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'''SmithGroupJJR''' ranks as the United States' 7th largest [[architecture]] and engineering firm (''Building Design & Construction'', July 2009) and employs 800. The firm is composed of client industry-focused practices serving Campus, Community, Waterfront, Health, Learning, Science & Technology, and Workplace markets. The firm has 10 offices in the following cities: Ann Arbor, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Madison, Phoenix, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C.


{{distinguish|Smiths Group}}
Established in Detroit in 1853 by architect Sheldon Smith, SmithGroupJJR, along with [[Luckett and Farley]], is the longest continually operating architecture and engineering firm in the United States that is not a wholly owned subsidiary.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cramer|first=James P.|title=Almanac of Architecture and Design|year=2005|publisher=Greenway Communications|location=Atlanta, GA|isbn=0-9675477-9-2|pages=348|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1j_KxJeqpsUC&lpg=PA340&ots=G6vVH1E0uP&dq=architecture%20almana%20luckett%20farley%20smith%20group&pg=PP10#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> In 2000, the firm changed its name from '''Smith, Hinchman & Grylls''' to SmithGroup. In 2011, the firm incorporated its sister firm, JJR, into its current name. It is headquartered in Detroit's [[Guardian Building]].
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{{Infobox company
| name = SmithGroup
| location =
| logo = SmithGroup Wordmark.png
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| industry = Architecture
| founded = {{start date and age|1853}}
| founder = Sheldon Smith
| services = Architecture, Building Enclosure Consulting, Campus Planning, Campus Strategy & Analytics, Civil Engineering, Coastal Engineering, Energy & Environmental Modeling, Fire Protection & Life Safety Engineering, Historic Preservation, Interiors, Lab Planning, Landscape Architecture, Lighting Design, Medical Planning, MEP Engineering, Programming, Strategy, Structural Engineering, Sustainable Design, Urban Design, Urban Planning
| website = {{URL|http://www.smithgroup.com/}}
}}
'''SmithGroup''' is an international [[architect]]ural, [[Architectural engineering|engineering]] and planning firm based in Detroit, Michigan. Established in 1853 by architect Sheldon Smith, SmithGroup is the longest continually operating architecture and engineering firm in the United States that is not a wholly owned subsidiary.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cramer|first=James P.|title=Almanac of Architecture and Design|year=2005|publisher=Greenway Communications|location=Atlanta, GA|isbn=0-9675477-9-2|pages=348|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1j_KxJeqpsUC&q=architecture%20almana%20luckett%20farley%20smith%20group&pg=PP10}}</ref> The firm's name was changed to '''Field, Hinchman & Smith''' in 1903, and it was renamed '''Smith, Hinchman & Grylls''' in 1907.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lebovich|first=William|date=August 6, 2003|title=150 Years of SmithGroup|url=http://www.architectureweek.com/2003/0806/culture_1-1.html|work=[[ArchitectureWeek]]|access-date=September 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222151602/http://www.architectureweek.com/2003/0806/culture_1-1.html|archive-date=December 22, 2016}}</ref> In 2000, the firm changed its name to SmithGroup. In 2011, the firm incorporated its sister firm, JJR, into its name, becoming '''SmithGroupJJR'''. As of August 1, 2018, the firm changed its name back to '''SmithGroup'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithgroup.com/news/2018/rebranded-smithgroup-debuts-mission-to-design-a-better-future|title=Rebranded SmithGroup Debuts Mission to Design a Better Future|website=SmithGroup|language=en|access-date=2018-08-05}}</ref>


As of 2019, it ranks among the top 50 architecture firms according to [[Architect magazine|Architect Magazine]], the official magazine of AIA<ref>{{Cite news|title=The 2019 Architect 50|language=en|work=Architect|url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/architect-50/2019/|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref> and also ranked as the 5th largest architecture/engineering firm in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Building Design and Construction August 2022 |language=en-US |url=https://www.bdcnetwork.com/top-110-architectureengineering-firms-2022 |access-date=2013-04-18}}</ref> The firm is composed of client industry-focused practices serving Cultural, Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, Mixed-Use, Parks & Open Spaces, Science & Technology, Senior Living, Urban Environments, Waterfront and Workplace markets. The firm has offices in 20 cities: [[Ann Arbor]], [[Atlanta]], [[Boston]], [[Chicago]], [[Cleveland]], [[Dallas]], [[Denver]], [[Detroit]], [[Houston]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[Milwaukee]], [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], [[Pittsburgh]], [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], [[San Diego]], [[San Francisco]], [[Shanghai]], and [[Washington, D.C.]]
The firm expanded outside North America by opening an office in Shanghai, China, in December 2013.

