Harley Ellis Devereaux Explained

HED
Type:	Corporation
Founder:	Alvin Harley and Norman Atcheson
Key People:	J. Peter Devereaux, CEO
Industry:	Architecture, Engineering, Planning, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Construction Services
Num Employees:	over 400
Homepage:	www.hed.design
Footnotes:	^[1]

HED (formerly Harley Ellis Devereaux) is an architecture and engineering firm based in Royal Oak, Michigan with offices in Royal Oak, Chicago, Illinois, Los Angeles, Sacramento, California, San Diego, Denver, Colorado, Dallas, Texas, Boston, Massachusetts and San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1908 by architects Alvin E. Harley and Norman S. Atcheson.

Activities

HED is one of the 200 largest design firms in the United States,^[2] employing more than 400 professionals including architects; mechanical, electrical, and structural engineers; landscape architects; interior designers; graphics, signage, and equipment designers; and laboratory design specialists. The firm specializes in multiple practices including healthcare, workplaces, mixed-use and residential, Pre K-12 schools, higher education, civic and cultural, mission critical, science and advanced manufacturing, community, and federal and transportation.

HED buildings

• Horace Rackham Education Memorial Building, Detroit, 1941.
• City-County Building, Detroit, 1954 ^[3]
• U.S. State Department Building, Washington, D.C., 1960
• 211 West Fort Street, Detroit, 1963
• 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]
• The Archdiocese of Detroit buildings, 1970.

Office locations

• Royal Oak, Michigan
• Chicago, Illinois
• Los Angeles, California
• Sacramento, California
• San Diego, California
• San Francisco, California
• Dallas, Texas
• Denver, Colorado
• Boston, Massachusetts

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)
• HED (Harley Ellis Devereaux) (2006–Present)

Awards

• Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For, 2005 - 2021 ^{[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 - 2021 ^[13]
• AIA Michigan Firm of the Year, 2000^[14]

External links

• HED's website
• Duggan, Daniel. (2008, February 18). "http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20080219/SUB/594011346", Crain's Detroit Business, February 18, 2008.

Notes and References

1. Marshall, Carol. "Harley Ellis Devereaux looks to future". Oakland Business Review.
2. Web site: The Top 500 Design Firms - ENR . Engineering News Report . 2016 . 2008-06-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080503225708/http://enr.construction.com/people/topLists/topDesignFirm/topdesign_151-200.asp . 2008-05-03.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20070321140433/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=colemanayoungmunicipalcenter-detroit-mi-usa Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
4. Web site: Harley Ellis Devereaux - Projects - The Village at USC, University of Southern California . www.harleyellisdevereaux.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141024182245/http://www.harleyellisdevereaux.com/projects/usc_village . 2014-10-24.
5. Web site: 2015 Chicago Elite Suite. 14 May 2015 .
6. http://www.101bestandbrightest.com/pages/2005CHwinners.cfm 101 2005 WINNERS
7. http://www.101bestandbrightest.com/pages/2006CHWinners.cfm 101 2006 winners
8. http://www.101bestandbrightest.com/pages/ch07winners.cfm 101 2007 winners
9. Web site: 2015 Chicago Elite Suite . 14 May 2015 .
10. http://www.zweigwhite.com/index.asp ZweigWhite home page
11. http://www.aiatopten.org/node/471
12. http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/ AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects
13. http://www.101bestandbrightest.com/pages/semich.cfm 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For
14. http://www.aiami.com/aiami_design_awards/firm_of_year_archive_index.htm Firm of the Year