Harley Ellis Devereaux

Harley Ellis Devereaux is an architecture and engineering firm based in Southfield, Michigan with offices in Southfield, Chicago, Illinois, Los Angeles, Sacramento, California San Diego and San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1908 by architects Alvin E. Harley and Norman S. Atcheson.

Activities

As of 2016, Harley Ellis Devereaux is one of the 200 largest design firms in the United States,^[2] employing more than 350 professionals including programmers; architects; civil, mechanical, electrical, and structural engineers; landscape architects; interior designers; graphics, signage, and equipment designers; and construction specialists. The firm specializes in multiple practices including health care, life enhancement, science and technology, corporate and commercial, mixed use and residential, K-12 schools, higher education, civic and cultural and industrial and automotive.

Harley Ellis Devereaux buildings

Rackham Memorial Education Building (1941) in Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District by Harley, Ellington and Day.

• Horace Rackham Education Memorial Building, Detroit, 1941.
• City-County Building Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Detroit, 1950 ^[3]
• U.S. State Department Building, Washington, D.C., 1960^[1]
• Union Bank Office Tower, San Jose, California, 1976
• Wharton Center for Performing Arts, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1982
• University of Michigan Chemical Sciences Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988
• General Motors Truck Product Center, Pontiac, Michigan, 1996
• VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1998
• Wentworth Commons, Chicago, 2005
• Millennium Park Program Management, Chicago, 2006
• Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center, Los Angeles, 2007
• USC Village, Los Angeles, 2017^[4]

Harley Ellis Devereaux has also designed most of the Archdiocese of Detroit buildings that have been built since 1970.

Office locations

• Southfield, Michigan
• Chicago, Illinois
• Los Angeles, California
• Sacramento, California
• San Diego, California
• San Francisco, California

History of firm names

Since its inception in 1908, the firm has existed as:

• Harley and Atcheson (1908–1912)
• Alvin E. Harley, Architect (1912–1932)
• Harley and Ellington (1933–1942)
• Harley, Ellington and Day (1943–1960)
• Harley, Ellington, Cowin and Stirton (1961–1968)
• Harley Ellington Associates (1969–1972)
• Harley Ellington Pierce Yee Associates (1973–1994)
• Harley Ellington Design (1995–1999)
• HarleyEllis (2000–2005)
• Harley Ellis Devereaux (2006–Present)

Awards

• Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 ^{[5] [6][7][8] [9]}
• ZweigWhite, Hot Firm List, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007^[10]
• Top Ten Green Projects, AIA COTE, West Branch of the Berkeley Public Library, 2016^[11]
• Top Ten Green Projects, AIA COTE, Lake View Terrace Library, 2004^[12]
• Metropolitan Detroit 101 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 ^[13]
• AIA Michigan Firm of the Year, 2000^[14]
• 2012 The Engineering Society of Detroit - Construction & Design Award for Wayne State University Chemistry Building Addition and Renovation - Detroit, Michigan
• 2012 Design-Build Institute of America Western Pacific Region Excellence Award - Miramar College Public Safety Building - San Diego, California
• 2012 American Public Works Association (APWA) Project of the Year - Miramar College Public Safety Building - San Diego, California
• 2011 Association of Licensed Architects Design Award of Merit - Chrysler Corporation Phoenix Engine Plant Manufacturing and Office Building - Trenton, Michigan
• 2011 Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI)Project of Distinction Award - David Saperstein Middle School - Los Angeles, California
• 2011 Michigan American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Merit Award Chapter Awards Program - A. Alfred Taubman Student Services Center Quadrangle

References

External links

• Harley Ellis Devereaux Corporate Site
• Harley Ellis Devereaux Centennial Site
• Duggan, Daniel. (2008, February 18). "", Crain's Detroit Business, February 18, 2008.