Ellerbe Becket

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Ellerbe Becket is an international architecture, engineering, and construction firm, founded in 1909, with its corporate office located in Minneapolis, MN, and other offices located in Washington, DC, Kansas City, MO, San Francisco, CA, and Dubai, UAE.

Areas of Expertise include architecture, construction, engineering, interior design, and environmental graphics.

Markets served include Health sciences (acute care, ambulatory care, heating & cooling plants, wellness centers, long-term care, research), Sports (stadiums, arenas, sports training facilities, recreation centers, restaurants, theaters, themed retail),and general buildings (mission critical facilities, heating & cooling plants, interiors, offices, conference and convention centers, training and research facilities, learning environments, business schools, mixed-use complexes, hotels and resorts).

The firm has an average annual revenue of $100 million.

The firm has 350 employees.

The CEO is Rick Lincicome, AIA, whose office in located in Washington, DC.

Noteworthy buildings designed by Ellerbe Becket

The following 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
*Gonda Building, Rochester, MN
Sports Facilities
*Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
*St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa Bay, FL
*Savvis Center, St. Louis, MO
*Rose Garden Arena, Portland, Oregon
*AT&T Center (formerly SBC Center), San Antonio, TX
*FedExForum, Memphis, TN
*Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN
*Qwest Field, Seattle, WA
*Turner Field, Atlanta, GA
*HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY
*John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA
*Verizon Center (formerly MCI Center), Washington, DC
*BankAtlantic Center (formerly Office Depot Center), Miami, FL
*Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
*Rhodes Stadium, Elon, NC
*Joyce Center, South Bend, IN
*Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
*TD Banknorth Garden (formerly FleetCenter), Boston, MA
*Rentschler Field, East Hartford, CT
*Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou, China (stadium for 2008 Summer Olympics)

Trivia

According to an industry survey in August, 2004, it is said that 5 of "the 10 most popular sports venues in North America" based on event ticket sales from the past year were designed by Ellerbe Becket. The following is the order of rankings, 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 Arrowhead Pond [Total sales: $10,554,675]
*⁸ MCI Center (now Verizon Center) [Total sales: $10,214,488]
*⁹ Staples Center [Total sales: $10,181,205]
*¹⁰ Air Canada Centre [Total sales: $9,716,732]

External links

[Ellerbe Becket website]

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