SmithGroup
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SmithGroup ranks as the United States' 7th largest architecture and engineering firm (Building Design & Construction, July 2006) and employs 800. The firm is composed of client industry-focused practices serving the healthcare, learning, workplace and science & technology markets. SmithGroup is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan with offices in Ann Arbor, MI; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Madison, WI; Minneapolis, MN; Phoenix, AZ; Raleigh-Durham, NC; San Francisco, CA; and Washington, D.C. Established in 1853, SmithGroup is the longest continually operating architecture and engineering firm in the U.S. In 2000 the firm changed its name from Smith Hinchman & Grylls to its current name. Smith, Hinchman & Grylls was formed from Field, Hinchman and Smith. It was formed from the firm of The founder's names are Fred L. Smith, Theodore Hinchman, and Maxwell Grylls. Wirt C. Rowland was the firm's Head Designer from 1922-30.
[edit] Famous structures by this company
- Central United Methodist Church (Detroit, Michigan) (1866)
- Detroit Opera House (1868)
- Henry Ford Piquette Avenue Plant (1904)
- Hillberry Theatre (1917), originally the First Church of Christ Scientist - Field, Hinchman and Smith
- J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition (1923 - 1946)
- Bankers Trust Building (1925) - Wirt Rowland
- Buhl Building (1925) - Wirt Rowland
- Meadow Brook Hall (1926) - William E. Kapp
- Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts (1928) - William E. Kapp
- Penobscot Building (1928) - Wirt Rowland
- Guardian Building (1930) - Wirt Rowland
- Detroit Public Library (1932)
- Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan (1938)
- GM Tech Center [Architect of Record] (1955)
- National Institutes of Health Research Laboratories (1968)
- Harper Hospital Detroit Medical Center (1970)
- Hart Plaza, including the Dodge Fountain designed by Isamu Noguchi (1978)
- Joe Louis Arena (1979)
- IBM Corporation Manufacturing and Engineering Complex (1979)
- Kmart Corporation International Headquarters (1979)
- Defense Intelligence Analysis Center (1984)
- Eli Lilly and Company Biomedical Research Center (1984)
- Chrysler World Headquarters (1996)
- Comerica Park [home of the MLB Detroit Tigers](2000)
- Phelps Dodge Corporate Headquarters (2001)
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the first building in the United States to earn a LEED Platinum certification(2001)
- Edward H. McNamara Terminal Detroit Metropolitan Airport (2002)
- University of California, San Francisco Mission Bay Genentech Hall (2002)
- Ford Field (2002), home of the NFL Detroit Lions
- Consumers Energy, Corporate Headquarters(2003)
- Discovery Communications World Headquarters(2003)
- Visteon Village, Corporate Headquarters (2005)
- Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory Molecular Foundry (2006)
- National Academies Building, Washington DC
[edit] References and further reading
- Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
- Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4.
[edit] External links
- Company website
- Article about the company on its 150th anniversary in Architecture Week
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