<ref>{{cite news|last=Criswell|first=Jakita|title=Architectural Firm SmithGroupJJR Launches Office in Shanghai, China|url=http://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/Annual-2013/Detroit-Architectural-Firm-SmithGroupJJR-Opens-Office-in-China/|accessdate=26 January 2014|newspaper=DBusiness Magazine|date=9 December 2013}}</ref>
The firm expanded outside North America by opening an office in Shanghai, China, in December 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Criswell|first=Jakita|title=Architectural Firm SmithGroupJJR Launches Office in Shanghai, China|url=http://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/Annual-2013/Detroit-Architectural-Firm-SmithGroupJJR-Opens-Office-in-China/|access-date=26 January 2014|newspaper=DBusiness Magazine|date=9 December 2013}}</ref>
==Works==

[[File:Dtw1.jpg|thumb|Edward H. McNamara Terminal [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport]]]]
Notable architects and engineers from the firm include [[Wilfred Armster]], [[C. Howard Crane]], [[David DiLaura]], [[Rainy Hamilton Jr.]], [[Robert F. Hastings]], [[Julius Goldman]], [[William Kapp]], [[Wirt C. Rowland]], [[Rosa T. Sheng]] and [[Minoru Yamasaki]].
* [[Central United Methodist Church (Detroit, Michigan)|Central United Methodist Church]] (1866)

* [[Detroit Opera House#History|Detroit Opera House]] (1868)
==Notable projects==
* [[Piquette Plant|Henry Ford Piquette Avenue Plant]] (1904)
[[File:Dtw1.jpg|thumb|Edward H. McNamara Terminal [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport]]|383x383px]]
*Central Power Plant, [[University of Michigan]] (1914)
[[File:Guardianbuilding.jpg|thumb|405x405px|Guardian Building, Detroit, Michigan]]
* [[Fyfe Building]] (1916–1919) — Amedeo Leone
[[File:Brock Environmental Center.jpg|thumb|375x375px|The Brock Environmental Center]]
* [[Hilberry Theatre (Wayne State University)|Hilberry Theatre]] (1917), originally the First Church of Christ Scientist — Field, Hinchman and Smith
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Yost Ice Arena]] (formerly, Yost Field House) (1923), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor — T. J. Hinchman<ref name="plansheet" />
!Project
* [[J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition]] (1923–1946)
!Location
* Bankers Trust Building (1925) — [[Wirt C. Rowland]]
!Completion
* [[The Players (Detroit, Michigan)|The Players Clubhouse]] (1925) — William E. Kapp

