Ellerbe Becket

Ellerbe Becket is a global architecture, engineering, and construction firm. It was founded in 1909 in St Paul, MN and its current corporate office is located in Minneapolis, MN, while other offices are located in Dallas, TX, Kansas City, MO, San Francisco, CA and Washington, DC. International locations include Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Doha, Qatar.

Ellerbe Becket was originally just Ellerbe Associates until the 1988 acquisition of Welton Becket. The name was then changed to the present form. In the 2007 fiscal year the firm had an annual revenue of $70 million. The firm currently employs 475 employees based in 7 different locations and three different countries. The firm has designed buildings in all 50 states and in 20 different countries.

In addition to architectural design areas of expertise include engineering, interior design and construction services. Markets like health sciences are designed for producing ambulatory care, wellness centers, long-term care and general research facilities. Ellerbe Becket has designed and built numerous sports stadiums, arenas, training facilities and recreation centers. The company has also built general work place buildings like offices, training and research facilities, and mixed-use complexes. Commerecial buildings such as conference and convention centers, hotels and resorts and themed retail center have been built.

Noteworthy buildings designed by Ellerbe Becket

Lists buildings or structures designed, helped designed, or helped renovated by Ellerbe Becket.

General Buildings:

• Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC
• Los Angeles Music Center, Los Angeles , CA
• Carlson School of Management – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• Kingdom Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Target Plaza, Minneapolis, MN
• Brasil Telecom Data Center, Brasilia, Brazil

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
• 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

Stadiums:

• Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, GA
• Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, China (stadium for 2008 Summer Olympics)
• Lambeau Field Renovation, Green Bay, WI
• Qwest Field, Seattle, WA
• Rentschler Field, East Hartford, CT
• Rhodes Stadium, Elon, NC
• Turner Field, Atlanta, GA
• Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ
• Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR

Arenas:

• AT&T Center (formerly SBC Center), San Antonio, TX
• BankAtlantic Center (formerly Office Depot Center), Miami, FL
• Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
• FedExForum, Memphis, TN
• HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY
• John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA
• Joyce Center, South Bend, IN
• Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
• Rose Garden Arena, Portland, OR
• Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo, Japan
• Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO
• Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, WA
• St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa Bay, FL
• TD Banknorth Garden (formerly FleetCenter), Boston, MA
• Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
• US Airways Center (formerly America West Arena), Phoenix, AZ
• Verizon Center (formerly MCI Center), Washington, DC
• Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
• New University of Oregon Arena (Planned), Eugene, OR

Leading Healthcare Firm

Since designing the first Mayo Clinic in 1912, Ellerbe Becket has been a pioneer in the field of healthcare design. The firm has completed new facilities and renovations for hundres of hopsitals, academic medical centers and medical group practice clinics around the world. In fact, Ellerbe Becket is now the leading healthcare designer in the Middle East with several major medical centers either underway or reaching completion.

Clients tell us that our healthcare design process is different from that of other firms. We plan and design in front of and with the client, rather than presenting our ideas, collecting feedback and going back to the office to work.

Because of Ellerbe Becket’s unique culture of innovation, the firm has designed many industry “firsts” that set the standard for today’s healthcare facilities (Ellerbe Associates introduced the concept of private bathrooms in hospital rooms in the 1920s and in 2004 the firm developed the “Patient Room of the Future” concept, which has become a reality at St. Rita’s Hospital in Lima, Ohio and is being implemented in other client hospitals).

Popularity of Ellerbe Becket’s sports venues

According to an industry survey in August, 2004, it was noted that 5 of “the 10 most popular sports venues in North America”, based on event ticket sales from the previous year, were designed by Ellerbe Becket. The following is the order of rankings and event ticket sales, with Ellerbe Becket’s venues in bold.

1. Madison Square Garden (Total sales: $24,435,412)
2. Wachovia Center (Total sales: $23,479,686)
3. St. Pete Times Forum (Total sales: $12,625,271)
4. The Palace of Auburn Hills (Total sales: $12,550,727)
5. Thomas & Mack Center (Total sales: $11,945,773)
6. Philips Arena (Total sales: $10,981,521)
7. Honda Center (Total sales: $10,554,675)
8. Verizon Center (Total sales: $10,214,488)
9. Staples Center (Total sales: $10,181,205)
10. Air Canada Centre (Total sales: $9,716,732)

The firm has the distinction of designing the best new NFL facility (Qwest Field in Seattle); the best renovated NFL facility (Lambeau Field in Green Bay); the best NBA facility (Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis); and the best new college basketball arena (John Paul Jones Arena at the University of Virginia).

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