEED AP as Senior Associate and Senior Healthcare Leader. Based in the firm’s New York office, Lio will spearhead the firm’s healthcare initiatives in the Northeast.
With an extensive background in leading large-scale, complex projects across master planning, commercial mixed-use, hospitality, and healthcare sectors, Lio advocates for a design process centered on human experience. Having spent over 25 years in the profession, working his way through every role, he brings to every engagement a collaborative, transparent, and results-oriented approach. Lio’s commitment to fostering a culture of quality enables him to support his team’s professional growth, inspire future thought leaders, and ensure exceptional service, thus positioning the firm as a steward of the next generation of healthcare design.
“Lio offers a wealth of expertise in healthcare design and a deep understanding of client needs,” said Principal and Global Healthcare Leader Mark Tiscornia, AIA, ACHA. “His approach ensures that our healthcare projects not only meet but exceed expectations, enhancing the human experience through thoughtful and innovative design.”Lio’s versatility and problem-solving ability make him a trusted resource within the firm. Innovation-focused, he believes in cross-pollinating building type expertise, embracing the difficulties of complex healthcare projects. Passionately advocating for design excellence and craft, Lio continually seeks opportunities to elevate the impact of healthcare environments for patients, providers, and communities as he expands the firm’s regional and national healthcare portfolio.
“Joining DLR Group offers the opportunity to do impactful work with a firm that is recognized for innovative health design and planning,” said Lio. “Resourcefulness and economic pressures will sustain the influence of modesty in design. This is a moment to be inventive with how we approach projects that bring unique challenges to our healthcare partners.”
About DLR Group
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new construction, renovation, and adaptive reuse. Our promise is to elevate the human experience through design. This promise inspires sustainable design for a diverse group of public and private sector clients, local communities, and our planet. DLR Group is 100 percent employee-owned and fully supports the initiatives and goals of the 2030 Challenge and is an initial signatory to the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