* [[Buhl Building]] (1925) — [[Wirt C. Rowland]]
Date
* [[List of power stations in Michigan|Mistersky Power Plant]] (1925) — Amedeo Leone<ref name=aiaapplication>American Institute of Architects application</ref>
!Architects
* Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church (1926), [[Indian Village, Detroit]] — [[Wirt C. Rowland]]
!Note
* [[Meadow Brook Hall]] (1926) — William E. Kapp, Rochester, Michigan
|-
* [[Parke-Davis]] Administration Building (1926) — Amedeo Leone<ref name="aiaapplication" />
|
* Michigan Bell (now AT&T) [[Detroit-Columbia Central Office Building]] (1927)
[[Central United Methodist Church (Detroit)|Central United Methodist Church]]
* [[Kelvinator]] Administration Building (1927), 14250 Plymouth Road, Detroit, Michigan, also known as Plymouth Road Office Complex (PROC) — Amedeo Leone<ref name="aiaapplication" />
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
* [[League of Catholic Women Building]] (1927)
|1866
* [[Country Club of Detroit]] (1927), Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan — Amedeo Leone<ref name="aiaapplication" />
|
* School and convent buildings at [[Saint Paul Catholic Church (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan)|Saint Paul Catholic Church]] (1927), Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
|
* [[Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts]] (1928) — William E. Kapp
|-
* Intramural Sports Building (1928), [[University of Michigan]], Ann Arbor — Theodore J. Hinchman<ref name=plansheet>Original Smith, Hinchman & Grylls building plan sheets</ref>
|
* [[Penobscot Building]] (1928) — [[Wirt C. Rowland]]
[[Detroit Opera House#History|Detroit Opera House]]
* [[Guardian Building]] (1929) — [[Wirt C. Rowland]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
* [[Denby High School]] (1930) — [[Wirt C. Rowland]]<ref name="plansheet" />
|1868
* [[Pershing High School]] (1930) — [[Wirt C. Rowland]]<ref name="plansheet" />
|
* [[Detroit Public Library]] (1932)
|
* [[Horace Rackham#Philanthropy|Rackham School of Graduate Studies]] at the [[University of Michigan]] (1938), Ann Arbor, Michigan
|-
* [[Pease Auditorium]], Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan (1941)
|[[Ford Piquette Avenue Plant]]
* [[General Motors Technical Center|GM Tech Center]] [Architect of Record] (1955), Warren, Michigan
* [[1001 Woodward]] (the former First Federal Building, 1965), Detroit, Michigan
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1904
* [[National Institutes of Health]] Research Laboratories (1968), Bethesda, Maryland
|
* [[3100 W. Big Beaver Road|Kmart Corporation International Headquarters]] (1969), Troy, Michigan
|
* [[Harper University Hospital|Harper Hospital]] in the [[Detroit Medical Center]] (1970)
|-
* [[Hart Plaza#Hart Plaza and the Dock of Detroit|Hart Plaza]], including the Dodge Fountain designed by [[Isamu Noguchi]] (1978)
|
* [[Joe Louis Arena]], home of the NHL [[Detroit Red Wings]] (1979)
[[Dodge Main|Dodge Main Factory]]
* IBM Corporation Manufacturing and Engineering Complex (1979), Tucson, Arizona
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
* [[Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters]] (1984), Washington, DC
|1910
* [[Eli Lilly and Company]] Biomedical Research Center (1984), Indianapolis, Indiana
|
* [[Chrysler Corporation|Chrysler World Headquarters]] (1996), Auburn Hills, Michigan
|
* [[Comerica Park]], home of the MLB [[Detroit Tigers]] (2000)
|-
* [[Phelps Dodge Corporation|Phelps Dodge Corporate]] Headquarters (2001), Phoenix, Arizona
|
* [[Chesapeake Bay Foundation]] Headquarters, the first building in the United States to earn a LEED Platinum certification (2001), Annapolis, Maryland
Central Power Plant,
* Edward H. McNamara Terminal [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport]] (2002), Romulus, Michigan

* University of California, San Francisco Mission Bay Genentech Hall (2002), San Francisco, California
[[University of Michigan]]
* [[Ford Field]] (2002), home of the NFL [[Detroit Lions]]
|[[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]
* [[Consumers Energy]], Corporate Headquarters (2003), Jackson, Michigan
|1914
* [[Discovery Communications]] World Headquarters (2003), Silver Spring, Maryland
|
* Visteon Village, Corporate Headquarters (2005), Van Buren Township, Michigan
|
* [[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]] Molecular Foundry (2006), Berkley, California
|-
* [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academies Building]], Washington DC
|
[[Fyfe Building]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1919
|Amedeo Leone
|
|-
|
[[Hilberry Theatre (Wayne State University)|Hilberry Theatre]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1917
|Field, Hinchman and Smith
|originally the First Church of Christ Scientist
|-
|
[[Yost Ice Arena]],

