SmithGroup


SmithGroup is an international architectural, engineering and planning firm. Established in Detroit 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 2018, it ranks among the top 50 architecture firms according to Architect Magazine, the official magazine of AIA and also ranked as the 6th 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 15 cities: Ann Arbor, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Madison, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, 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 from the firm include Minoru Yamasaki, Wirt C. Rowland, C. Howard Crane, and Rosa T. Sheng.

Notable projects

ProjectLocationCompletion
Date		ArchitectsNote

Central United Methodist Church		Detroit, Michigan1866

Detroit Opera House		Detroit, Michigan1868
Ford Piquette Avenue PlantDetroit, Michigan1904

Dodge Main Factory		Detroit, Michigan1910

Central Power Plant,
University of Michigan		Ann Arbor, Michigan1914

Fyfe Building		Detroit, Michigan1919Amedeo Leone

Hilberry Theatre		Detroit, Michigan1917Field, Hinchman and Smithoriginally the First Church of Christ Scientist

Yost Ice Arena,
University of Michigan		Ann Arbor, Michigan1923T. J. Hinchmanformerly, Yost Field House
J. L. Hudson Department Store and AdditionDetroit, Michigan1946Demolished in 1998
Bankers Trust BuildingDetroit, Michigan1925Wirt C. Rowland
The Players ClubhouseDetroit, Michigan1925William E. Kapp
Buhl BuildingDetroit, Michigan1925Wirt C. Rowland
Mistersky Power PlantDetroit, Michigan1925Amedeo Leone
Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian ChurchIndian Village, Detroit1926Wirt C. Rowland
Meadow Brook HallRochester, Michigan1926William E. Kapp
Parke-Davis Administration BuildingDetroit, Michigan1926Amedeo Leone
Michigan Bell
Detroit-Columbia Central Office Building		Detroit, Michigan1927Wirt C. Rowland
Kelvinator Administration BuildingDetroit, Michigan1927Amedeo Leoneknown as Plymouth Road Office Complex
League of Catholic Women BuildingDetroit, Michigan1927
Country Club of DetroitGrosse 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
Denby High SchoolDetroit, Michigan1930Wirt C. Rowland
Pershing High SchoolDetroit, Michigan1930Wirt C. Rowland
Detroit Public LibraryDetroit, Michigan1932
Rackham School of Graduate Studies,
University of Michigan		Ann Arbor, Michigan1938
Pease Auditorium,
Eastern Michigan University		Ypsilanti, Michigan1941
GM Tech CenterWarren, Michigan1955
1001 WoodwardDetroit, Michigan1965the former First Federal Building
Whiting AuditoriumFlint, Michigan1967
National Institutes of Health Research LaboratoriesBethesda, Maryland1968
Kmart Corporation International HeadquartersTroy, Michigan1969
Harper Hospital in the Detroit Medical CenterDetroit, Michigan1970
Hart PlazaDetroit, Michigan1978including the Dodge Fountain designed by Isamu Noguchi
Joe Louis ArenaDetroit, Michigan1979former home of the NHL Detroit Red Wings
IBM Corporation Manufacturing and Engineering ComplexTucson, Arizona1979
Defense Intelligence Agency HeadquartersWashington, DC1984
Eli Lilly and Company Biomedical Research CenterIndianapolis, Indiana1984
Chrysler World HeadquartersAuburn Hills, Michigan1996
Comerica ParkDetroit, Michigan2000home of the MLB Detroit Tigers
Phelps Dodge Corporate HeadquartersPhoenix, 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 HallSan Francisco, California2002
Ford FieldDetroit, 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 HeadquartersDetroit, 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
University of Illinois, Electrical and Computer Engineering BuildingUrbana, Illinois2014
University of Pennsylvania, Stephen A. Levin BuildingPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania2016
Museum of the BibleWashington, DC2017
University of Texas at Dallas Engineering BuildingDallas, Texas2018
California Pacific Medical Center - Van Ness CampusSan Francisco, California2019