Ellerbe Becket

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Ellerbe Becket is an international 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 2006 fiscal year the firm had an annual revenue of $68 million. The firm currently employs 375 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. The company also specializes in environmental graphics. 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

The following lists buildings or structures designed, helped designed, or helped renovated by Ellerbe Becket.

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.

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Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul on the Mississippi with the Capitol building to the right, the Minneapolis skyline in the distance, and a 19th century home in the foreground, taken from Indian Mounds Park

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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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City of Dallas

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Kansas City, Missouri

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Nickname: "City of Fountains" and "Heart of the Nation"
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City and County of San Francisco
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Washington, D.C.

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Emirate of Dubai
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Doha
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West Bay
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Welton Becket (August 8, 1902-January 16, 1969) was an architect who designed many of the most famous buildings in Hollywood and Los Angeles, California. He was born in Seattle, Washington.
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