[[University of Michigan]]
|[[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]
|1923
|T. J. Hinchman<ref name="plansheet">Original Smith, Hinchman & Grylls building plan sheets</ref>
|formerly, Yost Field House
|-
|[[J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1946
|
|Demolished in 1998<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://detroit.curbed.com/2012/10/24/10314256/fourteen-years-ago-today-detroit-imploded-the-hudsons-department|title=Fourteen Years Ago Today, Detroit Imploded The Hudson's Department Store Building|work=Curbed Detroit|access-date=2017-10-21}}</ref>
|-
|Bankers Trust Building
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1925
|[[Wirt C. Rowland]]
|
|-
|[[The Players (Detroit, Michigan)|The Players Clubhouse]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1925
|William E. Kapp
|
|-
|[[Buhl Building]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1925
|[[Wirt C. Rowland]]
|
|-
|[[List of power stations in Michigan|Mistersky Power Plant]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1925
|Amedeo Leone<ref name="aiaapplication">American Institute of Architects application</ref>
|
|-
|Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church
|[[Indian Village, Detroit]]
|1926
|[[Wirt C. Rowland]]
|
|-
|[[Meadow Brook Hall]]
|[[Rochester, Michigan]]
|1926
|William E. Kapp
|
|-
|[[Parke-Davis]] Administration Building
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1926
|Amedeo Leone<ref name="aiaapplication" />
|
|-
|Michigan Bell (now AT&T)

[[Detroit-Columbia Central Office Building]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1927
|[[Wirt C. Rowland]]
|
|-
|[[Kelvinator]] Administration Building
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1927
|Amedeo Leone<ref name="aiaapplication" />
|known as Plymouth Road Office Complex (PROC)
|-
|[[League of Catholic Women Building]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1927
|
|
|-
|[[Country Club of Detroit]]
|[[Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan]]
|
|Amedeo Leone<ref name="aiaapplication" />
|
|-
|School and convent buildings,

[[Saint Paul Catholic Church (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan)|Saint Paul Catholic Church]]
|[[Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan]]
|
|
|
|-
|[[Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1928
|William E. Kapp
|
|-
|Intramural Sports Building,

[[University of Michigan]]
|[[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]
|1928
|Theodore J. Hinchman<ref name="plansheet" />
|
|-
|[[Penobscot Building]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1928
|[[Wirt C. Rowland]]
|
|-
|[[Guardian Building]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1929
|[[Wirt C. Rowland]]
|Current home of SmithGroup's Detroit office
|-
|[[Denby High School]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1930
|[[Wirt C. Rowland]]
|
|-
|[[Pershing High School]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1930
|[[Wirt C. Rowland]]
|
|-
|[[Detroit Public Library]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1932
|
|
|-
|[[Horace Rackham#Philanthropy|Rackham School of Graduate Studies]],

[[University of Michigan]]
|[[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]
|1938
|
|
|-
|[[Pease Auditorium]],

