SmithGroup

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SmithGroup (www.smithgroup.com) ranks as the nation’s 7th largest architecture and engineering firm (Building Design & Construction, July 2006) and employs 800. The firm is composed of client industry-focused practices serving the healthcare, learning, workplace and science & technology markets. SmithGroup has offices Ann Arbor, MI, Chicago, IL, Detroit, MI; Los Angeles, CA; Madison, WI; Minneapolis, MN; Phoenix, AZ; Raleigh-Durham, NC; San Francisco, CA; and Washington, D.C. Established in 1853, SmithGroup is the longest continually operating architecture and engineering firm in the U.S. In 2000 the firm changed its name from Smith Hinchman & Grylls to its current name.

[edit] Famous buildings by this company

Henry Ford Piquette Avenue Plant (1904)
The Buhl Building,(1925)
Penobscot Building(1928)
Guardian Building(1930)
Detroit Public Library (1932)
Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan (1938)
GM Tech Center [Architect of Record] (1955)
National Institutes of Health Research Laboratories (1968)
Harper Hospital Detroit Medical Center (1970)
Joe Louis Sports Arena (1979)
IBM Corporation Manufacturing and Engineering Complex (1979)
Kmart Corporation International Headquarters (1979)
Defense Intelligence Analysis Center (1984)
Eli Lilly and Company Biomedical Research Center (1984)
DaimlerChrysler Corporation World Headquarters (1996)
Comerica Park [home of the MLB Detroit Tigers](2000)
Phelps Dodge Corporate Headquarters (2001)
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the first building in the United States to earn a LEED Platinum certification(2001)
Edward H. McNamara Terminal Detroit Metropolitan Airport (2002)
University of California, San Francisco Mission Bay Genentech Hall (2002)
Ford Field [home of the NFL Detroit Lions](2002)
Consumers Energy, Corporate Headquarters(2003)
Discovery Communications World Headquarters(2003)
Visteon Village, Corporate Headquarters (2005)
Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory Molecular Foundry (2006)
McGregor Conference Center Wayne State University