Ellerbe Becket
| Fate | Acquired by AECOM |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1909 |
| Headquarters |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
Number of locations | Dallas, Kansas City, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Dubai, Doha |
| Services | Architecture, Interiors, Graphics, Planning |
| Website | Ellerbe Becket |
Ellerbe Becket was an independent Minneapolis, Minnesota-based architectural, engineering, interior design and construc
tion firm until 2009, when it was acquired by AECOM. As of May 2011 the company is doing business under the 'AECOM' name.[1] AECOM is ranked as one of the world's largest architectural firms,[2] with offices in Dallas, TX, Kansas City, MO, San Francisco, CA, Washington, DC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Doha, Qatar.
The firm currently employs 475 people in seven locations and three countries, and has designed buildings in all of the 50 states and in 20 countries.
History
The company originally called Ellerbe & Co. was founded by Franklin Ellerbe in 1909 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Its first clients included the Mayo Clinic and 3M. Thomas Ellerbe took over the company in 1921 upon his father's death. When he retired in 1966 it became an employee-owned company. In 1987 it merged with Welton Becket and Associates of Los Angeles and became Ellerbe Becket.[3] In 1988 it opened a sports design division in Kansas City. On October 26, 2009 Ellerbe Becket joined the architecture, planning, and engineering firm AECOM. Ellerbe Becket’s professional expertise and practice strengths in the design of healthcare, sports, government, corporate and higher education facilities complement the global AECOM platform.
Projects
General buildings
- Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC
- Carlson School of Management - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Kingdom Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Target Plaza South and North, Minneapolis, MN
- Brasil Telecom Data Center, Brasilia, Brazil
- Charles Evans Whittaker Federal Courthouse, Kansas City, MO
Health care
- Yonsei University Medical Center - Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea
- Khalifa Sport City - Orthopedic Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar
- Walt Disney Memorial Cancer Institute, Orlando, FL
- Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, SD
- St. Luke's Hospital Nassif Heart Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
- St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, OH
- Stonewall Jackson Hospital, Lexington, VA
- Gonda Building, Rochester, MN
- Regions Hospital Expansion 2009 & Cafeteria Renovation, St. Paul, MN
Sports facilities
The following were designed by the Kansas City Sports Venue branch
Stadiums
- Notre Dame Stadium ( and renovation ), Notre Dame, IN
- Centennial Olympic Stadium/Turner Field, Atlanta, GA
- Faurot Field (renovation), Columbia, MO[4]
- Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, China
- Lambeau Field Renovation, Green Bay, WI
- CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WA
- Rentschler Field, East Hartford, CT
- Rhodes Stadium, Elon, NC
- Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ
- Autzen Stadium Renovation, Eugene, OR
- Foreman Field Renovation, Norfolk, VA
- Sam Boyd Stadium (renovation), Las Vegas, NV
- Johnny Unitas Stadium Renovation, Towson, MD
- Frontier Field, Rochester, NY
Arenas
- AT&T Center (formerly SBC Center), San Antonio, TX
- BankAtlantic Center (formerly Office Depot Center), Sunrise, FL
- Bankers Life Fieldhouse, (formerly Conseco Fieldhouse), Indianapolis, IN
- Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
- Dunkin' Donuts Center (formerly Providence Civic Center), Providence, RI
- FedExForum, Memphis, TN
- First Niagara Center, Buffalo, NY
- JQH Arena, Springfield, MO
- John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA
- Joyce Center, Notre Dame, IN
- König Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Germany
- Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York (1990s renovation)
- Manchester Arena (formerly Manchester Evening News Arena), Manchester, England
- Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, OR
- Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
- Rose Garden, Portland, OR
- Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo, Japan
- Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO
- Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, WA
- Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
- Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL
- Talking Stick Resort Arena (formerly America West Arena and US Airways Center), Phoenix, AZ
- TD Garden (formerly FleetCenter), Boston, MA
- Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, NV
- Verizon Center (formerly MCI Center), Washington, DC
- Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA
- XFINITY Center (formerly Comcast Center), College Park, MD