Eastern Michigan University
|[[Ypsilanti, Michigan]]
|1941
|
|
|-
|[[General Motors Technical Center|GM Tech Center]]
|[[Warren, Michigan]]
|1955
|
|[Architect of Record]
|-
|[[1001 Woodward]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1965
|
|the former First Federal Building
|-
|[[The Whiting|Whiting Auditorium]]
|Flint, Michigan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michiganmodern.org/designers/smith-hinchman-grylls|title=Smith, Hinchman & Grylls|website=Michigan Modern|access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref>
|1967
|
|
|-
|[[National Institutes of Health]] Research Laboratories
|[[Bethesda, Maryland]]
|1968
|
|
|-
|[[3100 W. Big Beaver Road|Kmart Corporation International Headquarters]]
|[[Troy, Michigan]]
|1969
|
|
|-
|[[Harper University Hospital|Harper Hospital]] in the [[Detroit Medical Center]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1970
|
|
|-
|[[Hart Plaza#Hart Plaza and the Dock of Detroit|Hart Plaza]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1978
|
|including the Dodge Fountain designed by [[Isamu Noguchi]]
|-
|[[Joe Louis Arena]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|1979
|
|former home of the NHL [[Detroit Red Wings]]
|-
|IBM Corporation Manufacturing and Engineering Complex
|[[Tucson, Arizona]]
|1979
|
|
|-
|[[Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters]]
|[[Washington, D.C.|Washington, DC]]
|1984
|
|
|-
|[[Eli Lilly and Company]] Biomedical Research Center
|[[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]]
|1984
|
|
|-
|[[Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology]] at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]]
|[[Urbana, Illinois]]
|1989
|
|
|-
|[[Chrysler Corporation|Chrysler World Headquarters]]
|[[Auburn Hills, Michigan]]
|1996
|
|
|-
|[[Comerica Park]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|2000
|
|home of the MLB [[Detroit Tigers]]
|-
|[[Phelps Dodge Corporation|Phelps Dodge Corporate]] Headquarters
|[[Phoenix, Arizona]]
|2001
|
|
|-
|[[Chesapeake Bay Foundation]] Headquarters
|[[Annapolis, Maryland]]
|2001
|
|the first building in the United States to earn a LEED Platinum certification
|-
|Edward H. McNamara Terminal [[Detroit Metropolitan Airport]]
|[[Romulus, Michigan]]
|2002
|
|
|-
|University of California, San Francisco Mission Bay Genentech Hall
|[[San Francisco|San Francisco, California]]
|2002
|
|
|-
|[[Ford Field]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|2002
|
|home of the NFL [[Detroit Lions]]
|-
|[[Consumers Energy]], Corporate Headquarters
|[[Jackson, Michigan]]
|2003
|
|
|-
|[[Discovery Communications]] World Headquarters
|[[Silver Spring, Maryland]]
|2003
|
|
|-
|[[Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Detroit Branch]]
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|2004
|
|
|-
|Visteon Village, Corporate Headquarters
|[[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
|2004
|
|
|-
|[[Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory]] Molecular Foundry
|[[Berkeley, California]]
|2006
|
|
|-
|[[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academies Building]]
|[[Washington, D.C.|Washington, DC]]
|
|
|
|-
|Chandler City Hall
|[[Chandler, Arizona]]
|2010
|
|
|-
|[[GateWay Community College]], Integrated Education Building
|[[Phoenix, Arizona]]
|2012
|
|
|-
|[[Brock Environmental Center]]
|[[Virginia Beach, Virginia]]
|2014
|
|
|-
|[[UIUC Engineering Campus#Electrical and Computer Engineering Building|University of Illinois, Electrical and Computer Engineering Building]]
|[[Urbana, Illinois]]
|2014
|
|
|-
|[[University of Pennsylvania]], Stephen A. Levin Building
|[[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
|2016
|
|
|-
|[[Museum of the Bible (Washington, D.C.)|Museum of the Bible]]
|[[Washington, D.C.|Washington, DC]]
|2017
|
|
|-
|[[District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority|DC Water]] Headquarters
|[[Washington, D.C.|Washington, DC]]
|2018
|
|the first building in the United States to use a wastewater heat recovery system for heating and cooling<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.waterworld.com/water-utility-management/energy-management/article/16224085/dc-water-installs-thermal-energy-exchange-system-at-new-headquarters|title=DC Water installs thermal energy exchange system at new headquarters|website=WaterWorld|access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[University of Texas at Dallas]] Engineering Building
|[[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]
|2018
|
|
|-
|[[California Pacific Medical Center]] - Van Ness Campus
|[[San Francisco|San Francisco, California]]
|2019
|
|
|-
|[[University of Michigan Museum of Natural History]]
|[[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]
|2019
|
|
|-
|[[California Institute of Technology]] - Chen Neuroscience Research Building
|[[Pasadena, California]]
|2020
|
|
|}


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*{{Cite book | author=[[Eric J. Hill|Hill, Eric J.]] and John Gallagher | title= AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture| year=2002 | publisher= Wayne State University Press | isbn=0-8143-3120-3}}
*{{Cite book | author=[[Eric J. Hill|Hill, Eric J.]] and John Gallagher | title=AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture | year=2002 | publisher=Wayne State University Press | isbn=0-8143-3120-3 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/aiadetroitameric0000hill }}
*{{Cite book | author=Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A.| title=Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition | year= 1980| publisher= Wayne State University Press| isbn = 0-8143-1651-4}}
*{{Cite book| author= Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A.| title= Detroit Architecture: A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition| year= 1980| publisher= Wayne State University Press| isbn= 0-8143-1651-4| url= https://archive.org/details/detroitarchitect0000unse}}
*{{Cite book | author=Thomas J Holleman and James P Gallagher | title=Smith, Hinchman & Grylls : 125 years of architecture and engineering, 1853-1978 | year=1978 | publisher= Wayne State University Press | isbn=0-8143-1615-8}}
*{{Cite book |author1=Thomas J Holleman |author2=James P Gallagher |name-list-style=amp | title=Smith, Hinchman & Grylls: 125 Years of Architecture and Engineering, 1853-1978 | year=1978 | publisher= [[Wayne State University Press]] | isbn=0-8143-1615-8}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.smithgroup.com/ Company website]
*[http://www.smithgroup.com/ '''SmithGroup''' company website]

