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}}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.BOOK, Cramer, James P., Almanac of Architecture and Design, 2005, Greenway Communications, Atlanta, GA, 0-9675477-9-2, 348,weblink The firm's name was changed to Field, Hinchman & Smith in 1903, and it was renamed Smith, Hinchman & Grylls in 1907.WEB, Lebovich, William, August 6, 2003, 150 Years of SmithGroup,weblink ArchitectureWeek, September 2, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161222151602weblink">weblink December 22, 2016, 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.WEB,weblink Rebranded SmithGroup Debuts Mission to Design a Better Future, SmithGroup, en, 2018-08-05, As of 2019, it ranks among the top 50 architecture firms according to Architect Magazine, the official magazine of AIANEWS, The 2019 Architect 50, en, Architect,weblink 2017-06-24, and also ranked as the 5th largest architecture/engineering firm in the U.S.NEWS, Building Design and Construction August 2022, en-US,weblink 2013-04-18, 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.NEWS, Criswell, Jakita, Architectural Firm SmithGroupJJR Launches Office in Shanghai, China,weblink 26 January 2014, DBusiness Magazine, 9 December 2013, 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

File:Dtw1.jpg|thumb|Edward H. McNamara Terminal 383x383px(File:Guardianbuilding.jpg|thumb|405x405px|Guardian Building, Detroit, Michigan)(File:Brock Environmental Center.jpg|thumb|375x375px|The Brock Environmental Center){| class="wikitable"!Project!Location!CompletionDate!Architects!Note|Central United Methodist ChurchDetroit>Detroit, Michigan|1866|||Detroit Opera HouseDetroit>Detroit, Michigan|1868|||Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Detroit>Detroit, Michigan|1904|||Dodge Main Factory Detroit>Detroit, Michigan|1910|||Central Power Plant,University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan>Ann Arbor, Michigan|1914|||Fyfe BuildingDetroit>Detroit, Michigan|1919|Amedeo Leone||Hilberry TheatreDetroit>Detroit, Michigan|1917|Field, Hinchman and Smith|originally the First Church of Christ Scientist|Yost Ice Arena,University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan>Ann Arbor, Michigan|1923|T. J. HinchmanOriginal Smith, Hinchman & Grylls building plan sheets|formerly, Yost Field House|J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition Detroit>Detroit, Michigan|1946|WORK=CURBED DETROIT, 2017-10-21, |Bankers Trust BuildingDetroit>Detroit, Michigan|1925|Wirt C. Rowland|The Players (Detroit, Michigan)>The Players ClubhouseDetroit>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 LeoneAmerican Institute of Architects application||Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church|Indian Village, Detroit|1926|Wirt C. Rowland||Meadow Brook Hall|Rochester, Michigan|1926|William E. Kapp||Parke-Davis Administration BuildingDetroit>Detroit, Michigan|1926|Amedeo Leone||Michigan Bell (now AT&T)Detroit-Columbia Central Office BuildingDetroit>Detroit, Michigan|1927|Wirt C. Rowland||Kelvinator Administration Building Detroit>Detroit, Michigan|1927|Amedeo Leone|known as Plymouth Road Office Complex (PROC)|League of Catholic Women BuildingDetroit>Detroit, Michigan|1927|||Country Club of Detroit |Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan||Amedeo Leone||School and convent buildings,Saint Paul Catholic Church|Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan||||Music Hall Center for the Performing ArtsDetroit>Detroit, Michigan|1928|William E. Kapp||Intramural Sports Building,University of MichiganAnn Arbor, Michigan>Ann Arbor, Michigan|1928|Theodore J. Hinchman||Penobscot BuildingDetroit>Detroit, Michigan|1928|Wirt C. Rowland||Guardian BuildingDetroit>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 MichiganAnn Arbor, 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 BuildingThe Whiting>Whiting Auditorium WEBSITE=MICHIGAN MODERN, 11 March 2017, |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 CenterDetroit>Detroit, Michigan|1970||Hart Plaza#Hart Plaza and the Dock of Detroit>Hart PlazaDetroit>Detroit, Michigan|1978||including the Dodge Fountain designed by Isamu Noguchi |Joe Louis ArenaDetroit>Detroit, Michigan|1979||former home of the NHL Detroit Red Wings |IBM Corporation Manufacturing and Engineering Complex|Tucson, Arizona|1979|||Defense Intelligence Agency HeadquartersWashington, D.C.>Washington, DC|1984|||Eli Lilly and Company Biomedical Research CenterIndianapolis>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 ParkDetroit>Detroit, Michigan|2000||home of the MLB Detroit TigersPhelps 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 BranchDetroit>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 BuildingWashington, 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 BuildingPhiladelphia>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|2016||Museum of the Bible (Washington, D.C.)>Museum of the BibleWashington, D.C.>Washington, DC|2017||District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority>DC Water HeadquartersWashington, D.C.>Washington, DC|2018|WEBSITE=WATERWORLD, 28 October 2023, |University of Texas at Dallas Engineering BuildingDallas>Dallas, Texas|2018|||California Pacific Medical Center - Van Ness CampusSan Francisco>San Francisco, California|2019|||University of Michigan Museum of Natural History Ann Arbor, Michigan>Ann Arbor, Michigan|2019|||California Institute of Technology - Chen Neuroscience Research Building|Pasadena, California|2020||

References

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Further reading

• BOOK, Eric J. Hill, Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher, AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture, 2002, Wayne State University Press, 0-8143-3120-3, registration,weblink
• BOOK, Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A., Detroit Architecture: A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition, 1980, Wayne State University Press, 0-8143-1651-4,weblink
• BOOK, Thomas J Holleman, James P Gallagher, amp, Smith, Hinchman & Grylls: 125 Years of Architecture and Engineering, 1853-1978, 1978, Wayne State University Press, 0-8143-1615-8,

External links

• SmithGroup company website

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