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Ellerbe Becket
Founded1909
FateAcquired by AECOM
Headquarters
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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United States
Number of locations
Dallas, Kansas City, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Dubai, Doha
ServicesArchitecture, Interiors, Graphics, Planning
WebsiteEllerbe Becket

Ellerbe Becket was an independent Minneapolis, Minnesota-based architectural, engineering, interior design and construction 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.[citation needed]

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

Health care

Sports facilities

The following were designed by the Kansas City Sports Venue branch

Stadiums

CenturyLink Field

Arenas

Wells Fargo Center
First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York

References

  1. ^ http://www.aecom.com/What+We+Do/Architecture/_news/Ellerbe+Becket+now+practicing+as+AECOM
  2. ^ International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 41. St. James Press, 2001 (via fundinguniverse.com)
  3. ^ Ellerbe Becket: History: Founders
  4. ^ Faurot Field - ellerbebecket.com - Retrieved October 8, 2009
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