Harley Ellis Devereaux is an architecture and engineering firm based in Southfield, Michigan with offices in Southfield, Chicago, Illinois, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 1908 by architects Alvin E. Harley and Norman S. Atcheson.
As of 2008, Harley Ellis Devereaux is one of the 150 largest design firms in the United States, employing more than 350 professionals including programmers; architects; civil, mechanical, electrical, and structural engineers; landscape architects; interior designers; graphics, signage, and equipment designers; and construction specialists. The firm specializes in multiple practices including health care, life enhancement, science and technology, corporate and commercial, mixed use and residential, K-12 schools, higher education, civic and cultural and industrial and automotive.
Horace Rackham Education Memorial Building, Detroit, 1941.City-County Building Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Detroit, 1950 U.S. State Department Building, Washington, D.C., 1960Union Bank Office Tower, San Jose, California, 1976Wharton Center for Performing Arts, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1982University of Michigan Chemical Sciences Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1988General Motors Truck Product Center, Pontiac, Michigan, 1996VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1998Wentworth Commons, Chicago, 2005Millennium Park Program Management, Chicago, 2006Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center, Los Angeles, 2007Harley Ellis Devereaux has also designed most of the Archdiocese of Detroit buildings that have been built since 1970.
Southfield, MichiganChicago, IllinoisLos Angeles, CaliforniaSan Diego, CaliforniaSan Francisco, CaliforniaSince its inception in 1908, the firm has existed as:
Harley and Atcheson (1908–1912)Alvin E. Harley, Architect (1912–1932)Harley and Ellington (1933–1942)Harley, Ellington and Day (1943–1960)Harley, Ellington, Cowin and Stirton (1961–1968)Harley Ellington Associates (1969–1972)Harley Ellington Pierce Yee Associates (1973–1994)Harley Ellington Design (1995–1999)HarleyEllis (2000–2005)Harley Ellis Devereaux (2006–Present)Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 ZweigWhite, Hot Firm List, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007Top Ten Green Projects, AIA COTE, West Branch of the Berkeley Public Library, 2016Top Ten Green Projects, AIA COTE, Lake View Terrace Library, 2004Metropolitan Detroit 101 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 AIA Michigan Firm of the Year, 20002012 The Engineering Society of Detroit - Construction & Design Award for Wayne State University Chemistry Building Addition and Renovation - Detroit, Michigan2012 Design-Build Institute of America Western Pacific Region Excellence Award - Miramar College Public Safety Building - San Diego, California2012 American Public Works Association (APWA) Project of the Year - Miramar College Public Safety Building - San Diego, California2011 Association of Licensed Architects Design Award of Merit - Chrysler Corporation Phoenix Engine Plant Manufacturing and Office Building - Trenton, Michigan2011 Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI)Project of Distinction Award - David Saperstein Middle School - Los Angeles, California2011 Michigan American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Merit Award Chapter Awards Program - A. Alfred Taubman Student Services Center Quadrangle