* [http://www.architectureweek.com/2003/0813/culture_1-1.html Article about the company on its 150th anniversary] in [[Architecture Week]]
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Latest revision as of 08:46, 11 December 2024

Not to be confused with Smiths Group.
SmithGroup
IndustryArchitecture
Founded1853; 171 years ago (1853)
FounderSheldon Smith
ServicesArchitecture, Building Enclosure Consulting, Campus Planning, Campus Strategy & Analytics, Civil Engineering, Coastal Engineering, Energy & Environmental Modeling, Fire Protection & Life Safety Engineering, Historic Preservation, Interiors, Lab Planning, Landscape Architecture, Lighting Design, Medical Planning, MEP Engineering, Programming, Strategy, Structural Engineering, Sustainable Design, Urban Design, Urban Planning
Revenue354,000,000 United States dollar (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
1,500 (2024) Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.smithgroup.com

SmithGroup is an international architectural, engineering and planning firm based in Detroit, Michigan. Established in 1853 by architect Sheldon Smith, SmithGroup is the longest continually operating architecture and engineering firm in the United States that is not a wholly owned subsidiary.[1] The firm's name was changed to Field, Hinchman & Smith in 1903, and it was renamed Smith, Hinchman & Grylls in 1907.[2] In 2000, the firm changed its name to SmithGroup. In 2011, the firm incorporated its sister firm, JJR, into its name, becoming SmithGroupJJR. As of August 1, 2018, the firm changed its name back to SmithGroup.[3]

As of 2019, it ranks among the top 50 architecture firms according to Architect Magazine, the official magazine of AIA[4] and also ranked as the 5th largest architecture/engineering firm in the U.S.[5] The firm is composed of client industry-focused practices serving Cultural, Government, Healthcare, Higher Education, Mixed-Use, Parks & Open Spaces, Science & Technology, Senior Living, Urban Environments, Waterfront and Workplace markets. The firm has offices in 20 cities: Ann Arbor, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Madison, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Washington, D.C.

The firm expanded outside North America by opening an office in Shanghai, China, in December 2013.[6]

Notable architects and engineers from the firm include Wilfred Armster, C. Howard Crane, David DiLaura, Rainy Hamilton Jr., Robert F. Hastings, Julius Goldman, William Kapp, Wirt C. Rowland, Rosa T. Sheng and Minoru Yamasaki.

Notable projects

[edit]
Edward H. McNamara Terminal Detroit Metropolitan Airport
Guardian Building, Detroit, Michigan
The Brock Environmental Center
Project Location Completion

Date

Architects Note

Central United Methodist Church

Detroit, Michigan 1866

Detroit Opera House

Detroit, Michigan 1868
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Detroit, Michigan 1904

Dodge Main Factory

Detroit, Michigan 1910

Central Power Plant,

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan 1914

Fyfe Building

Detroit, Michigan 1919 Amedeo Leone

Hilberry Theatre

Detroit, Michigan 1917 Field, Hinchman and Smith originally the First Church of Christ Scientist

Yost Ice Arena,

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan 1923 T. J. Hinchman[7] formerly, Yost Field House
J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition Detroit, Michigan 1946 Demolished in 1998[8]
Bankers Trust Building Detroit, Michigan 1925 Wirt C. Rowland
The Players Clubhouse Detroit, Michigan 1925 William E. Kapp
Buhl Building Detroit, Michigan 1925 Wirt C. Rowland
Mistersky Power Plant Detroit, Michigan 1925 Amedeo Leone[9]
Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church Indian Village, Detroit 1926 Wirt C. Rowland
Meadow Brook Hall Rochester, Michigan 1926 William E. Kapp
Parke-Davis Administration Building Detroit, Michigan 1926 Amedeo Leone[9]
Michigan Bell (now AT&T)

Detroit-Columbia Central Office Building

Detroit, Michigan 1927 Wirt C. Rowland
Kelvinator Administration Building Detroit, Michigan 1927 Amedeo Leone[9] known as Plymouth Road Office Complex (PROC)
League of Catholic Women Building Detroit, Michigan 1927
Country Club of Detroit Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan Amedeo Leone[9]
School and convent buildings,

Saint Paul Catholic Church

Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts Detroit, Michigan 1928 William E. Kapp
Intramural Sports Building,

