# SmithGroup

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. The firm's name was changed to Field, Hinchman & Smith in 1903, and it was renamed Smith, Hinchman & Grylls in 1907. 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.
As of 2019, it ranks among the top 50 architecture firms according to Architect Magazine, the official magazine of AIA and also ranked as the 5th largest architecture/engineering firm in the U.S. 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.
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

| 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 | formerly, Yost Field House |
| J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition | Detroit, Michigan | 1946 | | Demolished in 1998 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Michigan Bell (now AT&T) Detroit-Columbia Central Office Building | Detroit, Michigan | 1927 | Wirt C. Rowland | |
| Kelvinator Administration Building | Detroit, Michigan | 1927 | Amedeo Leone | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | | |