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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.[1] As of 2025, SmithGroup ranks #7 among the top 100 architecture engineering firms according to Building Design + Construction,[2] with offices in 20 cities around the United States.[3] The firm serves a range of clients, including cities, commercial, higher education, healthcare, science & technology, and cultural markets.[4]

History

SmithGroup was founded in 1853 by Sheldon Smith, a self-taught architect.[5] He opened an office in Ohio, and his first credited project was a hotel in Sandusky, Ohio later that year.[6] In 1855, Smith moved the firm to Detroit.[7] Smith's son Mortimer became a partner in the firm in 1861, and took over for his father after the latter's death in 1869. Mortimer's son Fred joined the firm in 1881, and led the firm after Mortimer's death in 1896.[7] At this time, Fred brought in two University of Michigan College of Engineering graduates, Henry G. Field and Theodore H. Hinchman, Jr. The firm's name was changed to Field, Hinchman & Smith in 1903.[7]

In 1907, H.J. Maxwell Grylls, a British-trained architect, joined the firm, and the name changed to Smith, Hinchman and Grylls (SH+G).[7][5] In the 1920s, Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, and architect Wirt C. Rowland, designed some of Detroit’s most notable skyscrapers. In 1945, Minoru Yamasaki, American architect best known for designing the original World Trade Center, joined the firm as Director of Design.[7]

Later years saw Smith, Hinchman and Grylls merge with other firms. In 1971, the firm merged with Johnson, Johnson & Roy (JJR), expanding the firm’s capabilities in landscape architecture, civil engineering and environmental science.[8] In 1996, Smith, Hinchman and Grylls merged with the Washington DC firm of Keyes, Lethbridge & Condon[9] and in 1998 they merged with Stone Marraccini & Patterson of San Francisco and Los Angeles.[10] In 2000, Tobey + Davis, Reston, Virginia, joined Smith, Hinchman and Grylls.[11]

In 2000, the firm changed its name to SmithGroup.[12]

Notable staff

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[13] formerly, Yost Field House
J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition Detroit, Michigan 1946 Demolished in 1998[14]
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[15]
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[15]
Michigan Bell (now AT&T)

Detroit-Columbia Central Office Building

Detroit, Michigan 1927 Wirt C. Rowland
Kelvinator Administration Building Detroit, Michigan 1927 Amedeo Leone[15] 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[15]
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[13]
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[16] 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[17]
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

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cramer, James P. (2005). Almanac of Architecture and Design. Atlanta, GA: Greenway Communications. p. 348. ISBN 0-9675477-9-2.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.David Barista (September 10, 2025). "Top 100 Architecture Engineering Firms for 2025". Building Design + Construction.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Locations". SmithGroup. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Markets and Services". SmithGroup. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
  5. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Smith, Hinchman and Grylls architectural drawings, 1908-1937 (majority within 1908-1928, 1936-1937)". University of Michigan Library. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lebovich, William (August 6, 2003). "150 Years of SmithGroup". ArchitectureWeek. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Smith, Hinchman & Grylls". Michigan Modern. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Johnson, Johnson and Roy". The Cultural Landscape Foundation. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Smith Group, Perkins & Will Acquire Firms". Architecture. No. 34. December 1996.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Stone, Marraccini, and Patterson, Architects (Partnership)". PCAD. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Architecture Firms to Merge". Washington Post. February 15, 2000.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tom Walsh (May 23, 2015). "Changing fate: 162-year-old firm reinvents succession". Detroit Free Press.
  13. ^ a b Original Smith, Hinchman & Grylls building plan sheets
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fourteen Years Ago Today, Detroit Imploded The Hudson's Department Store Building". Curbed Detroit. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  15. ^ a b c d American Institute of Architects application
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  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."DC Water installs thermal energy exchange system at new headquarters". WaterWorld. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

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