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan 1928 Theodore J. Hinchman[7]
Penobscot Building Detroit, Michigan 1928 Wirt C. Rowland
Guardian Building Detroit, Michigan 1929 Wirt C. Rowland Current home of SmithGroup's Detroit office
Denby High School Detroit, Michigan 1930 Wirt C. Rowland
Pershing High School Detroit, Michigan 1930 Wirt C. Rowland
Detroit Public Library Detroit, Michigan 1932
Rackham School of Graduate Studies,

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan 1938
Pease Auditorium,

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan 1941
GM Tech Center Warren, Michigan 1955 [Architect of Record]
1001 Woodward Detroit, Michigan 1965 the former First Federal Building
Whiting Auditorium Flint, Michigan[10] 1967
National Institutes of Health Research Laboratories Bethesda, Maryland 1968
Kmart Corporation International Headquarters Troy, Michigan 1969
Harper Hospital in the Detroit Medical Center Detroit, Michigan 1970
Hart Plaza Detroit, Michigan 1978 including the Dodge Fountain designed by Isamu Noguchi
Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan 1979 former home of the NHL Detroit Red Wings
IBM Corporation Manufacturing and Engineering Complex Tucson, Arizona 1979
Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters Washington, DC 1984
Eli Lilly and Company Biomedical Research Center Indianapolis, Indiana 1984
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois 1989
Chrysler World Headquarters Auburn Hills, Michigan 1996
Comerica Park Detroit, Michigan 2000 home of the MLB Detroit Tigers
Phelps Dodge Corporate Headquarters Phoenix, Arizona 2001
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Headquarters Annapolis, Maryland 2001 the first building in the United States to earn a LEED Platinum certification
Edward H. McNamara Terminal Detroit Metropolitan Airport Romulus, Michigan 2002
University of California, San Francisco Mission Bay Genentech Hall San Francisco, California 2002
Ford Field Detroit, Michigan 2002 home of the NFL Detroit Lions
Consumers Energy, Corporate Headquarters Jackson, Michigan 2003
Discovery Communications World Headquarters Silver Spring, Maryland 2003
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Detroit Branch Detroit, Michigan 2004
Visteon Village, Corporate Headquarters Detroit, Michigan 2004
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Molecular Foundry Berkeley, California 2006
National Academies Building Washington, DC
Chandler City Hall Chandler, Arizona 2010
GateWay Community College, Integrated Education Building Phoenix, Arizona 2012
Brock Environmental Center Virginia Beach, Virginia 2014
University of Illinois, Electrical and Computer Engineering Building Urbana, Illinois 2014
University of Pennsylvania, Stephen A. Levin Building Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2016
Museum of the Bible Washington, DC 2017
DC Water Headquarters Washington, DC 2018 the first building in the United States to use a wastewater heat recovery system for heating and cooling[11]
University of Texas at Dallas Engineering Building Dallas, Texas 2018
California Pacific Medical Center - Van Ness Campus San Francisco, California 2019
University of Michigan Museum of Natural History Ann Arbor, Michigan 2019
California Institute of Technology - Chen Neuroscience Research Building Pasadena, California 2020

References

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  1. ^ Cramer, James P. (2005). Almanac of Architecture and Design. Atlanta, GA: Greenway Communications. p. 348. ISBN 0-9675477-9-2.
  2. ^ Lebovich, William (August 6, 2003). "150 Years of SmithGroup". ArchitectureWeek. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "Rebranded SmithGroup Debuts Mission to Design a Better Future". SmithGroup. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  4. ^ "The 2019 Architect 50". Architect. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
  5. ^ "Building Design and Construction August 2022". Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  6. ^ Criswell, Jakita (9 December 2013). "Architectural Firm SmithGroupJJR Launches Office in Shanghai, China". DBusiness Magazine. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  7. ^ a b Original Smith, Hinchman & Grylls building plan sheets
  8. ^ "Fourteen Years Ago Today, Detroit Imploded The Hudson's Department Store Building". Curbed Detroit. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  9. ^ a b c d American Institute of Architects application
  10. ^ "Smith, Hinchman & Grylls". Michigan Modern. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  11. ^ "DC Water installs thermal energy exchange system at new headquarters". WaterWorld. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

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