SmithGroup explained

SmithGroup should not be confused with Smiths Group.

SmithGroup
Industry:Architecture
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

SmithGroup is an international architectural, engineering and planning firm. 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

ProjectLocationCompletion

Date

ArchitectsNote
Central United Methodist ChurchDetroit, Michigan1866
Detroit Opera HouseDetroit, Michigan1868
Detroit, Michigan1904
Detroit, Michigan1910
Central Power Plant,

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan1914
Fyfe BuildingDetroit, Michigan1919Amedeo Leone
Hilberry TheatreDetroit, Michigan1917Field, Hinchman and Smithoriginally the First Church of Christ Scientist
Yost Ice Arena,

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan1923T. J. Hinchman[7] formerly, Yost Field House
Detroit, Michigan1946Demolished in 1998[8]
Bankers Trust BuildingDetroit, Michigan1925Wirt C. Rowland
The Players ClubhouseDetroit, Michigan1925William E. Kapp
Detroit, Michigan1925Wirt C. Rowland
Detroit, Michigan1925Amedeo Leone[9]
Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian ChurchIndian Village, Detroit1926Wirt C. Rowland
Meadow Brook HallRochester, Michigan1926William E. Kapp
Parke-Davis Administration BuildingDetroit, Michigan1926Amedeo Leone
Michigan Bell (now AT&T)

Detroit-Columbia Central Office Building

Detroit, Michigan1927Wirt C. Rowland
Kelvinator Administration Building Detroit, Michigan1927Amedeo Leoneknown as Plymouth Road Office Complex (PROC)
League of Catholic Women BuildingDetroit, Michigan1927
Grosse Pointe Farms, MichiganAmedeo Leone
School and convent buildings,

Saint Paul Catholic Church

Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
Music Hall Center for the Performing ArtsDetroit, Michigan1928William E. Kapp
Intramural Sports Building,

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan1928Theodore J. Hinchman
Penobscot BuildingDetroit, Michigan1928Wirt C. Rowland
Guardian BuildingDetroit, Michigan1929Wirt C. RowlandCurrent home of SmithGroup's Detroit office
Detroit, Michigan1930Wirt C. Rowland
Detroit, Michigan1930Wirt C. Rowland
Detroit, Michigan1932
Rackham School of Graduate Studies,

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan1938
Pease Auditorium,

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan1941
GM Tech CenterWarren, Michigan1955[Architect of Record]
Detroit, Michigan1965the former First Federal Building
Flint, Michigan[10] 1967
National Institutes of Health Research LaboratoriesBethesda, Maryland1968
Kmart Corporation International HeadquartersTroy, Michigan1969
Harper Hospital in the Detroit Medical CenterDetroit, Michigan1970
Hart PlazaDetroit, Michigan1978
Joe Louis ArenaDetroit, Michigan1979
IBM Corporation Manufacturing and Engineering ComplexTucson, Arizona1979
Defense Intelligence Agency HeadquartersWashington, DC1984
Eli Lilly and Company Biomedical Research CenterIndianapolis, Indiana1984
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUrbana, Illinois1989
Chrysler World HeadquartersAuburn Hills, Michigan1996
Comerica ParkDetroit, Michigan2000home of the MLB Detroit Tigers
Phelps Dodge Corporate Headquarters Phoenix, Arizona2001
Chesapeake Bay Foundation HeadquartersAnnapolis, Maryland2001the first building in the United States to earn a LEED Platinum certification
Edward H. McNamara Terminal Detroit Metropolitan AirportRomulus, Michigan2002
University of California, San Francisco Mission Bay Genentech Hall San Francisco, California2002
Detroit, Michigan2002home of the NFL Detroit Lions
Consumers Energy, Corporate HeadquartersJackson, Michigan2003
Discovery Communications World HeadquartersSilver Spring, Maryland2003
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Detroit BranchDetroit, Michigan2004
Visteon Village, Corporate Headquarters Detroit, Michigan2004
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Molecular FoundryBerkeley, California2006
National Academies BuildingWashington, DC
Chandler City HallChandler, Arizona2010
GateWay Community College, Integrated Education BuildingPhoenix, Arizona2012
Brock Environmental CenterVirginia Beach, Virginia2014
Urbana, Illinois2014
University of Pennsylvania, Stephen A. Levin BuildingPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania2016
Museum of the BibleWashington, DC2017
DC Water HeadquartersWashington, DC2018the first building in the United States to use a wastewater heat recovery system for heating and cooling[11]
University of Texas at Dallas Engineering BuildingDallas, Texas2018
California Pacific Medical Center - Van Ness CampusSan Francisco, California2019
Ann Arbor, Michigan2019
California Institute of Technology - Chen Neuroscience Research BuildingPasadena, California2020

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cramer, James P.. Almanac of Architecture and Design. 2005. Greenway Communications. Atlanta, GA. 0-9675477-9-2. 348.
  2. Web site: Lebovich. William. August 6, 2003. 150 Years of SmithGroup. ArchitectureWeek. September 2, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20161222151602/http://www.architectureweek.com/2003/0806/culture_1-1.html. December 22, 2016.
  3. Web site: Rebranded SmithGroup Debuts Mission to Design a Better Future. SmithGroup. en. 2018-08-05.
  4. News: The 2019 Architect 50. en. Architect. 2017-06-24.
  5. News: Building Design and Construction August 2022 . en-US . 2013-04-18.
  6. News: Criswell. Jakita. Architectural Firm SmithGroupJJR Launches Office in Shanghai, China. 26 January 2014. DBusiness Magazine. 9 December 2013.
  7. Original Smith, Hinchman & Grylls building plan sheets
  8. News: Fourteen Years Ago Today, Detroit Imploded The Hudson's Department Store Building. Curbed Detroit. 2017-10-21.
  9. American Institute of Architects application
  10. Web site: Smith, Hinchman & Grylls. Michigan Modern. 11 March 2017.
  11. Web site: DC Water installs thermal energy exchange system at new headquarters. WaterWorld. 28 October 2023.

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